Priit Pedajas (born 21 January 1954 in

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 '' ...

) 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 actor and theatre director. In 1976, he graduated from the

Tallinn State Conservatory The Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre (''Eesti Muusika- ja Teatriakadeemia'') began as a mixed choir of the Estonia Society Musical Department (EMD) on the eve of World War I. The assembly of the Estonia Society created the Tallinn Higher Musi ...

' Performing Arts Department. From 1979 until 1985, he was an actor and director at

Ugala Theatre Ugala is a theatre in Viljandi Viljandi (, german: Fellin, sv, Fellin) is a town and municipality in southern Estonia with a population of 17,407 in 2019. It is the capital of Viljandi County and is geographically located between two major ...

. From 1985 until 1991, he was a director at

Endla Theatre Endla ( et, Endla teater) is a professional theatre in city of Pärnu, Estonia. The theatre was opened in 1911. The first performance was "Libahunt" ("Werewolf") by Estonian writer August Kitzberg. The Estonian Declaration of Independence was ...

. From 1991 until 1999, he was the director of the

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. Since 1999 he is the principal stage manager ( et, peanäitejuht) of Estonian Drama Theatre. Besides theatre roles he has also appeared in a number of films and on television.

Awards

* 2001: Order of the White Star, IV class.

Filmography

* 1977: '' Põrgupõhja uus Vanapagan'' * 1980: ''Jõulud Vigalas'' * 2008: '' Detsembrikuumus'' * 2017: ''Mehetapja/Süütu/Vari''

References

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