Biography
Piotr Szwedes was born on August 5, 1968, in Lidzbark Warmiński, Poland, a town often called the "Pearl of Warmia."
After finishing high school and facing rejection from a law program at university, he pursued hospitality studies at the Technical School in Mrągowo. There, as part of the "Artefakt" theater group at the Youth Cultural Center, he encountered aspiring actor and director Wojciech Malajkat. In 1992, he graduated from the Acting Department of the Polish National Film, Television and Theater School Leon Schiller in Łódź.
That same year, he earned the jury's distinction and the Tonsil award at the 10th National Review of Graduate Performances of Theater Schools in Łódź for his portrayal of Mr. Martin in Eugène Ionesco's "The Bald Soprano," directed by Ewa Mirowska. He performed at Teatr Studyjny in Łódź and various theaters in Warsaw, including Studio (1991–1992), Ochota (1993, 1997–1998, 2000), Na Woli (1995, 1998, 2000), Scena Prezentacje (1995), Nowy, Komedia (2003–2006), Bajka, and Kamienica. From 2009 to 2015, he was a full-time actor at Teatr Syrena, appearing in productions directed by Wojciech Malajkat such as Agatha Christie's crime play "Spider's Web" (2008), the black comedy "Loot" (2009), and the stage adaptation of Stephen King's "The Shawshank Redemption" (2011). In 2008, he directed Maria Czubaszek's impressionistic performance "Przepraszam, czy tu straszy?" At the TM theater, he played Satan in "Experiment: Adam and Eve" (2010), based on Mark Twain's "The Diaries of Adam and Eve," directed by Tomasz Mędrzak.
