Sulev Nõmmik (11 January 1931, 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 ' ...

– 28 July 1992, in

Kuressaare Kuressaare () is a town on Saaremaa island in Estonia. It is the administrative centre of Saaremaa Parish and the capital of Saare County. Kuressaare is the westernmost town in Estonia. The recorded population on 1 January 2018 was 13,276. Th ...

) was 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 ...

theatre Theatre or theater is a collaborative form of performing art that uses live performers, usually actors or actresses, to present the experience of a real or imagined event before a live audience in a specific place, often a stage. The perform ...

and

movie A film also called a movie, motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmosphere ...

director,

actor An actor or actress is a person who portrays a character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. The analogous Greek term is (), li ...

humorist A humorist (American) or humourist (British spelling) is an intellectual who uses humor, or wit, in writing or public speaking, but is not an artist who seeks only to elicit laughs. Humorists are distinct from comedians, who are show business e ...

and

comedian A comedian or comic is a person who seeks to entertain an audience by making them laugh. This might be through jokes or amusing Amusement is the state of experiencing humorous and entertaining events or situations while the person or a ...

. He's mostly associated with the comical character of Kärna Ärni and the related fictional village of

Uduvere Uduvere is a village in Saaremaa Parish, Saare County, on the island of Saaremaa, Estonia. Before the administrative reform in 2017, the village was in Lääne-Saare Parish. A village named Uduvere was the home for a fictional character Kärna ...

(roughly translated as ''Foggyshire''), but he was also influential in writing scripts for several well-known movies, including '' Mehed ei nuta'', '' Siin me oleme!'' and '' Noor pensionär''.

Awards

In 1988, Sulev Nõmmik was awarded the

Meie Mats Meie Mats, named after an Estonian folk song, is a prestigious yearly humour award issued since 1987 and originally initiated by Edgar Spriit, the chief editor of '' Pikker'', a long-time Estonian humour magazine.Maaleht 18 January 2001Kellest ...

Maaleht http://ekspress.delfi.ee/news/paevauudised/ekspress-on-eesti-suurim-nadalaleht?id=69205373 ''Maaleht'' is the biggest weekly newspaper published in Estonia Estonia, formally the Republic of Estonia, is a country by the Baltic Sea in Nort ...

18 January 2001
Kellest saab Meie Mats 2001?
by

Lembit Sibul Lembit Sibul (January 14, 1947 — October 2, 2001) was an Estonian humorist and stage actor, known for his work with the Estonian satire and humor magazine, '' Pikker''. In 1997 Lembit Sibul was awarded the Estonian humor award Meie Mats.

Pikker Pikne (also ''Piken'' or ''Pikker'': the long one) is the god of lightning in Estonian mythology. In Finnish language, Finnish, lightning is sometimes called ''Pitkäinen'', which is similar in meaning. It is likely that both are taboo euphemis ...

References

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* 1931 births 1992 deaths Male actors from Tallinn Estonian male film actors Estonian film directors Estonian comedians Recipients of Meie Mats 20th-century Estonian male actors 20th-century comedians {{comedian-stub