Andrzej Chyra

Born in 1964, Andrzez Chyra is a theatrical and film actor. He studied at the National Academy of Theatre in Warsaw at the Faculty of Acting and the Faculty of Direction. He performed in the Rampa Theatre in Warsaw and in the Scene Presentations Theatre (Teatr Scena Prezentacje) in Mart Crowley's DICREET CHARM OF FAUNS directed by Romuald Szejd (1992). In the Scene Presentations Theatre, he also performed in Francois Sagan's FAINTED HORSE, Willis Hall's and Keith Waterhouse's BILLY THE LIAR and in the evening of French song entitled LIFE IN PINK. He played in the National Theatre in Wyspianski's NIGHT OF NOVEMBER staged in 1997. In the field of direction, he staged THE HISTORY OF ALCOHOLISM IN POLAND (1994) in the Old Powder Magazine Theatre (Teatr Stara Prochownia) and Katarzyna Grochala's TO BITE THROUGH THE EARTHWORM at the Upstairs Stage (Scena Na Pietrze) in Poznan. One year later, he staged Harold Pinter's LOVER at the Centre of Culture Theatre (Centrum Kultury Teatr) in Grudziadz. As an actor he became recognizable thanks to a secondary role in Krzysztof Krauze's film THE DEBT, where he played the demoniac Gerard blackmailing two young businessmen. He also starred in Radoslaw Piwowarski's ORDER OF EMOTIONS, Krauze's GREAT THINGS, Juliusz Machulski's MONEY IS NOT ALL and in the low-budget CAULLIFLOWERR by Jacek Borcuch.