Lembit Ulfsak (4 July 1947 – 22 March 2017) was a prominent

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n stage and film actor. Ulfsak starred in the 2014 film ''Tangerines'' which was nominated for the Best Foreign Language Film at the

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. It was also among the five nominated films at the

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Retrieved 11 December 2014. Ulfsak died on 22 March 2017, at the age of 69.

Selected filmography

He has appeared in almost 100 films, among them: * '' Ukuaru'' (1973) * ''

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'' (1977) * '' Karge meri'' (1981) * '' Dear, Dearest, Beloved, Unique...'' (1984) * '' TASS Is Authorized to Declare...'' (1984) * '' Mary Poppins, Goodbye'' (1984) * ''

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'' (1985) * '' In Search of Captain Grant'' (1986) * ''

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'' (1990) * ''

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'' (1993) * ''

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'' (1994) * '' Good Hands'' (2001) * '' The Heart of the Bear'' (2001) * '' Vedma (The Power of Fear)'' (2006) * '' 186 Kilometres'' (2007) * '' Lotte and the Moonstone Secret'' (2011) * '' Ice Age (2002 film)'' Estonian version, voice cast for mammoth Manny (2012) * '' Ice Age: The Meltdown'' Estonian version, voice cast * ''

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'' (2013) * ''

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'' (2015) * ''The Eternal Road'' (2017)

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* 1947 births 2017 deaths People from Järva Parish Estonian male film actors Estonian male television actors 20th-century Estonian male actors 21st-century Estonian male actors Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre alumni Recipients of the Order of the White Star, 3rd Class Recipients of the Order of the White Star, 4th Class Deaths from cancer in Estonia {{Estonia-actor-stub