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Lech Wałęsa

Lech Wałęsa

Actor Sep 29 (age 82) Popowo, kujawsko-pomorskie, Polska 1975–2023 (48 year career)
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Biography

Lech Wałęsa (born 29 September 1943) is a Polish statesman, dissident, and Nobel Peace Prize laureate, who served as the President of Poland between 1990 and 1995. After winning the 1990 election, Wałęsa became the first democratically elected President of Poland since 1926 and the first-ever Polish president elected by popular vote. A shipyard electrician by trade, Wałęsa became the leader of the Solidarity movement, and led a successful pro-democratic effort, which in 1989 ended Communist rule…

Known For

Man of Iron
Film

Man of Iron

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Meeting Gorbachev
Film

Meeting Gorbachev

Self
Tylko nie mów nikomu
Film

Tylko nie mów nikomu

Self (archive footage)
Nie kłam kochanie
Film

Nie kłam kochanie

Lech Wałęsa
Stalin and the Katyn Massacre
Film

Stalin and the Katyn Massacre

Self (archive footage)
Hammer & Tickle
Film

Hammer & Tickle

Self
Have No Fear: The Life of Pope John Paul II
Film

Have No Fear: The Life of Pope John Paul II

Self (archival footage) (uncredited)
Solidarność: How Solidarity Changed Europe
Film

Solidarność: How Solidarity Changed Europe

Self - Politician (archive footage)

Filmography