Piotr Adamczyk

Piotr Aleksander Adamczyk (; born March 21, 1972) is a Polish film, television, voice and theatre actor. He is known for portraying pianist and composer Frédéric Chopin in the biographical film Chopin: Desire for Love, Pope John Paul II in the TV miniseries Karol: A Man Who Became Pope (2005) and its sequel Karol: The Pope, The Man (2006), Tomas in the Marvel Cinematic Universe Disney+ series Hawkeye (2021) and Sergei Nikulov in the Apple TV+ original science fiction space drama series For All Mankind (2021–2024).

Early life and education From his early childhood Adamczyk wanted to become an actor. He attended the Machulski youth theatre group in Warsaw. Thanks to an international scholarship, he was able to attend international theatre workshops in the United Kingdom and Germany. He continued his acting education by attending the Theatre Academy in Warsaw. During his second academic year, he won a scholarship from the Soros Foundation which allowed him to attend the British American Drama Academy for one year, where he performed Hamlet for his diploma.

Career Once he graduated from the Theatre Academy, Adamczyk was hired by the Teatr Współczesny in Warsaw. His career in the film industry however grew much more intensively. He played Stawrogin in Fyodor Dostoyevsky’s The Possessed. The breakthrough in his career was his part as Frédéric Chopin in the film Chopin: Desire for Love - and became a Polish star.

The climax of his popularity was reached when he played the title role of another Polish historical figure in a two part Italian TV movie - Karol: A Man Who Became Pope and Karol: The Pope, The Man. The movie was viewed by several dozen million viewers, and made him popular in Italy, Latin America and many other Catholic countries.

Adamczyk also managed to take advantage of his popularity abroad to act at the Sala Uno Theatre in Rome, in Italian. He also appeared in Liliana Cavani’s movie Einstein and in the Portuguese production Second Life.

In 2014, Adamczyk, Bartosz Opania and Paweł Domagała starred in the comedy film Wkreceni.

He has been in over 800 radio roles and around 100 theatre, television and film parts. He is also appreciated for his roles in Polish dubbing. In animated films he voiced, among others, Melman the giraffe in Madagascar, Lightning McQueen in Cars, and Syndrome in The Incredibles.

He has received many prestigious awards in Poland. In 2011, he was voted the most popular Polish actor.

Filmography Films

Television series

Polish-language dubbing Year Title Role Notes 1995 Teen Wolf Scott Howard Television series1996 Bonkers Troy Television series; episode: "Springtime For The Iguana" (no. 27) Oakie Doke Denzil Television series The Prince and the Pauper Miles Hemdon Feature film Shoe #1 1996–1999 Animaniacs Additional voices Television series1997 The Age of Innocence Newland Archer Feature film Batman: The Animated Series Mad Bomber Television series; episode: "Beware the Gray Ghost" (no. 18) CBS Storybreak Green lacewing Television series; episode: "Yeh-Shen: A Cinderella Story from China" (no. 2) Space Jam Hubie Feature film Star Trek: Voyager Motura Television series; episode: "Phage" (no. 5) Hatil Television series; episode: "Emanations" (no. 9) The Sylvester & Tweety Mysteries Homeowner Television series; episode: "B2 Or Not B2" (no. 6) Ship captain Television series; episode: "The Maltese Canary" (no. 9) James Twist Television series; episode: "It's a Plaid, Plaid, Plaid, Plaid World" (no. 12) Hubie Television series; episode: "Go Fig" (no. 13)1998 Captain Planet and the Planeteers Wheeler Television series Cheese Chasers Hubie Short film Dexter's Laboratory Mat Parallax Television series; episode: "Sassy Come Home" (no. 26a) Eerie, Indiana: The Other Dimension Siggy Lloyd Television series Dog Tired Parrot Short film Dr. Dolittle John Dolittle Feature film House Hunting Mice Hubie Short film Hugo the Movie Star Hugo Feature film The Hypo-Chondri-Cat Hubie Short film Life with Louie Michael Grunewald Television series; 29 episodesLittle Bear No Feet Television series; 39 episodes Beaver #1 Television series; 2 episodes Magic Adventures of Mumfie Mumfie Television series The New Adventures of Zorro Zorro Television series; 26 episodes Rudolph's Shiny New Year Rudolph Television film Spider-Man Harry Osborn Television series Kiosk vendor Television series; episode: "Chapter XIV: The Final Nightmare" (no. 27) Pedestrian Television series; episode: "Chapter V: Rocket Racer" (no. 32) Kingpin's soldier Television series; episode: "Chapter VIII: The Ultimate Slayer" (no. 35) James Rhodes / War Machine Television series; 2 episodes Rooker's Island guard #2 Television series; episode: "Chapter I: Guilty" (no. 42) Johnny Storm / Human Torch Television series; 2 episodes Tekkaman Blade Ringo Richards Television series The Ugly Duckling Ugly Duckling Feature filmStar Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace Bravo 3 Feature film Antidar Williams 1999 Fraggle Rock Junior Television series Sprocket Magic Mountain Lion Television series The Powerpuff Girls Lenny Television series; episode "Collect Her" (no. 15a) Princess Sissi Archduke Karl Ludwig of Austria Television series2000 Super Pig Additional voices Television series Tomas and the Falcon King Ostrik Feature film 2001 Dr. Dolittle 2 John Dolittle Feature film The Gypsy Ballerina Additional voices Feature film 2002 Adventures from the Book of Virtues Marcus Television series; episode: "Citizenship" (no. 23) Rabbit Television series; episode: "Wisdom" (no. 26) Jungle Cubs Akela Television series; episode: "The Coming of the Wolves" (no. 13) The Miracle Maker Jesus Feature film2003 The King's Beard Ronnie Feature film What's New, Scooby-Doo? Shane Flinty Television series; episode: "Mummy Scares Best" (no. 16)2004 Balto III: Wings of Change Balto Feature film The Incredibles Syndrome Feature film Mouse Wreckers Hubie Short film2005 The Devil Knows Why Filip Feature film Jack-Jack Attack Syndrome Short film Karol: A Man Who Became Pope Pope John Paul II Feature film Madagascar Melman Feature film Roughly Squeaking Hubie Short film Valiant Valiant Feature film 2006 Brother Bear 2 Tuke Feature film Cars Lightning McQueen Feature film Cars: The Video Game Lightning McQueen Video game Karol: The Pope, The Man Pope John Paul II Feature film Mater and the Ghostlight Lightning McQueen Short film Night at the Museum Larry Daley Feature film 2008 Meet Dave Dave Feature film 2008–2015 Cars Toons Lightning McQueen Television series; 13 episodes2009 Bedtime Stories Skeeter Bronson Feature film Geronimo Stilton Geronimo Stilton Television series; 26 episodes Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa Melman Feature film Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian Larry Daley Feature film Noah's Ark Xiro Feature film2010 Merry Madagascar Melman Short film Planet 51 Chuck Feature film 2011 Cars 2 Lightning McQueen Feature film Gnomeo & Juliet Paris Feature film 2012 Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted Melman Feature film 2013 Tad, The Lost Explorer Tad Stones Feature film2015 Ant-Man Scott Lang / Ant-Man Feature film Asterix: The Mansions of the Gods Anonymus Feature film The Little Prince Conceited Man Feature film Policeman2016 Captain America: Civil War Scott Lang / Ant-Man Feature film Madly Madagascar Melman Short film 2017 Star Wars Battlefront II Bossk Video game Cars 3 Lightning McQueen Feature film Miss Fritter's Racing Skoool Lightning McQueen Short film Rabbit School – Guardians of the Golden Egg Max Feature film 2018 Ant-Man and the Wasp Scott Lang / Ant-Man Feature film Norm of the North 2 Norm Feature film 2019 Avengers: Endgame Scott Lang / Ant-Man Feature film Missing Link Missing Link Feature film Sheep and Wolves: Pig Deal Skinny Feature film 2021 Hawkeye Tomas Television series; 6 episodes Loki Scott Lang / Ant-Man Television series; episode: "Glorious Purpose" (no. 1); archival recordings Marvel Studios: Legends Scott Lang / Ant-Man Television series; 3 episodes; archival recordings What If...? Scott Lang / Ant-Man Television series; episode: "What If... Zombies?!" (no. 5)2022 Cars on the Road Lightning McQueen Television series; 9 episodes Rabbit Academy: Mission Eggpossible Max Feature film 2023 Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania Scott Lang / Ant-Man Feature film A Cat's Life Fred Feature film The Amazing Maurice Maurice Feature film

Awards and nominations He was awarded Medal for Merit to Culture – Gloria Artis (2014).