Stanisław Tym
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| Born | Stanisław Aleksy Tym 17 July 1937 |
| Died | 6 December 2024 (aged 87) |
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| Years active | 1959–2024 |
Stanisław Aleksy Tym (Polish pronunciation: [staˈɲiswaf tɨm] ⓘ; 17 July 1937 – 6 December 2024) was a Polish actor, comedian, journalist, and satirist, as well as a film and theatre director and writer.
Tym co-produced and starred in many films by Stanisław Bareja. He gained much fame for his performance in the cult film by Marek Piwowski, Rejs (The Cruise). In another cult film, Teddy Bear, he co-authored the script and played two main roles.
In the 1990s, he was a columnist for the popular Polish news magazine Wprost, later writing for the newspaper Rzeczpospolita and for Polityka starting in 2007.
He was the winner of many awards, including the Nagroda Kisiela for best columnist in 1998.
Tym died on 6 December 2024, at the age of 87.