Paweł Małaszyński was born on June 26, 1976 in Szczecink, Poland. Already as a teenager, he was interested in film when he joined a film club Projektor (Projector) in Białystok. He studied acting at the Cracow L’art Studio (1997-1998) and then at the State Drama School in Wroclaw (PWST) which he graduated in 2002. He debuted in a TV film Biała sukienka (White Dress) directed by Michał Kwieciński in 2003. The same year Małaszyński debuted on stage at the Warsaw Kwadrat Theater in Sługa dwóch panów (Servant of Two Masters by Carlo Goldoni). He is involved with Kwadrat Theater to this day. His stage work led to a role in a TV series Oficer (Officer) where he portrayed the cynical and intelligent villain Grand. His breakthrough role came in a popular TVN series Mada M. where he played a young lawyer. In 2007 Małaszyński debuted on the big screen in Świadek koronny (State Witness) directed by Jarosław Sypniewski. He continues to work on stage, for TV and film and is currently working on a large historic film Jack Strong directed by Władysław Pasikowski about a Polish communist army colonel Ryszard Kuklinski who cooperated with the CIA.
Małaszyński is also a founding member of a rock band Cochise for which he is the vocalist and songwriter. Cochise has released two albums Still Alive and Back to Beginning and is working on a third album 118 to be released in the winter of 2013.