Łotocki, Lech

A graduate of the acting faculty at the National Film School in Łódź, he has worked in Polish theatres since 1970, initially at the Dramatyczny Theatre (1970–73) and Nowy Theatre (1973– 88) in Łódź. In 1988, he moved to the Studio Theatre in Warsaw (1988–91), and from 1991 to 1994 he worked with Janusz Wiśniewski. From 1996, he has works at the TR Warszawa. He has acted in plays directed by Andrzej Ziębiński (making his debut in Cracovians and Highlanders, 1971), Janusz Nyczak (When You’re King, When You’re Executioner, 1973; Summerfolk, 1976; The Wedding, 1987), Izabela Cywińska (Life is a Dream, 1978; La Pastoral, 1978; Judas Iscariot, 1981; Accused: June ’56, 1981; Daybreak, 1986; Graveyards, 1988) and original productions by Janusz Wiśniewski (Panopticum à la Madame Tussaud, 1982; The End of Europe, 1983; A Sick Man’s Prayer Before the Night, 1987; Illumination, 1989; Life is a Miracle, 1992). At Szwedzka 2/4, he performed in Woyzeck(1993) and Butterfly Catching Craze (1995), directed by Wojciech Maryański, in Marcin Jarnuszkiewicz’s To Damascus (1994) and in Henryk Baranowski’s Peepshow (1995). He also created the part of Al in the independent theatre project Sallinger, directed by Michał Sieczkowski (2005). He has performed in films such as Krzysztof Zanussi’s Persona non grata (2005), Dariusz Jabłoński’s Strawberry Wine (2007), and Sebastian Buttny’s Heavy Mental (2013). 

During his many years at TR Warszawa, Lech Łotocki has played roles in shows directed by Grzegorz Jarzyna (The Tropical Craze, 1997; The celebration, 2001; All’s Good Between Us, 2009; Nosferatu, 2011; The Other Woman, 2014; G.E.N., 2017), Krzysztof Warlikowski (The Bacchae, 2001; The Tempest, 2003), Przemysław Wojcieszek (Whatever Happens, I Love You, 2005; Two Poor Romanians Speaking Polish, 2006), Natalia Korczakowska (Solaris: Report, 2009), Artur Ildefons Urbański (Faithless, 2010), Michał Borczuch (The Picture of Dorian Gray, 2009; My Struggle, 2017), Krystian Lupa (City of Dreams, 2012) and Krzysztof Garbaczewski (Robert Robur, 2016).