{{Short description|Polish actor (born 1943)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2022}} {{Infobox person | name = Marian Opania | image = Marian Opania 2.jpg | caption = | occupation = Actor, singer | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1943|2|1|df=yes}} | birth_place = Puławy, Poland | years_active = 1965-present | alma_mater = The Aleksander Zelwerowicz National Academy of Dramatic Art in Warsaw | children = | spouse = | relatives = | module = {{Infobox musical artist | embed = yes | background = solo_singer | alias = | instrument = | genre = Pop | label = Agencja Artystyczna MTJ | years_active = | associated_acts = | website = }} }} '''Marian Opania''' ({{IPA|pl|ˈmarjan ɔˈpaɲa}}; born 1 February 1943) is a Polish film actor and singer. He has appeared in more than 50 films since 1965.
== Biography == He was born on 1 February 1943 in Puławy as the second son of Julian and Jadwiga. His father was a forester and an infantry officer in the Polish Army, he died in the Warsaw Uprising.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Powstańcze Biogramy - Julian Opania |url=https://www.1944.pl/powstancze-biogramy/julian-opania,55841.html |access-date=11 March 2022 |website=www.1944.pl |language=pl}}</ref>
In the years 1964–1971 he performed at the Classic Theater in Warsaw, then at the Studio Theater (1971–1977), the Kwadrat Theater (1978) and the Komedia Theater (1979–1981). Since 1981, he has been an actor at the Ateneum Theatre in Warsaw.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Marian Opania {{!}} Życie i twórczość {{!}} Artysta |url=https://culture.pl/pl/tworca/marian-opania |access-date=11 March 2022 |website=Culture.pl |language=pl}}</ref>
In 2015, he recorded an album with songs by Leonard Cohen and Jaromir Nohavica — ''Opania Cohen Nohavica.''<ref>{{Cite web |title=Marian Opania: Cohen i Nohavica to zbliżone światy |url=https://polskieradio.pl/art160_1683282 |access-date=11 March 2022 |website=PolskieRadio.pl}}</ref>
Married to Anna, with whom they met in 1960.<ref>{{Cite web |date=21 September 2020 |title=Marian Opania już 60 lat świętuje z żoną tę rocznicę. I nie chodzi o datę ślubu |url=https://www.fakt.pl/kobieta/plotki/marian-opania-jest-z-anna-od-60-lat-poznal-zone-w-liceum/3v480n4 |access-date=11 March 2022 |website=Fakt24.pl |language=pl}}</ref>
== Awards ==
* Zbigniew Cybulski Award (1970) * Meritorious Activist of Culture (1988) * Order of Polonia Restituta (2003)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Postanowienie Prezydenta Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej z dnia 18 lutego 2003 r. o nadaniu orderów |url=http://isap.sejm.gov.pl/isap.nsf/DocDetails.xsp?id=WMP20030340445 |access-date=2022-03-11 |website=isap.sejm.gov.pl}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2010-03-27 |title=Odznaczenia dla zasłużonych pracowników Teatru Ateneum / Rok 2003 / Archiwum / Prezydent RP Lech Kaczyński |url=http://www.prezydent.pl/archiwum/rok-2003/art,175,odznaczenia-dla-zasluzonych-pracownikow-teatru-ateneum.html |access-date=2022-03-11 |website= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100327143006/http://www.prezydent.pl/archiwum/rok-2003/art,175,odznaczenia-dla-zasluzonych-pracownikow-teatru-ateneum.html |archive-date=27 March 2010 |url-status=dead}}</ref> * Medal for Merit to Culture – Gloria Artis (2009).<ref>{{Citation |title=Glorie dla przedstawicieli świata rozrywki MKiDN - 2009 |url=http://www.mkidn.gov.pl/pages/posts/glorie_dla_przedstawicieli_swiata_rozrywki-365.php |language=pl |access-date=2022-03-11}}</ref>
==Selected discography== * ''Fascynacje'' (2013)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mtj.pl/label/mtj/artists/marian-opania/albums/fascynacje/|title=MTJ: Marian Opania: album 'Fascynacje'|first=|publisher=|accessdate=11 September 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141018231158/http://www.mtj.pl/label/mtj/artists/marian-opania/albums/fascynacje/|archive-date=18 October 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>
==Selected filmography== * ''Pearl in the Crown'' (1972) * ''Man of Iron'' (1981) * ''Dreszcze'' (1981) * ''Hero of the Year'' (1987) * ''Chopin: Desire for Love'' (2002)
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *{{IMDb name|0649045|Marian Opania}}
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