His first major role came in 1980 with the Polish film Fever, directed by Agnieszka Holland, in which he portrayed an anarchist named Gryziaka.

Linda had a breakthrough role in the Jacek Bromski film, Kill Me, Cop (1987), playing George Malik, a dangerous criminal.

[3] The 90s brought him critical acclaim with roles in Jan Jakub Kolski's Johnnie Waterman (1994) (also known as Johnnie the Aquarius); as Michał Sulecki, a father fighting for custody of his 7-year-old daughter in Tato, directed by Maciej Ślesicki (1995); and as Father Robak, a priest, in Pan Tadeusz: The Last Foray in Lithuania by Andrzej Wajda (1999).

In 2001's Reich, directed by Władysław Pasikowski, he played Alex, a gangster, alongside Mirosław Baka and Aleksandra Nieśpielak.

It was the seventh production in which Linda worked with director Pasikowski, after which he began trying to escape from the image of a tough guy with a gun in his hand.

In 2006 Linda tried his hand as a director with the film Skylights, a story about two young girls whose lives are intertwined with the difficult economic situation in Poland after the fall of communism.

On 5 October 2009 at the hands of the Secretary of State in the Ministry of Culture, Piotr Żuchowski, he picked up a Silver Medal Gloria Artis.

On 16 May 2014 he was awarded the Officer's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta "for outstanding services for Polish culture, for achievements in artistic and creative work, and social activity".