Tõnu Mikiver (2 August 1943

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– 21 March 2017

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) was an

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n actor.

Career

In 1965 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 ...

's Performing Arts Department. From 1965 until 1977, he worked at

Estonian Youth Theatre NUKU Theatre ( et, NUKU teater, formerly ''Estonian State Puppet Theatre and Estonian Puppet and Youth Theatre'') is an Estonian theatre located in Tallinn Tallinn () is the most populous and capital city of Estonia. Situated on a bay in nort ...

and from 1977 until 2007, at the

Estonian Drama Theatre The Estonian Drama Theatre ( et, Eesti Draamateater) is a theatre in Tallinn, Estonia. It has the role of a national theatre for Estonia. The Estonia Theatre is located next door. History The building that houses the Estonian Drama Theatre was or ...

. Besides theatre roles he has played also in several films.

Family

His older brother was an actor

Mikk Mikiver Mikk Mikiver (4 September 1937 – 9 January 2006) was a prominent Estonians, Estonian stage and film actor and theater director. Biography Mikiver was born in Tallinn, Estonia. He graduated from the State Conservatory of Tallinn in 1961. He t ...

Selected filmography

* 1980: ''

Metskannikesed ''Metskannikesed'' is a 1980 Estonian action film directed by Kaljo Kiisk. Awards, nominations, participations: * 1980: Soviet Estonia Film Festival (USSR), first prize to Tõnu Virve being the best film artist; first prize to Tõnu Kark, being ...

'' (feature film; roll: Anti) * 1995: '' Tallinna legendid'' (animated film; in role: voice) * 2008: ''

Tuulepealne maa ''Tuulepealne maa'' ("Windward Land") is a twelve-part Estonian television mini-series about the pre-World War II history of Estonia, its birth as a country, the Estonian War of Independence, post-war life throughout 1920 up to 1941 and World ...

'' (television series; in role: Einar Soodla) * 2010: '' Punane elavhõbe'' (feature film; in role: Eduard Janovitš) * 2012: '' Eestlanna Pariisis'' (feature film; in role: Endel)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Mikiver, Tonu 1943 births 2017 deaths Estonian male stage actors 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 People from Loksa Soviet male actors