Quick Facts
Pisces
Biography
Daniel Olbrychski (Polish pronunciation: [ɔlˈbrɨxskʲi]; born 27 February 1945) is a Polish actor best known for leading roles in several Andrzej Wajda movies and also known for playing a defector and spymaster Vassily Orlov, alongside Hollywood actress Angelina Jolie in the movie Salt.
Life and career
Olbrychski was born in Łowicz, Poland. He attended Gimnazjum i Liceum im. Stefana Batorego (Warsaw, Poland).
In 1971 he won the award for Best Actor at the 7th Moscow International Film Festival for his role in The Birch Wood.
He played one of the leading roles in Volker Schlöndorff's film The Tin Drum based on Günter Grass's novel Die Blechtrommel. He also appeared in one of the ten short films in Krzysztof Kieślowski's Dekalog and had a small role in the film adaptation of The Unbearable Lightness of Being.
In 1986 Olbrychski received the French Legion of Honor (L'Ordre national de la Légion d'honneur). In 2007 he received the Stanislavsky Award at the 29th Moscow International Film Festival for the outstanding achievement in the career of acting and devotion to the principles of Stanislavsky's school.
In addition to acting, Olbrychski has been well known for his abilities as an athlete. A keen horse-rider and very able with the sabre, Olbrychski personally performed most of the stunt scenes in his movies.
He is the father of two sons, Rafał Olbrychski (actor, born 26 February 1971) by Monika Dzienisiewicz-Olbrychska, and Viktor by German actress Barbara Sukowa. He also has a daughter named Weronika (b. 1982) by Zuzanna Łapicka-Olbrychska, daughter of Andrzej Łapicki.
He was selected to be on the jury for the Cinéfondation and short films sections of the 2015 Cannes Film Festival.
Filmography
- 1963: Ranny w lesie as Koral
- 1965: Potem nastąpi cisza as Olewicz
- 1965:The Ashes as Rafał Olbromski
- 1966: Małżeństwo z rozsądku as Andrzej
- 1966:Bokser as Tolek Szczepaniak
- 1967: Skok
- 1967: Jowita as Marek Arens
- 1968: Zaliczenie as Student
- 1968: Everything for Sale as Daniel
- 1968: Colonel Wolodyjowski as Azja, son of Tugay Bey
- 1968: The Countess Cosel as Charles XII
- 1969: Struktura kryształu
- 1969: Sól ziemi czarnej
- 1969: Polowanie na muchy
- 1970: Family Life
- 1970: Różaniec z granatów
- 1970: Liberation
- 1970: Landscape After the Battle
- 1970: Égi bárány
- 1970: Brzezina
- 1972: Pilate and Others (Pilatus und andere)
- 1972: The Wedding
- 1974: The Promised Land
- 1974: Roma rivuole Cesare
- 1974: The Deluge
- 1976: Zdjęcia próbne
- 1976: Dagny
- 1977: Trzy po trzy
- 1979: Terrarium
- 1979: Rycerz
- 1979: The Maids of Wilko
- 1979: Kung-fu
- 1979: The Tin Drum
- 1980: Wizja lokalna 1901
- 1981: Z dalekiego kraju
- 1981: The Fall of Italy
- 1981: Les Uns et les Autres
- 1982: The Trout
- 1983: A Love in Germany
- 1984: Dangerous Moves
- 1984: Der Bulle und das Mädchen
- 1985: Siekierezada
- 1985: Music Hall
- 1985: Lieber Karl
- 1985: Jestem przeciw
- 1985: Ga, ga: Chwała bohaterom as Hero
- 1985: Casablanca, Casablanca
- 1986: Rosa Luxemburg
- 1986: Mit meinen heißen Tränen (TV film)
- 1986: Marriage blanc
- 1987: Farewell Moscow
- 1988: The Unbearable Lightness of Being
- 1988: La Bottega dell'orefice
- 1988: L'Orchestre rouge
- 1988: Haute tension - Au bout du rouleau
- 1988: Dekalog: Three
- 1988: The Secret of the Sahara as Hared
- 1989: Zoo
- 1989: Passi d'amore
- 1990: Le retour
- 1992: Short Breath of Love
- 1992: Das lange Gespräch mit dem Vogel
- 1993: Vervonal
- 1993: Me Ivan, You Abraham
- 1993: Lepiej być piękną i bogatą
- 1993: Kolejność uczuć
- 1994: A Torvenytelen
- 1995: Transatlantis
- 1995: Pestka
- 1995: The Story of Master Twardowski
- 1996: Ucieczka
- 1996: Truck stop
- 1996: Poznań '56
- 1996: Hommes, femmes, mode d'emploi
- 1996: Dzieci i ryby
- 1997: Szökés
- 1997: Opowieści weekendowe: Ostatni krąg
- 1998: With Fire and Sword
- 1998: The Barber of Siberia
- 1999: Pan Tadeusz
- 2000: To ja, złodziej
- 2000: The Spring to Come
- 2001: The Hexer
- 2002: The Revenge
- 2003: An Ancient Tale: When the Sun Was a God
- 2005: Anthony Zimmer
- 2005: The Turkish Gambit
- 2007: Dwie strony medalu
- 2008: Taras Bulba
- 2009: A Man and His Dog
- 2009-2011: Czas honoru as Doctor
- 2010: Salt as Oleg Vasilievich Orlov
- 2010: Odnoklassniki (Russian: Одноклассники) as the Pole on the island Goa
- 2011: Battle of Warsaw 1920 as Józef Piłsudski
- 2012: Hans Kloss: Stawka większa niż śmierć
Polish dubbing
- Cars franchise as Doc Hudson
- Arthur and the Invisibles series as Maltazard
- 2006: Heroes of Might and Magic V as Markal
- 2008: Fly Me to the Moon as Amos
- 2008: Asterix at the Olympic Games as Julius Caesar
- 2008: Assassin’s Creed as al-Mualim
- 2010: ModNation Racers as Chief
- 2011: Red Orchestra 2: Heroes of Stalingrad as Vasily Ivanovich Chuikov
Modern Art
- 2013: The dream Off Penderecki as the polish lector together with Derek Jacobi, Józef Skrzek, Jaroslaw Pijarowski in the music show by Teatr Tworzenia Theater of Creation edited and published exclusively (limited edition) by Brain Active Records in celebration of the 80th birthday of the great contemporary composer - Krzysztof Penderecki