Arnis Līcītis (8 January 1946 – 21 January 2022) was a Latvian actor.

Life and career

Born in Riga in 1946, Līcītis was the son of actors and Helga Līcīte. He attended secondary school at

Riga State Gymnasium No.1 Riga State Gymnasium No.1 ( lv, Rīgas Valsts 1. ģimnāzija), the oldest school in the Baltic states, offers secondary education (grades 7 to 12) in Riga, the capital of Latvia. The school traces its origins to school of Riga Cathedral, which w ...

and subsequently graduated from the

Jāzeps Vītols Latvian Academy of Music Jāzeps Vītols Latvian Academy of Music ( lv, Jāzepa Vītola Latvijas Mūzikas akadēmija), formerly the Riga Conservatory, is a higher education establishment of music at 1 Barona Street, Riga, Latvia. The junior institute is the Emīls Dār ...

. He became an actor in the troupes of the Latvian National Theatre, the

Valmiera Drama Theatre Valmiera Drama Theatre ( lv, Valmieras Drāmas teātris) is a theatre in Valmiera Valmiera (; german: link=no, Wolmar; pl, Wolmar see other names) is the largest city of the historical Vidzeme region, Latvia, with a total area of . As of 20 ...

, the , and the

Riga Russian Theatre The Mikhail Chekhov Riga Russian Theatre ( lv, Mihaila Čehova Rīgas Krievu teātris, russian: Рижский русский театр имени Михаила Чехова), colloquially referred to as the Russian Theatre ( lv, Krievu teātris ...

. He then began working for the

Riga Film Studio Riga Film Studio ( lv, Rīgas kinostudija, russian: Рижская киностудия, Rizhskaya kinostudiya) is a Latvian film production company based in Riga and founded in 1940 on the basis of the earlier private film companies. In 1948, th ...

in 1965. Līcītis died on 21 January 2022, at the age of 76.

Filmography

*' (1965) *' (1968) *' (1972) *' (1974) *' (1980) *'' Long Road in the Dunes'' (1981) *' (1983) *' (1984) *' (1984) *' (1988) *' (1991) *''

Musketeers Twenty Years After ''Musketeers Twenty Years After'' (russian: Мушкетёры двадцать лет спустя, translit. ''Mushketeri dvadsat' let spustya'') is a four-episode Russian musical film directed by Georgi Yungvald-Khilkevich based on Alexa ...

'' (1992) *'' Dangerous Summer'' (2000)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Līcītis, Arnis 1946 births 2022 deaths 20th-century Latvian male actors Latvian male film actors Latvian Academy of Music alumni Actors from Riga