Leon Niemczyk

Leon Stanisław Niemczyk was a Polish actor.
Niemczyk developed into a leading box-office star throughout the 1960s, known for serious dramas, including historical dramas and war films. He appeared in over 500 films and television shows over the course of his career. His most memorable roles were Fulko de Lorche in Aleksander Ford's The Teutonic Knights, Andrzej in Roman Polanski's Knife in the Water and Jerzy in Jerzy Kawalerowicz's Night Train.
Niemczyk became an international star through positive reception for his leading role in Knife in the Water, which earned Polish cinema's List of Polish submissions for the [Academy Award for Best International Feature Film|first nomination] for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film.
He died of cancer.

Selected filmography

Celuloza as Major StuposzGodziny nadziei as American OfficerTrzy starty Zaczarowany rower as DoctorSprawa pilota Maresza as SurowiecNikodem Dyzma as Mr. Cox's InterpreterMan on the Tracks as Passenger Heroism as Lt. Istvan Kolya Król Macius I The Eighth Day of the Week as CiapusCo rekne zena? as Train PassengerThe Depot of the Dead as NineNight Train as JerzySygnaly as BossThe Teutonic Knights as Fulko de LorcheSzklana góra as JarekSzczesciarz Antoni as Saturnin PotapowiczOdwiedziny prezydenta as Witold - ojciec Jacka / PrezydentTonight a City Will Die as American Prisoner of War The Artillery Sergeant Kalen as Saszko 'Bir'Knife in the Water as AndrzejMandrin as Le traître GrandvilleIch dzien powszedni as LekarzNa białym szlaku as SikoraPamietnik pani Hanki as TotoYokmok as SmugglerAgnieszka 46 as Zenon BalczPanienka z okienka as ProsecutorThe Saragossa Manuscript as Don AvadoroSposób bycia as GórnyJutro Meksyk as OfficialKatastrofa as ProsecutorDon Gabriel as Leukamer, german officerZejscie do piekla as HarrisonPowrót na ziemie as LekarzChudy i inni as JournalistCala naprzód as His ExcellencyFrozen Flashes as StefanBicz bozy as GrebizewskiThe Nutcracker as Jan, the fatherPoradnik matrymonialny as BarmanHrabina Cosel as Count LecherenneSasiedzi as Police commandantVerdacht auf einen Toten as Dr. RothZeit zu leben as Lorenz RegerAus unserer Zeit as Sascha Pronin Raj na ziemi as Driver ZiólkowskiZnaki na drodze as PaslawskiBladego Józka as CzekalaTwarz aniola KLK Calling PTZ - [The Red Orchestra] as Vincente DouglasStranen dvuboy as Robert HustonLekce as StoneZabijcie czarna owce as MajorSzerokiej drogi, kochanie as Adam MackowskiTecumseh as McKewVyatarat na pateshestviyata Copernicus as Don AlonsoApachen as RamonUnterm Birnbaum as SzulskiDie Schlüssel as PawlikThe Deluge as Karol X GustawRemember Your Name as Capt. PiotrowskiPrípad mrtvého muze as Polský kriminalistaMein blauer Vogel fliegt as Uncle MarianDie schwarze Mühle as MüllerKazimierz Wielki as Karol RobertIn the Dust of the Stars as ThobBeethoven - Tage aus einem Leben as Fürst Andreas RasumowskiKarino as JableckiBezkresne laki as DanielMilioner as Taxi DriverPalace Hotel as Mr. LacosteRekolekcje as Professor Conducting the Autopsy Ich will euch sehen as KommandeurWesela nie bedzie as Head of hospital departmentSeverino Anton the Magician as Max KettlerAchillesferse Fleur Lafontaine as BangemannDes Henkers Bruder as BernerTrini as Graf AriolaPokhishchenie 'Savoi as BerjeGwiazdy poranne as BaldtNa wlasna prosbe as JerzyOjciec królowej as Baron von und zu WaldzugDie Schmuggler von Rajgrod as Waldemar DreßlerWyrok smierci as Major RawiczLevins Mühle as KorrinthDve strochki melkim shriftom as RevolyutsionerDie Kolonie as HansenVabank as JewelerKrab i Joanna as Captain CezaryAnna' i wampir as Mjr. DobijaDer lange Ritt zur Schule as Erster BöserDer Prinz hinter den sieben Meeren as KaufmannGry i zabawy as StanislawWilczyca as Count Wiktor SmorawinskiWielki Szu as Stefan MikunPastorale heroica as Pelnomocznik do spraw reformy rolnejPlaneta krawiec as ChairmanPrzekleta ziemia Odwet as Inzynier MidronOstrze na ostrze as Walenty DabskiOkolice spokojnego morza as BaranskiOn, ona, oni Woman Doctors as Polnischer ArztAkademia pana Kleksa as Golarz FilipKamienne tablice as ProfessorFort 13 as CaptainUltimatum Fucha as Owner of Gravestone Carving PlantZánik samoty Berhof as Polský dustojníkSzalenstwa panny Ewy as ZawilowskiO-Bi, O-Ba: The End of Civilization as Well-Kept ManFetysz as MajorSmazalnia story as District ArchitectPietno as Military prosecutorPrzemytnicy as PolicemanDiabelskie szczescie as Department HeadDluznicy smierci as Aresztant w StrzekocianachChrzesniak Bearskin as NiklausPodróze pana Kleksa as Filip the RobotSezon na bazanty as Garage owner in AustriaMokry szmal as TokarskiZastihla me noc as Velitel koncentracniho táboraWakacje w Amsterdamie C.K. Dezerterzy as GendarmeGa, Ga - Chwala bohaterom as Showman z tvSceny dzieciece z zycia prowincji as Doctor W.Epizod Berlin West as NyzynskiMenedzer as Manager NowakPierscien i róza as Prime Minister GlumbosoZlota Mahmudia Miedzy ustami a brzegiem pucharu as Admiral von Carolath Misja specjalna as Captain SmithLuk Erosa as Lieutenant Otto von PalinskyKoniec sezonu na lody as DoctorGwiazda Piolun as PharmacistSonata marymoncka as Driver BorkowskiTrójkat bermudzki as Prison Director Niezwykla podróz Baltazara Kobera Labedzi spiew as Director RogozinskiObywatel Piszczyk as Renata's fatherCurse of Snakes Valley as Man with black glassesRepublika nadziei as wizytator JostSlawna jak Sarajewo as MajorPan Kleks w kosmosie as Don FilippoPan Samochodzik i praskie tajemnice as Bob SmithKonsul as Jerzy BergerAlchemik as ZwingerKornblumenblau as Wodzirej na zabawie gwiazdkowejThe Last Ferry as CaptainPowrót wabiszczura as MayorSwinka as David ArnoldsonBal na dworcu w Koluszkach as AmbassadorGorzka milosc as GeneralZabic na koncu Der Streit um des Esels Schatten as Archon OnolausOko cyklonu as British officerPowrót wilczycy as ZiembalskiSeszele as PoziemskiWalerjan Wrobel's Homesickness as KapoKanalia as Wert's Boss in GermanyKuchnia polska as Ignacy FeureisenCalls Controlled as Secretary GeneralSiwa legenda as AlojzyWarszawa. Année 5703 as oficer, sasiedka StefaniiZwolnieni z zycia Daens as Committee MemberThe Temp as BidderConversation with a Cupboard Man as InspectorKolos as StefanLowca. Ostatnie starcie as dzielkowicz EdwardBlood of the Innocent as Polish PriestZabi skok as Alfred ZinemanPolska smierc as Professor ZablockiDzieje mistrza Twardowskiego as Tomasz Reiner, the puppeteer from WittenbergDrzewa as ProfessorTsarevich Alexei as Count SchonbornThe Island on Bird Street as PodulskiA Trap as Police ChiefSztos as German touristKsiega wielkich zyczen as ZawadzkiMamo, czy kury potrafia mówic? as Awidor Odlotowe wakacje as DoctorZakochani as KsiadzTo my as Dyrektor szkolyBoys [Don't Cry (2000 film)|Boys Don't Cry] as Laska's FatherPrzedwiosnie as Profesor FiszerPoranek kojota as SenatorListy milosne as 'Mewa' OwnerE=mc2 as ProfessorUbu król as Ambassador of the USANienasycenie as Old PrincePo sezonie as Leon KosInland Empire as MarekSzatan z siódmej klasy as Servant Leon

TV Series

Ranczo as Japycz