Andrzej Chyra

Andrzej Chyra (, born 27 August 1964) is a Polish actor and theatre director. He is a member of the Polish Film Academy and the European Film Academy. In 2006, he received the Polish Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance in Feliks Falk's drama film The Collector.

Life and career He graduated from high school and in 1987 he graduated from the Acting Theater School in Warsaw. In 1994, he majored at the same university in directing.

He made his film debut in 1993, with the role of Benvollo in the film Order of Affection, directed by Radosław Piwowarski. The largest role so far that brought him recognition was as Gerard Nowak in the 1999 film The Debt (Dług) by Krzysztof Krauze, for which he was awarded the Best Actor award at the Polish Film Festival in Gdynia. The success of this was continued in 2005 when he received the Polish Academy Award for Best Actor for his role in Komornik. In 2007, he starred in Andrzej Wajda's Academy Award-nominated historical drama film Katyń.

He was also nominated for Polish Film Awards his roles in the films We're All Christs (2006), Never Gonna Snow Again (2021) and All Our Fears (2021).

In 2015, he was awarded the Konrad Swinarski Prize for directing Paweł Mykietyn's opera Czarodziejska góra based on Thomas Mann's novel The Magic Mountain. In 2019, he received the Zbigniew Cybulski Award for Lifetime Achievement.

Filmography

Film

1988 – Decalogue IV (TV Mini-Series) - Theatre Student (uncredited) 1993 – Kolejność uczuć - Actor playing Benvoll 1994 – Zawrócony (TV Movie) - Priest 1999 – Dług - Gerard Nowak 1999 – Kallafiorr 2000 – Gra 2000 – Wyrok na Franciszka Kłosa 2001 – Pieniądze to nie wszystko 2001 – Przedwiośnie 2001 – Where Eskimos Live 2001 – Wiedźmin 2003 – Pogoda na jutro 2003 – Powiedz to, Gabi 2003 – Siedem przystanków na drodze do raju 2003 – Symmetry 2003 – Zmruż oczy 2004 – Ono 2004 – Tulipany 2005 – Komornik 2005 – Persona Non Grata 2006 – Palimpsest 2006 – S@motność w sieci 2006 – Strike 2006 – We're All Christs 2007 – Katyń 2008 – Magiczne drzewo 2008 – Nieruchomy poruszyciel 2009 – Wszystko co kocham 2009 – Zdjęcie 2010 – Mistyfikacja 2012 - Land of Oblivion 2013 - In the Name Of 2013 - Lasting 2016 - United States of Love 2017 - Frost 2017 - Beyond Words 2018 - One Nation, One King 2019 - Listen to the Universe 2020 - Doctor Lisa 2020 - Never Gonna Snow Again 2020 — Magnesium 2020 - Kill It and Leave This Town (voice only) 2021 - All Our Fears 2021 - The Wedding 2026 — Colors of Evil: Black 2026 — The Doll TBA - Santo Subito!

Television 1996 – Bar "Atlantic" 1996 – Honor dla niezaawansowanych 1997 – Boża podszewka 1997 – Zaklęta 1998 – Miodowe lata 2000–2001 – Miasteczko 2000 – Twarze i maski 2002 – Przedwiośnie 2002 – Wiedźmin 2003–2005 – Defekt 2003 – Zaginiona 2004–2005 – Oficer 2006 – Oficerowie 2006 – S@motność w sieci 2007 – Cztery poziomo 2022 – Cracow Monsters 2023 – A Girl and an Astronaut

Theatre direction Z dziejów alkoholizmu w Polsce, Stara Prochownia Theatre, Warsaw (1994) Przegryźć dżdżownicę, Piętro Theatre, Poznań (1997) Kochanek, Centrum Kultury Theatre (1998) Gracze, Baltic State Opera, Gdańsk (2013) Carmen, Grand Theatre, Warsaw (2018)