Raczyñski was born in Moscow to Polish parents. In 1982 his father took the entire family to Mexico City without knowing a single word in Spanish. Kristoff has said that he will always remember how his mother used to take him at 6 in the morning under -40 °C to obtain only 5 pieces of bread.
His career began in the 1990s when he produced, wrote and acted in the 2004 Mexican film Matando Cabos. He currently hosts a television program, Kristoff Presenta, broadcast by the Mexican television channel TeleHit. Raczyñski is often credited simply as "Kristoff".
Since then he has lived in Mexico City.
At age 16, he worked cleaning elephant excrement in a circus. He earned his first wage working as a "cerillo" (Spanish word for "match", a popular way to call kids who work packing up grocery at supermarkets).
He began his career in the Center for Educational Affairs, Televisa"s school of performing arts He spent several years playing supporting characters in Mexican like: Vivo Por Elena (1998) and Ramona (2000), among others
In 2001, Kristoff and Tony Dalton hosted Televisa"s television "Number Te Equivoques" (2001), with a high audience rating.
The show was a Mexican version of "Jackass". In 2004, he produced, acted and wrote the Mexican film "Matando Cabos" With "Tony Dalton". Directed by "Alejandro Lozano".
In an interview, he said that the most risked decision that he has taken in his life was to leave "Number Te Equivoques" to do "Matando Cabos".
He likes music and his favorite singer is "David Bowie". He likes the works of "Pablo Picasso", especially "The Guernica".
His main hobbies include reading books of Quantum physics and playing video games. In 2005, he began to do some collaborations with "Horacio Villalobos" in his television show "Válvula De Escape" and "Desde Gayola" on Telehit.
On Tuesday 6 May 2008, his program "El Show Delegate Polaco" began to air.
The show was cancelled some months afterward. Currently, he remains working for the same television network. In 2012, he wrote and directed the short film "Confesiones de un Table" (aka "Confesiones de un Tabledance", "Confessions of a Tabledance"), produced by Emilio Ahmad.
This short film participated in the "Short Film Corner" of the Cannes Film Festival in that year.
lieutenant was also featured in the International Film Festival of Guadalajara in 2013.
