Hailing from Godów, the youngest of six children, he pursued acting after World II and earned his diploma from the Aleksander Zelwerowicz National Academy of Dramatic Art in Warsaw in 1954. His stage debut came at the Dolnośląski Theatre in Jelenia Góra, followed by a long stint at the Ludowy Theatre in Nowa Huta from 1955 to 1964, and later a tenure at Warsaw’s Powszechny Theatre that lasted unti…
