Piotr Fronczewski

Piotr Fronczewski (born 8 June 1946) is a Polish actor and a cabaret and theatre singer. He is regarded as one of the greatest and most popular actors of his generation.

Life and career He was born in Łódź to a Polish mother, Bogna Duszyńska (1912–2016) and a Polish-Jewish father, Władysław Fronczewski (1900–1969). His father was born as Władysław Finkelstein and changed his last name before the outbreak of World War II. He is a graduate of the Karol Świerczewski Liceum in Warsaw.

Piotr Fronczewski is also known for the fictional character/musical project Franek Kimono. Under this name, he issued a disco LP in 1983 which, though meant as a satire of Poland's disco culture, turned out to be a great success. Fronczewski started his acting career playing in the theater. He also performed in cabarets. His daughters – Kasia and Magda Fronczewska were very popular child-singers in late 1980s and early 1990s.

From his TV and movie work, he is best known as Pan Kleks (Mr Inkblot), the main character of a series of movies based on books written by Jan Brzechwa and illustrated by Craig Bonner. He also voiced Robert "Bob" Parr Mr. Incredible in the Polish dub of The Incredibles franchise and Diego in the Polish version of the Ice Age film series.

In 1990, Gustaw Holoubek ranked Piotr Fronczewski among the three greatest Polish dramatic actors post-1965 alongside Andrzej Seweryn and Wojciech Pszoniak. He played leading roles in films with prominent Polish directors, e.g. Andrzej Wajda, as well as many supporting roles in big productions. He is well known for playing "Pan Piotrus" in the Cabaret of Olga Lipinska. Later, he became active on the Polish Cabaret and standup comedy scene. Piotr Fronczewski is known as a master of intelligent humour and snappy retort.

Selected filmography 1958 – Wolne miasto as Boguś 1972 – Boleslaw Smialy as Brother Adalbertus 1974 – Ziemia Obiecana as von Horn 1975 – A Woman's Decision as Jan 1976 – Parada Oszustów as Narrator and additional roles 1978 – Halo Szpicbródka as Fred Kampinos / Szpicbródka 1979 – Kung-Fu as Witek Markowski 1980 – The Moth as Psychiatrist 1980 – Głosy as Andrzej Domański, former husband of Ewa 1981 – The Quack as Dobraniecki 1982 – Aby do świtu... as Szczygieł 1983 – Akademia Pana Kleksa as Professor Ambroży Kleks and Jan Brzechwa 1983 – Szaleństwa Panny Ewy as dr Hieronim Tyszowski 1983 – In the Land of the Wizard of Oz as Scarecrow (voice, episodes 1-7) 1985 – Podróże pana Kleksa as Professor Ambroży Kleks 1987 – Cesarskie cięcie as Dr. Erdman 1987 – Zabij mnie glino as Zientara 1988 – Pan Kleks w Kosmosie as Professor Ambroży Kleks 1989 – as Czesław Wiśniak / Jacek Ben Silberstein 1989 – A Tale of Adam Mickiewicz's 'Forefathers' Eve' as Sobolewski 1990 – Escape from the 'Liberty' Cinema as Party Secretary 1994 – Tata, a Marcin powiedział as Dad 1995 – Awantura o Basię as Stanisław Olszowski 1997 – Rover Dangerfield as Rover Dangerfield (voice, Polish dub) 1998 – Billboard as „Kaleka” 1999 – Lot 001 as Captain 1999 – Tygrysy Europy as Henryk Laskowski 1999 – Rodzina zastępcza as Jacek Kwiatkowski 2001 – Tryumf pana Kleksa as Professor Ambroży Kleks (voice) 2002 – Day of the Wacko as TV doctor 2002 – Ice Age as Diego (voice, Polish dub) 2004 – The Incredibles as Bob Parr / Mr. Incredible (voice, Polish dub) 2006 – Rozmowy z katem as Jürgen Stroop 2016 – The Jungle Book as King Louie (voice, Polish dub) 2018 – Incredibles 2 as Bob Parr / Mr. Incredible (voice, Polish dub) 2018 – The Mire as Hotel Manager 2021 – Kontrakt as the Narrator 2024 – Akademia Pana Kleksa as Dr. Pai-Khi-Wo