Acting
Borys Szyc
Born 1978-09-04
Łódź, Poland
Department: Acting
Biography
Borys Michał Szyc-Michalak is a Polish film and theatre actor and musician. In 2010, he received the Polish Academy Award for Best Actor. He achieved nationwide popularity by starring in such films as Vinci (2004), Testosteron (2007), Mole (2011), The Secret of Westerplatte (2013), Persona Non Grata (2015), Spoor (2017) and Cold War (2018). Apart from his film career he appeared in numerous popular TV series including For Better or Worse, Honey Years, Foster Family and Heweliusz.
Known For
Prominent works featuring Borys Szyc
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The Pianist
2002
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Cold War
2018
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Into the Night
2020
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Spoor
2017
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Furia
2021
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The American
2023
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Rodzina zastępcza
1999
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Detective Forst
2024
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Heweliusz
2025
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The Art of Loving: Story of Michalina Wislocka
2017
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Filmography & Credits
Complete career catalog (101 titles)
| Poster | Title | Character / Role | Type | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Tears of Neon | Self / Appearance | Movie | 2026 |
 | The Doll | Baron Krzeszowski | Movie | 2026 |
 | Too Old for Fairy Tales 3 | Self / Appearance | Movie | 2026 |
 | Women's Hell | Wiktor Denar | TV Series | 2026 |
 | Smartie and Me | Self / Appearance | Movie | 2026 |
 | Wild | Self / Appearance | Movie | 2026 |
 | Heweliusz | Andrzej Ułasiewicz | TV Series | 2025 |
 | Pixie. The New Beginning | (voice) | Movie | 2025 |
 | Vinci 2 | Julian 'Szerszeń' Paulewicz | Movie | 2025 |
 | Simona Kossak | Batura | Movie | 2024 |
 | The Green Dinosaur | Hokus Pokus / Hokus Pokus' Father (voice) | Movie | 2024 |
 | Detective Forst | Wiktor Forst | TV Series | 2024 |
| Detective Forst | Producer | TV Series | 2024 |
 | The American | Andrei Vadys | Movie | 2023 |
 | You Should Not Exist | Michał | Movie | 2023 |
 | Still Here | Franciszek 'Czuły' Czułkowski | TV Series | 2023 |
 | Kryptonim: Polska | Roman | TV Series | 2022 |
 | Operation Nation | Roman | Movie | 2022 |
| The Butler | Fryderyk von Krauss | TV Series | 2022 | |
 | Autumn Girl | Kazimierz Kutz | Movie | 2021 |
 | Furia | Ziminov | TV Series | 2021 |
 | Magnesium | Zbroja Lewenfisz | Movie | 2021 |
| Magnesium | Co-Producer | Movie | 2021 |
 | Letters to Santa 4 | Gibon | Movie | 2021 |
 | The King of Warsaw | Janusz Radziwiłek | TV Series | 2020 |
 | Into the Night | Łom | TV Series | 2020 |
 | Bird Talk | Jakubiec | Movie | 2019 |
 | (Nie)znajomi | Janusz (voice) | Movie | 2019 |
| (Nie)znajomi | Co-Producer | Movie | 2019 |
 | Legions | Zbigniew Dunin Wąsowicz | Movie | 2019 |
 | The Marshal | Józef Piłsudski | Movie | 2019 |
 | Dark, Almost Night | Co-Producer | Movie | 2019 |
 | Planet Single 3 | Self / Appearance | Movie | 2019 |
 | Heart Is Not a Service | Maciek | Movie | 2018 |
 | The Butler | Fryderyk von Krauss | Movie | 2018 |
 | Cold War | Lech Kaczmarek | Movie | 2018 |
 | Letters to Santa 3 | 'Gibon' | Movie | 2017 |
 | Bodo | Captain Daniel Adamski | Movie | 2017 |
 | Spoor | Wnetrzak | Movie | 2017 |
 | PolandJa | Soldier Muszyński | Movie | 2017 |
 | The Art of Loving: Story of Michalina Wislocka | szef wydawnictwa | Movie | 2017 |
 | Persona Non Grata | Pesz | Movie | 2015 |
 | The Pact | Łukasz Seidler | TV Series | 2015 |
 | The Border | Pułkownik Kuczer | TV Series | 2014 |
 | Days of Honor - Powstanie | major Heinrich Pabst | TV Series | 2014 |
 | The Heart and Sweetheart | Priest Pietryga | Movie | 2014 |
 | JJ | Jerzy Jurecki | Movie | 2014 |
| JJ | Co-Producer | Movie | 2014 |
 | 1939 Battle of Westerplatte | Stefan Ludwik Grodecki | Movie | 2013 |
 | Ixjana | Artur | Movie | 2012 |
 | The Day of the Siege: September Eleven 1683 | Mikołaj Adam Sieniawski | Movie | 2012 |
| Three Sisters | Aleksandr | Movie | 2012 | |
 | Kac Wawa | Andrzej | Movie | 2012 |
 | Big Love | prisoner | Movie | 2012 |
 | Kreskostoria Polski | Zakała (voice) | Movie | 2012 |
 | Polish Roulette | Janek | Movie | 2012 |
 | Pokaż kotku, co masz w środku | turkey (voice) | Movie | 2011 |
 | Battle of Warsaw 1920 | Jan Krynicki | Movie | 2011 |
 | The Mole | Paweł Kowal | Movie | 2011 |
 | George the Hedgehog | Jerzy (voice) | Movie | 2011 |
 | Recipe for Life | cook Jerzy Knape | TV Series | 2011 |
 | War of Love | Albin | Movie | 2010 |
 | Beyond the Steppes | Roman | Movie | 2010 |
| Esterhazy | Ojciec Ewy (głos) | Movie | 2010 | |
 | Miracle Seller | Stefan | Movie | 2010 |
 | Blind Date | Karol | Movie | 2010 |
 | Demakijaż | Piotr Wierchowieński (segment "Droga wewnętrzna") | Movie | 2009 |
 | Lesser Evil | Mareczek Kolenda | Movie | 2009 |
 | Case Unknown | Dr. Konstanty Grot | Movie | 2009 |
 | Snow White and Russian Red | Silny | Movie | 2009 |
 | And a Warm Heart | Self / Appearance | Movie | 2008 |
 | Trzeci oficer | komisarz Tomasz Kruszyński "Kruszon" | TV Series | 2008 |
 | Ladies | Błażej Dywanik, brat Marka | Movie | 2008 |
 | Ekipa | neonazista Ludwik Bodry-Barański | TV Series | 2007 |
 | Tajemnica Twierdzy Szyfrów | Untersturmführer Matheas Beer | TV Series | 2007 |
 | Hiena | Ojciec "Małego" / Syn "Bryndzy" / Lodziarz | Movie | 2007 |
 | Testosteron | Tytus | Movie | 2007 |
 | South by North | Jakub | Movie | 2007 |
 | Job: The Last Grey Cell | Chemik | Movie | 2006 |
 | Oficerowie | podkomisarz Tomasz Kruszyński "Kruszon" | TV Series | 2006 |
 | Chaos | Łysy | Movie | 2006 |
| Droga wewnętrzna | Piotr Wierchowieński, współpracownik Rafała | Movie | 2006 | |
 | Officer | podkomisarz Tomasz Kruszyński "Kruszon" | TV Series | 2005 |
 | 1409. Afera na zamku Bartenstein | Herman | Movie | 2005 |
 | The Welts | Bartosz | Movie | 2004 |
 | Vinci | Julian 'Szerszeń' Paulewicz | Movie | 2004 |
 | Defekt | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 2003 |
 | Symmetry | Albert | Movie | 2003 |
 | No Mercy | "Glut", złodziej samochodów | Movie | 2002 |
 | Sfora | "Glut", złodziej samochodów | TV Series | 2002 |
 | The Pianist | Young Gestapo (uncredited) | Movie | 2002 |
 | E=mc² | student I | Movie | 2002 |
 | The Station | Tomek | Movie | 2001 |
 | The Annuity | Michał | Movie | 2001 |
 | Przedwiośnie | Buławnik | Movie | 2001 |
 | Enduro Bojz | motorcyclist | Movie | 2000 |
 | Rodzina zastępcza | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 1999 |
 | King Size | Dwarf (uncredited) | Movie | 1988 |
| Kochanie, mamy problem | Karol | Movie | — | |
| Światło w nocy | Józef Szwejk | Movie | — | |
 | Zwierzak | Self / Appearance | TV Series | — |