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Wojciech Malajkat

Polish actor

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionAug 31, 2026
Entity authorityQ9376669 ↗
Source-derived summary

Wojciech Karol Malajkat, born January 16, 1963 in Mrągowo, Poland, is a Polish theater and film actor, television presenter, director, teacher, and former rector of the Aleksander Zelwerowicz National Academy of Dramatic Art, serving two terms of office between 2016–2020 and 2020–2024.

Life and career

In 1986 he graduated from the Polish National Film, Television and Theatre School in Łódź. Since 1986 he has performed at the Studio Theatre and the National Theatre in Warsaw. He has performed as a guest at the Scena Prezentacje Theatre in Warsaw.

In the years 2009–2017 artistic director of the Syrena Theater in Warsaw, and also in the years 2009–2014 managing director of this stage. Since 2024 general director of the Contemporary Theater in Warsaw.

Filmography

Actor

Polish dubbing

1990: Armelle – Piotr

1992–1995: The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends

1996: In Love and War (1996 film) – De Cart

1996: 101 Dalmatians (1996 film) – Roger Perry

2002: Tytus, Romek i A’Tomek wśród złodziei marzeń – Romek

2002: Ice Age (2002 film) – Maniek

2004: Shrek 2 – Puss in Boots

2004: Shrek 2 (video game) – Puss in Boots

2004: Around the World in 80 Days (2004 film) – Wilbur Wright

2005: Herbie: Fully Loaded – Trip Murphy

2005: Pope John Paul II (miniseries)

2005: Kronk's New Groove

2006: Happily N'Ever After – Rick

2006: Ice Age: The Meltdown – Manny

2006: Wielka wędrówka

2007: Shrek the Halls – Puss in Boots

2007: Shrek the Third – Puss in Boots

2008: Dolphins and Whales 3D: Tribes of the Ocean – narrator

2008: Wino truskawkowe – Andrzej

2008: Zupełnie inna historia – Knife

2008–2009: Pucuł i Grzechu – Grzechu

2009: Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs – Manny

2010: Scared Shrekless – Puss

2010: Shrek Forever After – Puss in Boots

2010: Dwa kroki za...

Editorial summary

This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Wojciech Malajkat” as polish actor. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewA productive starting point for separating a subject’s documented career from later reputation and commemoration. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1963, 2016, 2020, 2024—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1963-01-16. The account is most persuasive where Wojciech, Malajkat and Polish can be independently traced.
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Why this record matters

The subject matters to the people & ideas register because the source frames it as polish actor. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

Evidence profile

Biographical claims are most persuasive when dates, appointments and relationships can be traced to records created close to the events described. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 31, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q9376669. VIAF identifies the subject as 165434003. The Library of Congress control number is no2014138666. 3 of 3 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1963, 2016, 2020 and 2024.

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This entry incorporates text from “Wojciech Malajkat” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.