Andrzej Seweryn

Andrzej Seweryn (born 25 April 1946 in Heilbronn, Germany) is a Polish actor and director.

His parents Zdzisław and Zofia were captured and forced into slave labor in Germany, during World War II. After the birth of Andrzej, they returned to Poland.

He graduated from the Academy of Dramatic Arts in Warsaw and worked at Teatr Ateneum where he continued to act until 1980.

Andrzej Seweryn appeared in over fifty motion pictures, most them Polish, French and German productions. He is best known in the United States for his portrayal as Julian Scherner in the film "Schindler's List". Seweryn was allegedly chosen for the role of Scherner since he bore a striking physical resemblance to the actual Julian Scherner, based upon photographic evidence from World War II.He has also portrayed the French Revolutionary leader Maximilien Robespierre, in the film and mini-series La Révolution française (1989) aka (The French Revolution).

Since 1993 he has performed in Comédie Française in Paris and taught at the Paris Conservatoire

Filmography

* "Ekipa" as President Juliusz Szczęsny
* "À ton image" (2004) as Professor Cardoze
* "Par amour" (2003/I) (TV) as François
* "Zemsta" (2002) aka "The Revenge" as Rejent Milczek
* "Prymas - trzy lata z tysiaca" (2000) aka "The Primate" as Stefan Wyszyński
* "Pan Tadeusz" aka "Tadeusz or the Last Foray in Lithuania" (1999) as Judge Soplica
* "Ogniem i mieczem" (1999) aka "With Fire and Sword" as Jeremi Wisniowiecki
* "Billboard" (1998) as Agency Manager
* "Généalogies d'un crime" (1997) aka "Genealogies of a Crime" as Christian
* "Lucie Aubrac" (1997) as Lt. Schlondorff
* "Total Eclipse" (1995) as Mr. Maute De Fleurville
* "Le Fils du cordonnier" (1994) (mini) TV Series as Célestin
* "Podroz na wschod" (1994) aka "A Journey East"
* "Schindler's List" (1993) as Julian Scherner
* "Amok" (1993) as Steiner
* "L'Échange" (1992)
* "Indochine" (1992) as Hebrard
* "La Condanna" (1991) aka "The Conviction" as Giovanni, Public attorney
* "Napoléon et l'Europe" (1991) (mini) TV Series
* "La Bonne âme du Setchouan" (1990) (TV) as Wang
* "La Révolution française" (1989) aka "The French Revolution" as Maximilien-Marie-Isidore De Robespierre
* "The Mahabharata" (1989) (mini) TV Series as Yudhishthira
* "Na srebrnym globie" (1987) aka "The Silver Globe" as Marek
* "La Coda del diavolo" (1986) aka "The Malady of Love" as The pedlar
* "La Femme de ma vie" (1986) aka "Women of My Life" as Bernard
* "Qui trop embrasse..." (1986) as Marc
* "Haute Mer" (1984)
* "Danton" (1983) as Bourdon
* "Najdluzsza wojna nowoczesnej Europy" (1982) TV Series as Hipolit Cegielski
* "Peer Gynt" (1981) (TV) as Le cuisinier/Le propriétaire d'Haegstad/Le père de la mariée
* "Człowiek z żelaza" (1981) aka "Man of Iron" as Wirski
* "Dziecinne pytania" (1981) aka "Childish Questions" as Bogdan
* "Dyrygent" (1980) aka "Orchestra Conductor" as Adam Pietryk
* "Golem" (1980)
* "Kung-Fu" (1979) as Marek Kaminski
* "Bestia" (1979) aka "Beast" as Priest
* "Roman i Magda" (1979) aka "Roman and Magda" as Roman
* "Bez znieczulenia" (1978) aka "Without Anesthesia" as Jerzy Rosciszewski
* "Granica" (1978) aka "The Limit" as Zenon Ziembiewicz
* "Rodzina Polanieckich" (1978) TV Series as Bukacki
* "Dluga noc poslubna" (1977) (TV) aka "Long Honeymoon"
* "Człowiek z marmuru" (1977) aka "Man of Marble" (voice) as Reader
* "Polskie drogi" (1977) TV Series as Sturmbannführer Kliefhorn
* "Zaklete rewiry" (1975) aka "Hotel Pacific" (voice) as Henek
* "Opadly liscie z drzew" (1975) aka "Leaves Have Fallen" as Smukly
* "Noce i dnie" (1975) aka "Nights and Days" as Anzelm Ostrzenski
* "Ziemia Obiecana" (1975) aka "The Promised Land" as Maks Baum
* "Obrazki z zycia" (1975) aka "Pictures From Life" as Writer
* "Przejscie podziemne" (1974) (TV) aka "The Underground Passage"
* "Album polski" (1970) aka "Polish Album" as Tomek
* "Beata" (1965) as Pupil

See also

*Cinema of Poland

External links

* [http://www.culture.pl/en/culture/artykuly/os_seweryn_andrzej Biography of Andrzej Seweryn]
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