Henryk Baranowski, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Henryk Baranowski

1943-2013 Polish theatre director and actor

Date of Birth: 09-Feb-1943

Place of Birth: Ternopil, Tarnopol Voivodeship, Ukraine

Date of Death: 27-Jul-2013

Profession: actor, theater director

Nationality: Poland

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Henryk Baranowski (9 February 1943 – 27 July 2013) was a Polish theatre, opera and film director, actor, stage designer, playwright, screenwriter, and poet.
He is best known for his starring role in the film Dekalog: One directed by Krzysztof Kieslowski, and also appeared as Rosa's brother Josef in Rosa Luxemburg directed by Margarethe von Trotta and as Napoleon in Pan Tadeusz directed by Andrzej Wajda.
He directed over 60 theater and opera productions in Europe, Russia and the US and was the Artistic Director of the Teatr Slaski (Silesian Theatre) in Katowice in the mid 2000s.
He also directed four "television theatre" productions: ...yes I will Yes (1992, adapted from Ulysses by James Joyce), For Phaedra (1998), Saint Witch (2003), and Night is the Mother of Day (2004).