He was nominated for seven Polish Film Awards, winning three times for Best Supporting Actor in the films Pornografia (2003), The Welts (2004)[1] and 25 Years of Innocence (2021).

[2] Frycz's father was a mining engineer and disliked his interest in acting; he argued that a boy should have a more stable job.

[3] Despite his father's wishes, Frycz pursued acting and graduated from the AST National Academy of Theatre Arts in Kraków in 1978.

[4] He made his screen debut in Norwegian film Dagny in 1976.

In the second half of the 1970s and 1980s, he focused mainly on his theatre work, playing only a few, mostly episodic roles.