Margus Lepa (born 7 October 1953) is an

Estonia Estonia, formally the Republic of Estonia, is a country by the Baltic Sea in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, a ...

n radio journalist and former actor.

Early life and education

He was born in

Pelgulinn Pelgulinn (Estonian for ''"Refuge Town"'') is a subdistrict () of Põhja-Tallinn (North Tallinn) in Tallinn, the capital of Estonia. It is located about northwest from the city centre. Pelgulinn borders Kalamaja to the east, Kelmiküla to the so ...

, a subdistrict of

Tallinn Tallinn () is the most populous and capital city of Estonia. Situated on a bay in north Estonia, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland of the Baltic Sea, Tallinn has a population of 437,811 (as of 2022) and administratively lies in the Harju ' ...

to baritone Harry Vilpat and actress

Astrid Lepa Astrid Lepa (7 April 1924 – 30 November 2015) was an Estonian stage, television, voice, and film actress, screenwriter, and television director whose career began in the 1940s and ended shortly before her death, spanning over sixty years. Earl ...

Career

Film acting

Between 1970 and 2020, Lepa portrayed the character of Georg Aadniel Kiir in the films '' Kevade'' (Spring) (1970), ''

Suvi Suvi Suresh (born as Swetha Suresh on 26 September 1987) is an Indian singer with Sri Lankan roots. She was a member of the band S5 launched by the channel SS Music. She shot to fame with the song "Kodana Kodi" from '' Saroja'', composed by Yu ...

'' (Summer) (1976) ''

Sügis ''Autumn'' ( et, Sügis) is a 1990 Estonian comedy film directed by Arvo Kruusement and based on the novels ''Sügis'' and ''Äripäev'' by Oskar Luts. The film is a sequence of ''Summer''. Plot Cast *Margus Lepa as Kiir *Liina Tennosaar as Ju ...

'' (Autumn) (1991), and ''Talve'' (Winter) (2020), all directed by

Arvo Kruusement Arvo Kruusement (born 20 April 1928) is an Estonian actor, theatre and film director who has made some of Estonia's classic novels into films; ''Spring'' (1969), ''Summer'' (1976), and ''Fall'' (1990) The movie ''Spring'' has been noted as the be ...

, apart from ''Talve'', and based on a series of novels by

Oskar Luts Oskar Luts ( – 23 March 1953) was an Estonian writer and playwright. Biography Oskar Luts was born into a middle-class family in Järvepera, central Estonia, at that time in the governorate of Livonia (Russian Empire). His younger brother was ...

. Filmography

Radio acting

For many years, he performed, together with

Raimo Aas Raimo Aas (born 18 June 1953 in Tallinn) is an Estonian people, Estonian humorist. Radio career Raimo Aas performed together with Margus Lepa in the Sunday morning radio programme Meelejahutaja for several years. Performance prohibition A ...

, in '' Meelejahutaja''., a Sunday morning

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programme.

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* 1953 births Living people Estonian male film actors Estonian male radio actors 20th-century Estonian male actors Male actors from Tallinn People from Tallinn Estonian journalists Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre alumni {{Estonia-actor-stub