Jan Prochyra (2 December 1948 – 20 May 2015) was a Polish actor, voice actor and stage director.

Life and career

Born in

Kraków , officially the Royal Capital City of Kraków, is the List of cities and towns in Poland, second-largest and one of the oldest cities in Poland. Situated on the Vistula River in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, the city has a population of 804,237 ...

, Prochyra graduated from the Kraków Academy of Dramatic Arts in 1974. He made his acting debut in 1968, and debuted as a stage director in 1977. Very active as a voice actor and a dubber, he was the Polish voice of ''Winnie the Pooh'' 's

Eeyore Eeyore ( ) is a fictional character in the ''Winnie-the-Pooh'' books by A. A. Milne. He is an old, grey stuffed donkey and friend of the title character, Winnie-the-Pooh. Eeyore is generally characterised as pessimistic, depressed, and an ...

and of ''The Jungle Book'' 's

Baloo Baloo (from ''bhālū'' "bear") is a main fictional character featured in Rudyard Kipling's '' The Jungle Book'' from 1894 and '' The Second Jungle Book'' from 1895. Baloo, a sloth bear, is the strict teacher of the cubs of the Seeonee wolf pa ...

. Prochyra was the artistic director of the Rampa Theatre in

Warsaw Warsaw, officially the Capital City of Warsaw, is the capital and List of cities and towns in Poland, largest city of Poland. The metropolis stands on the Vistula, River Vistula in east-central Poland. Its population is officially estimated at ...

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* 1948 births 2015 deaths Male actors from Kraków Polish male film actors Polish male television actors Polish male stage actors Polish male voice actors 20th-century Polish male actors 21st-century Polish male actors {{Poland-actor-stub