Daniel Olbrychski

Daniel Olbrychski
Daniel Olbrychski, 2007
Born	27 February 1945 (1945-02-27) Łowicz, Poland

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 the Russian defector and spymaster Vassily Orlov, alongside Hollywood actress Angelina Jolie in the movie Salt.

Olbrychski was born in Łowicz, Poland. He attended Gimnazjum i Liceum im. Stefana Batorego (Warsaw, Poland).

He played one of the leading roles in Volker Schlöndorff's rendering of Nobel-prize awarded German writer Günther Grass's book "Die Blechtrommel" (The Tin Drum). He also appeared in one of the ten short films in Krzysztof Kieślowski's The Decalogue, 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 Moscow International Film Festival for the outstanding achievement in the career of acting and devotion to the principles of Stanislavsky's school.

Olbrychski (left) with Andrzej Wajda (centre), 1973

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, Rafal 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 Lapicka-Olbrychska, daughter of Andrzej Lapicki.

Filmography

Ranny w lesie 1963 Potem nastąpi cisza 1965 The Ashes 1965 Małżeństwo z rozsądku 1966 Bokser 1966 Skok 1967 Jowita 1967 Zaliczenie 1968 Everything for Sale 1968 Colonel Wolodyjowski 1968 The Countess Cosel 1968 Struktura kryształu 1969 Sól ziemi czarnej 1969 Polowanie na muchy 1969 Family Life 1970 Różaniec z granatów 1970 Liberation, 1970 Landscape After the Battle 1970 Égi bárány 1970 Brzezina 1970 Pilate and Others (Pilatus und andere) 1972 The Wedding 1972 The Promised Land 1974 Roma rivuole Cesare 1974 The Deluge 1974 Zdjęcia próbne 1976 Dagny 1976 Trzy po trzy 1977 Terrarium 1979 Rycerz 1979 The Maids of Wilko 1979

Kung-Fu 1979 The Tin Drum 1979 Wizja Lokalna 1901 1980 Z dalekiego kraju 1981 The Fall of Italy 1981 Les Uns et les Autres 1981 The Trout 1982 A Love in Germany 1983 Dangerous Moves 1984 Der Bulle & Das Madchen 1984 Siekierezada 1985 Music Hall 1985 Lieber Karl 1985 Jestem przeciw 1985 Ga, ga: Chwała bohaterom 1985 Casablanca, Casablanca 1985 Rosa Luxemburg 1986 Marriage blanc 1986 Farewell Moscow 1987 The Unbearable Lightness of Being 1988 La Bottega dell'orefice 1988 L'Orchestre rouge 1988 Haute tension - Au bout du rouleau 1988 Decalogue III 1988 The Secret of the Sahara (El Secreto del Sahara) 1988 Zoo 1989 Passi d'amore 1989 Le Retour 1990 Short Breath of Love 1992

Długa rozmowa z ptakiem (Das Lange Gespräch mit dem Vogel) 1992 Vervonal 1993 Me Ivan, You Abraham 1993 Lepiej być piękną i bogatą 1993 Kolejność uczuć 1993 A Torvenytelen 1994 Transatlantis 1995 Pestka 1995 The Story of Master Twardowski 1995 Ucieczka 1996 Truck stop 1996 Poznań '56 1996 Hommes, femmes, mode d'emploi 1996 Dzieci i ryby 1996 Szökés 1997 Opowieści weekendowe - Ostatni krąg 1997 With Fire and Sword 1998 The Barber of Siberia 1998 Pan Tadeusz 1999 To ja, złodziej 2000 The Spring to Come 2000 The Hexer 2001 The Revenge 2002 An Ancient Tale: When the Sun Was a God 2003 Anthony Zimmer 2005 The Turkish Gambit 2005 Dwie strony medalu 2007 Taras Bulba 2008 A Man and His Dog 2009 Salt 2010 Battle of Warsaw 1920 2011

External links

• Daniel Olbrychski at the Internet Movie Database