ACTOR

Leon Niemczyk

1923 - 2006

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Leon Stanisław Niemczyk (15 December 1923 – 29 November 2006) was a Polish actor. Niemczyk developed into a leading box-office star throughout the 1960s, known for serious dramas, including historical dramas and war films. He appeared in over 500 films and television shows over the course of his career. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Leon Niemczyk has received more than 84,987 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Leon Niemczyk is the 2,928th most popular actor, the 755th most popular biography from Poland and the 27th most popular Polish Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 85k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 51.54

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.50

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.77

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Leon Niemczyk ranks 2,928 out of 13,578. Before him are Anny Duperey, Catherine Hicks, Nathan Lane, Bulle Ogier, Kim Tae-hee, and Lorraine Gary. After him are Vincent Regan, Kyōko Kagawa, Jared Padalecki, Tom Welling, Jehanne D'Alcy, and Betty Buckley.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1923, Leon Niemczyk ranks 215. Before him are Achille Silvestrini, Grigory Romanov, Inger Jacobsen, Jamshid Amouzegar, Gerald Götting, and Bryce DeWitt. After him are Jean Delumeau, William Guarnere, Lydia Clarke, Ryōtarō Shiba, Jalal Al-e-Ahmad, and Gordon Jackson. Among people deceased in 2006, Leon Niemczyk ranks 184. Before him are Hugh Thompson Jr., Mohammad Yunus Khalis, Octavia E. Butler, Daniel Schmid, Pierre Vidal-Naquet, and Jurij Brězan. After him are Akira Ifukube, Kent Andersson, Dennis Weaver, Kathleen Antonelli, Yitzhak Kaduri, and Gert Fredriksson.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Leon Niemczyk ranks 755 out of 1,694. Before him are Frederick Ferdinand, Duke of Anhalt-Köthen (1769), Juliusz Kossak (1824), Willy Fritsch (1901), Rudolf Ramek (1881), Matthias Habich (1940), and Martin Gray (1922). After him are Krystyna Skarbek (1908), Henner Henkel (1915), Rutka Laskier (1929), Ludwik Rajchman (1881), Max Weber (1881), and Carl Schuricht (1880).

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Among ACTORS In Poland

Among actors born in Poland, Leon Niemczyk ranks 27. Before him are Heinrich George (1893), Bernhard Goetzke (1884), Helena Modjeska (1840), Gisela Hahn (1943), Willy Fritsch (1901), and Matthias Habich (1940). After him are Olga Desmond (1890), Stanisław Mikulski (1929), Joanna Pacuła (1957), Małgorzata Braunek (1947), Eva-Maria Hagen (1934), and Anna Dymna (1951).

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Television and Movie Roles

Knife in the Water
Andrzej
On their way to an afternoon on the lake, husband and wife Andrzej and Krystyna nearly run over a young hitchhiker. Inviting the young man onto the boat with them, Andrzej begins to subtly torment him; the hitchhiker responds by making overtures toward Krystyna. When the hitchhiker is accidentally knocked overboard, the husband's panic results in unexpected consequences.
Mar 9th 19627.305 / 10
Night Train
Jerzy
Two strangers, Jerzy and Marta, accidentally end up holding tickets for the same sleeping chamber on an overnight train to the Baltic Sea coast. Also on board is Marta's spurned lover, who will not leave her alone. When the police enter the train in search of a murderer on the lam, rumors fly and everything seems to point toward one of the main characters as the culprit.
Sep 6th 19597.553 / 10
Inland Empire
Marek
An actress’s perception of reality becomes increasingly distorted as she finds herself falling for her co-star in a remake of an unfinished Polish production that was supposedly cursed.
Dec 6th 20067 / 10