Tõnu Saar (6 August 1944 – 12 July 2022) was an Estonian actor.
In 1972, 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 1963 until 1968, he worked as a photographer. From 1972 until 1980, 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 1980 until 1998, at 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 appeared in a number of films and on television.
Filmography
* 1971: ''Don Juan Tallinnas''
* 1977: ''Surma hinda küsi surnutelt''
* 1978: ''Inquest of Pilot Pirx
''Inquest of Pilot Pirx'' ( pl, Test pilota Pirxa, russian: Дознание пилота Пиркса, Doznaniye pilota Pirksa, et, Navigaator Pirx) is a joint Polish- Soviet 1979 film directed by . It is based on the short story "The Inquest ...
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* 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 ...
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* 1981: ''Young Russia''
* 1987: ''Madude oru needus
''Curse of Snakes Valley'' ( pl, Klątwa doliny węży) is a 1988 Polish-Soviet adventure science fiction horror film directed by Marek Piestrak. The screenplay is loosely based on the Robert Stratton short story ''The Hobby of Dr. Traven'', whic ...
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* 1994: ''Ameerika mäed''
* 1994: ''Tulivesi
''Firewater'' ( et, Tulivesi) is Hardi Volmer's history-based thriller released in 1994.
''Tulivesi'' is based on the historical situation in Estonia at the end of 1920s and sets a precedent of the struggle between the Estonian government and th ...
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References
1944 births
2022 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 Jõgeva Parish
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