Borys Szyc

Actor

September 4, 1978 (47 years)

Łódź, Poland

Biography

Borys Michał Szyc-Michalak is a Polish film and theatre actor and musician. In 2010, he received the Polish Academy Award for Best Actor. He achieved nationwide popularity by starring in such films as Vinci (2004), Testosteron (2007), Mole (2011), The Secret of Westerplatte (2013), Persona Non Grata (2015), Spoor (2017) and Cold War (2018). Apart from his film career he appeared in numerous popular TV series including For Better or Worse, Honey Years, Foster Family and Heweliusz.

Filmography

8.4

The Pianist

Young Gestapo (uncredited)

The true story of pianist Władysław Szpilman's experiences in Warsaw during the Nazi occupation. When the Jews of the city find themselves forced into a ghetto, Szpilman finds work playing in a café; and when his family is deported in 1942, he stays behind, works for a while as a laborer, and eventually goes into hiding in the ruins of the war-torn city.

6.3

Rodzina zastępcza

Rodzina zastępcza was a popular Polish primetime comedy series broadcast on Polsat from February 23, 1999 to December 20, 2009. In 2004 the title was changed to Rodzina zastępcza plus and the series got longer episodes, as well as more regular characters and locations. The series told the story of the Kwiatkowski family, Anka and Jacek, their biological children Majka and Filip, as well as three children they adopted one day - Eliza, Zosia and Romek.

7.1

Furia

Ziminov

Policeman Asgeir moves to an idyllic town in the west part of Norway. After a local conflict, he meets a mysterious woman named Ragna, and soon they are both trapped in a network of right-wing radical forces that threaten Europe.

7.1

Into the Night

Łom

When the sun suddenly starts killing everything in its path, passengers on an overnight flight from Brussels attempt to survive by any means necessary.

7.4

Women's Hell

Wiktor Denar

Follow a woman's fight for justice for victims of sexual assault – and her own autonomy – in pre-WWII Poland.

6.9

The Green Dinosaur

Hokus Pokus / Hokus Pokus' Father (voice)

When the world around him is mysteriously erased, a little green dinosaur named Diplodocus must travel through the pages of a comic book and adventure through time to bring color back to his land. Alongside a wizard and two scientists, Diplo’s plans go awry as he learns that there may be a dimension to his world that he never considered.

5.5

Still Here

Franciszek 'Czuły' Czułkowski

Polish drama series which follows the tragicomic adventures of a 40-year-old urban legend in Warsaw. He is a deeply complex character, an irresponsible party animal, a serial lothario and everyone’s friend at the same time. Behind the veneer he is tormented and self-loathing, trapped by his parents and shackled by the culture and the times that shaped him.

7.3

Ekipa

neonazista Ludwik Bodry-Barański

Ekipa is a Polish political drama TV series created and directed by Agnieszka Holland, aired from 13 September 2007 until 6 December 2007 on Polsat. Ekipa is the second Polish political fiction series after the 1980s miniseries The Career of Nicodemus Dyzma.

6.6

The Pact

Łukasz Seidler

Piotr Grodecki is an investigative journalist uncovering corruption and scandals at the highest levels of government.

7.3

The Border

Pułkownik Kuczer

After a bombing attack at the Poland–Ukraine border which killed his friends from the Border Guard, Captain Wiktor Rebrow tries to unravel the mystery and figure out what happened and who is behind it all.

6.2

Detective Forst

Wiktor Forst

Atop a Polish mountain, a gruff detective with unusual methods investigates the bizarre murder of an unpopular professor.

6.1

The King of Warsaw

Janusz Radziwiłek

1937 Warsaw, Poland. The Jewish mafia rules the city. Head honcho is gangster socialist, Buddy Kaplica. His right-hand man, boxer, Jakub Szapiro who dreams of taking over Buddy's top spot as King of Warsaw.

6.8

Recipe for Life

cook Jerzy Knape

Przepis na życie is a Polish Comedy drama television series produced by Akson Studio for the TVN network. The series was created and written by Polish actress Agnieszka Pilaszewska. The main character is a middle-aged woman whose life changes when her husband leaves her and she loses her job. The only activity that can make her feel better is cooking. This is her passion. The storyline follows her fate, as well as her daughter's and ex-husband's who is now with another woman.

7.4

Cold War

Lech Kaczmarek

A man and a woman meet in the ruins of post-war Poland. With vastly different backgrounds and temperaments, they are fatally mismatched and yet drawn to each other.

5.1

Oficerowie

podkomisarz Tomasz Kruszyński "Kruszon"

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4.9

Trzeci oficer

komisarz Tomasz Kruszyński "Kruszon"

No description available

5.6

Sfora

"Glut", złodziej samochodów

No description available

7.4

Officer

podkomisarz Tomasz Kruszyński "Kruszon"

Polish crime / drama TV series portraying Warsaw police officers from Central Bureau of Investigations who got on the trail of counterfeit Euro banknotes which involves local gangsters and French crime syndicate.

7.3

Heweliusz

Andrzej Ułasiewicz

After a catastrophic ferry disaster, the off-duty captain seeks answers and justice for those who lost their lives — and those they left behind.

6.8

Days of Honor - Powstanie

major Heinrich Pabst

This is really season 7 of Days Of Honor, though the timings are out as some of the events in this series pre-date season 6. More about Polish resistance to the Nazis during WWII