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Johann Urb was born in Tallinn, Estonia, on 24 January 1977 into the family of Tarmo and Maris. When Johann was 10, he moved to Finland with his mother and her new husband. They lived in several small towns until they finally settled in Tampere. At the age of 17 Johann moved to his father's in New York, where he soon started a modeling career. In 2001, he landed a small part in the movie Zoolander (2001). After that, he did a role in the short movie Fear of Feathers (2003) and appeared in one episode of CSI: Miami (2002). In 2004, he got a part in the short-running TV-show The Mountain (2004). After that, he appeared as a guest on several TV shows and appeared in more minor film roles. In 2008, Johann got his first big film role in the much-hated The Hottie & the Nottie (2008). In 2009, things seemed to go up when he made a short but memorable appearance as the sexy, heroic pilot in Roland Emmerich's disaster epic 2012 (2009) and played a journalist in the fantasy TV series Eastwick (2009), which brought him critical recognition. At the moment, Johann has two romantic comedies in work.- Russian-Estonian actor Kirill Käro is active in Eastern Europe, especially in Russia, Ukraine and Estonia. He became widely known for the Ukrainian detective series Sniffer (2013). Kirill Käro plays a man, who has an unusually sensitive sense of smell that allows him to investigate crimes by detecting and distinguishing trace amounts of various substances.
At the end of 2010, at the peak of the Netflix trend, Kirill Käro played in two genre Russian TV series, that were watched by the whole world. The first show is android thriller series Better Than Us (2018), about a world where androids serve humans in various positions, even replacing them in many menial jobs. The second show is the post-apocalyptic thriller series To the Lake (2019) about the beginning of a terrible epidemic, where two families unite to survive in a new world, which coincided with the release date of the series in the year of isolation from Covid-19.
Kirill Käro's most successful project in his homeland, Estonia, is a sports biographical drama The Fencer (2015) about an Estonian fencer Endel Nelis, where Käro played a notable supporting role, a friend of Endel. The film was nominated for the Golden Globe award in the Best Foreign Language Film category as a Finnish-German-Estonian co-production. - Carmen Kass is best known for her work as a Victoria's Secrets lingerie model and as a international fashion model. She appeared in five Victoria's Secret Fashion shows in 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003 and 2008. Kass had been the face of Michael Kors and Narcisco Rodriguez Frangrance, as well as a spokesmodel for Revlon, Sephora, Christan Dior and Max Factor. She was named model of the year at the VH1/Vogue Fashion Awards in 2000. Kass appeared on the cover or been featured in many international fashion magazines including Vogue, Elle, Image, Numéro, Madame Figaro among others. She studied acting at the famous Lee Strasberg Institute and made several movie appearances. She ran as a candidate for European Parliament for the Res Public Party in 2004 from her native Estonia but was not elected. Kass is a talented chess player and was president of the Estonian National Chess League for eight years. She was born on September 14, 1978 in Tallinn, Estonia, the daughter of Viktor Kass, a chess teacher and Koidu Põlva. Kass was discovered at age fourteen in a supermarket by a model scout.
- Director
- Writer
Rainer Sarnet was born on 3 March 1969 in Rakvere, Estonian SSR, USSR [now Estonia]. Rainer is a director and writer, known for November (2017), The Invisible Fight (2023) and Vaino Vahingu päevaraamat (2021).- Actor
- Director
- Writer
Lembit Ulfsak was born on 4 August 1947 in Koeru, Estonian SSR, USSR [now Estonia]. He was an actor and director, known for Tangerines (2013), Doktor Stockmann (1989) and Keskea rõõmud (1987). He was married to ??? and Epp. He died on 22 March 2017 in Tallinn, Estonia.- Director
- Writer
- Actor
Popular singer and TV host. Member of the Estonian National Opera (both as a singer and as stage director). Enthusiast of Gilbert and Sullivan, whose work he often performs in the UK. Has released several albums in many countries. Has also written best selling novels in English and Estonian. Was presented to HRH Queen Elizabeth in 2006. The knight of the order of St. Stanislaus. Has produced and directed several stage successes at the Estonian National Opera. Established his production company FilMinistry OÜ in 2016, presenting the well received horror drama Behind the Random Denominator and the epic TV history drama The Whores, in 2017.- Director
- Writer
- Actor
Estonian film director, screenwriter, media executive and columnist Ilmar Raag was born in Kuressaare, Estonia. He grew up in Kuressaare and also graduated high school there. In 1997 he graduated University of Tartu. 1996-1998 he was hosting a film news program on Estonian National Television. 1999 he received M.A. degree in screen writing from Ohio University. After that he find himself working in TV management and in 2002-2005 he served as CEO of Estonian National Television (ETV). In 2005 he directed television movie August 1991 (2005) and also wrote screenplay for another TV movie. In 2007 Raag made his feature film debut with critically acclaimed film The Class (2007). In 2008 he adapted screenplay from a Sass Henno's novel for I Was Here (2008).
In 2009-2010, Estonian Television decided to produce a spin off series to "Klass". Raag didn't write the script, but he shot two episodes of the series. In 2011 he shot a film in France under the umbrella of TS Production - "Une Estonienne à Paris" with Jeanne Moreau as leading lady. The film was released a year later.- Pavel Vorozhtsov was born on 30 April 1980 in Tallinn, Estonian SSR, USSR. He is an actor, known for Liquidation (2007), Rikoshet (2020) and To the Lake (2019).
- Katariina Unt was born on 6 December 1971 in Tallinn, Estonian SSR, USSR [now Estonia]. She is an actress, known for Infinite Summer, Undergods (2020) and Somnambulance (2003). She was previously married to Raivo E. Tamm and Indrek Sammul.
- Kaja Kallas was born on 18 June 1977 in Tallinn, Estonian SSR, USSR [now Estonia]. She has been married to Arvo Hallik since 2018. They have two children. She was previously married to Roomet Leiger.
- Boris Bogdanov was born on 13 February 1986 in Narva, Estonian SSR, USSR [now Estonia]. He is an actor and director, known for U vas neprochitannoe soobschenie (2017), COVID-19 (2020) and Stella's War (2010).
- Dmitriy Pchela was born on 21 May 1984 in Tallinn, Estonian SSR, USSR. He is an actor, known for Derevenshchina (2014), Island of the Doomed (2019) and Khameleon (2024).
- Rasmus Kaljujärv was born in 1981. He graduated from the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre Drama School in 2004. He subsequently worked at the Estonian Drama Theatre as an actor. Since 2006 is Kaljujärv member of NO99 Theatre.
In 2002 Kaljujärv gained the Voldemar Panso prize, which is given for the best theatre student of the year. - Actress
- Manager
Miss Palmiste is a leading actress of the Estonian State Drama Theater, known also for her many roles in TV and films. She has won numerous awards, including The Best TV Actress for her portrayal of Madame Kukk in the award winning TV series The Whores, at the Kroonika Entertainment Awards 2018. She has often been selected as the most elegant Estonian actress. She has also appeared in musicals (such as Chicago) and in operetta (such as in Ball at the Savoy, at the Estonian National Opera).- Sergei Parshin was born on 28 May 1952 in Kohtla-Järve, Estonian SSR, USSR [now Estonia]. He is an actor, known for Rossiya molodaya (1981), The Plane Flies to Russia (1994) and Alyy kamen (1987).
- Actor
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Kristjan Üksküla was born on 10 August 1987 in Tallin, Estonian SSR, USSR. He is an actor and assistant director, known for 1944 (2015), In the Crosswind (2014) and Burial (2022).- Actor
- Director
- Writer
Elmo Nüganen, the Tallinn City Theatre's artistic director, is one of the most esteemed stage directors in Estonia. He is known mostly for his brilliant versions of classical plays. His productions (W. Shakespeare "Romeo And Juliet", A. Dumas "The Three Musketeers", A. Tchekhov "Pianola or The Mechanical Piano" ("Platonov"), F. Dostoievsky "Crime And Punishment", W. Shakespeare "Hamlet") have played an important role in the repertory of Tallinn City Theatre and have represented the theatre in various festivals.
Nüganen has surrounded himself with a talented, vigorous and young company of actors who can play in any genre or style.- Actor
- Director
- Writer
Rain Tolk was born on 9 June 1977 in Tallinn, Estonian SSR, USSR [now Estonia]. He is an actor and director, known for Tenet (2020), Umbkotid (2012) and Jan Uuspõld läheb Tartusse (2007).- Writer
- Director
- Production Designer
Priit Pärn was born on 26 August 1946 in Tallinn, Estonian SSR, USSR [now Estonia]. He is a writer and director, known for Elu ilma Gabriella Ferrita (2008), 1895 (1995) and Eine murul (1987).- Actress
- Soundtrack
Lenna Kuurmaa was born on 26 September 1985 in Tallinn, Estonian SSR, USSR [now Estonia]. She is an actress, known for Kuhu põgenevad hinged (2007), Täitsa lõpp (2011) and IT-planeet (2011).- Director
- Writer
- Actor
Director Lauri Randla has a BA and MA in film art from Aalto/ELO film school in Finland. His filmography to date consists of several short films, among them "Mausoleum" (2016, 26 minutes). Has won several international awards: best foreign film at 2016 Toronto Short film festival, Audience prize ShortCuts Bucharest in Romania, Best film at Scanorama festival in Vilnius, London Lift-Off FF - Best Short Film, Discover Film Awards/UK - Best Narrative etc.- Actor
- Writer
- Producer
Slava N. Jakovleff is an Estonian-born American film director, screenwriter, producer and actor best known for his work on television series such as "Siberia" and "Insomnia." Mr. Jakovleff was raised in Kiviõli, Estonia, where he graduated high school and the local music school as a piano player with distinction. He decided to connect his life with performing arts and cinema, and was selected from several thousand applicants to study acting in the Leningrad Institute of Theater, Music and Cinematography (now Russian State Institute of Performing Arts in Saint Petersburg), one of the most famous acting schools in Russia. As an actor Jakovleff made his film debut in "Afghan Breakdown", alongside famed Italian actor Michele Placido. He then starred in the Russian drama film "Arithmetic of a Murder", as well as several others. Despite a successful career in acting in Russia, the dream of being a director and producer never left his mind. In 2004 he moved to Los Angeles and studied filmmaking at the New York Film Academy at Universal Studios. During that time he founded his own production company, Welldone Production, in Beverly Hills, California.
His first American TV project "Siberia", where Jakovleff was executive producer and director of 4 episodes, was bought by NBC for prime-time airing. It was the first time that an Estonian producer sold his own independently financed TV series to NBC.
In 2019, Jakovleff was one of the 50 international expert judges on a new global talent competition show "The World's Best" from reality TV heavyweights Mark Burnett and Mike Darnell, on CBS. Headlining was James Corden as host, and Drew Barrymore, RuPaul and Faith Hill as American judges. "The Wall of the World" panel consisted of noteworthy names from all realms of entertainment.
Slava N. Jakovleff also created, executive produced, and directed the independently-financed science fiction thriller series "Insomnia". On December 17, 2020, Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment, one of the largest operators of streaming advertising-supported video-on-demand (AVOD) networks, announced the U.S. premiere of Insomnia as a Crackle Original series. The show launched on January 1, 2021. Besides being labeled a Crackle Original series, Insomnia was also picked up by STARZ, a Lionsgate company, for international distribution.- Cinematographer
- Producer
- Director
Arko Okk was born on 25 December 1967 in Tallinn, Estonian SSR, USSR [now Estonia]. He is a cinematographer and producer, known for Ristumine peateega (1999), Kilnieks (2006) and The Ice That Still Supports Us (2023).- Born September 23, 1955, Tallinn, Estonia, USSR. Estonian film and theater actor, theater director. In 1980 he graduated from Talinsk Pedagogical University. 1981-2002 - Actor of Tallinn Theater Studio of Starago City. Since 2002, plays as an independent actor. Plays and plays performances in Estonian theaters: "Old Baskin Theater", Endla Theater, Kuressaare City Theater. He has three children from his first marriage. Currently married to Estonian actress Liine Tennosaaar.
- Actor
- Writer
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Ott Sepp was born on 29 June 1982 in Tallinn, Estonian SSR, USSR [now Estonia]. He is an actor and writer, known for Riigimehed (2010), Malev (2005) and Papsid (2023).- Actor
- Writer
Taavi Eelmaa was born on 15 June 1971 in Tallinn, Estonian SSR, USSR [now Estonia]. He is an actor and writer, known for Kass kukub käppadele (1999), Tabamata ime (2006) and Jesus Shows You the Way to the Highway (2019).- Kärt Tammjärv was born on 11 June 1991 in Tallinn, Estonian SSR, USSR. She is an actress, known for The End of a Beautiful Epoch (2015), Mrs. Chatterjee vs. Norway (2023) and The End of the Chain (2017).
- Actress
- Casting Department
Natalya Akimova was born on 14 September 1957 in Tallinn, Estonian SSR, USSR [now Tallinn, Estonia]. She is an actress, known for Cargo 200 (2007), Dvoe pod odnim zontom: Aprelskaya skazka (1984) and S tekh por, kak my vmeste (1983).- Camera and Electrical Department
- Actor
- Special Effects
Maksim Podolski was born on 11 April 1980 in Tallinn, Estonian SSR, USSR. He is an actor, known for Last Sentinel (2023), Jadesoturi (2006) and Lake Bodom (2016).- Denis Karasyov was born on 1 August 1963 in Sillamäe, Estonian SSR, USSR. He was an actor, known for Russkaya ruletka (1990), Katka i Shiz (1992) and Viktor (2014). He was married to Karina Goldova. He died on 12 January 2021 in Moscow, Russia.
- Actress
- Soundtrack
Anne Veski was born on 27 February 1956 in Rapla, Estonian SSR, USSR [now Estonia]. She is an actress, known for Geroy eyo romana (2001), Ostorozhno, Zadov (2004) and Mikko iz Tampere prosit soveta (1986).- Ekaterina Volkova was born on 15 January 1982 in Tallinn, Estonian SSR, USSR. She is an actress, known for I'm Staying (2007), A Guy from Hollywood, or the Unusual Adventures of Venya Lucky (2018) and Uroki vyzhivaniya (2016). She has been married to Andrei Karpov since 9 April 2010. They have one child.
- Producer
- Writer
- Director
Andrey Batt was born on august 6, 1985 in Tallinn, Estonia. At the age of three, Andrey and his family moved to Moscow, Russia. Even before Andrey started the first grade, he was engaged in drawing.
In 1992, Andrey went to the High School in Moscow that specialized in English Arts and taught English as the primary language. At the young age of nine, he already began acting in local school performances.
At the age of eleven, Andrey started playing basketball for the High School's team. He repeatedly became a champion at the Moscow local and regional championships. While attending school, Andrey became involved in filmmaking and film production. After school graduation, in 2004 Andrey Batt became a director of several independent projects and music videos. He also took on musical composition and songwriting for several American, African and Portuguese artists.
In 2010 Andrey moved to Los Angeles, where he studied acting, filmmaking & film production. Year later, he appeared in a several American TV shows like Justified (2010) in which he starred opposite of Timothy Olyphant and The Walking Dead (2010). After this Andrey gained worldwide reputation among television viewers.
In 2011 Andrey was one of the main contender for a role of a Russian baseball player Ivan Dochenko in a popular American comedy TV show Eastbound & Down (2009) on HBO. Unfortunately for Andrey, the role went to American actor Ike Barinholtz.
While appearing on television, Andrey also started segueing into film roles. He filmed in the Japanese independent film Fighting Spirit, but the movie has not been released yet.- Director
- Writer
- Actor
Peeter Simm was born on 24 February 1953 in Kiviõli, Estonian SSR, USSR [now Estonia]. He is a director and writer, known for Head käed (2001), Kõrini! (2005) and Odinokiy ostrov (2012).- Actress
- Producer
- Director
Maria Avdjushko was born on 9 May 1968 in Tallinn, Estonian SSR, USSR [now Estonia]. She is an actress and producer, known for Purge (2012), Paha lugu (2017) and Tuliliilia (2018). She is married to Kristian Taska. They have two children.- Cinematographer
- Director
- Camera and Electrical Department
Arvo Iho was born on 21 June 1949 in Rakvere, Estonian SSR, USSR [now Estonia]. He is a cinematographer and director, known for Karu süda (2001), Ainult hulludele ehk halastajaõde (1991) and The Birdwatcher (1988).- Director
- Writer
- Cinematographer
Jaak Kilmi was born on 23 October 1973 in Tallinn, Estonian SSR, USSR [now Estonia]. He is a director and writer, known for Revolution of Pigs (2004), Külla tuli (1997) and Disco and Atomic War (2009).- Tiiu Kuik was born on 16 March 1987 in Tallinn, Estonian SSR, USSR [now Tallinn, Estonia].
- Actress
- Producer
Susanna Brisk was born in Estonia in the former Soviet Union, and moved to Australia with her family at the age of 4. She started modeling at the age of 16, performing stand-up comedy at the age of 17 and did her first televised stand-up spot live on Australian national television at the age of 19. Over the next four years, Brisk performed stand-up and sketch comedy on every Australian television network including The Australian Comedians in Concert (twice) at the Melbourne Concert Hall in front of 2,500 people. In addition, she wrote and performed characters for FOX Breakfast Radio, was featured in many national TV commercials and wrote, produced and performed numerous shows.
Brisk produced and performed her one-woman show Megababe, a send-up of models and the fashion industry, when she was twenty, as part of the Melbourne International Comedy Festival. The show took place at the Universal Theatre, using a chorus of models which Brisk choreographed, and which attracted national publicity on television, radio and print media. Her next multi-character show, JAP - Jewish Australian Princess, sold out the season in its first week and gained excellent reviews. In 1997, Susanna headed to New York City to study at the Stella Adler Conservatory for the summer. Immediately, she landed a role in the indie feature Some Fish Can Fly (1999) and began performing extensively on the new York stand-up circuit. In New York, she booked lead roles in NYU films, several indie shorts, the interactive CD-Rom The 24-7 and performed Off-Broadway in "The Cleansing of George Cuthbert". She shot two pilots for VH-1 (Couch Potato and Rock n' Roll Stand-Up) and became a stand-up regular at the Comic Strip, Stand-Up New York, the New York Comedy Club and Caroline's NYC, as well as downtown venues such as Surf Reality and Collective Unconscious.
In 1999, Brisk returned to the Melbourne International Comedy Festival with JAP 2. The season involved twenty-four shows in twenty-five days in Melbourne, with two additional sold-out shows at a 350-seat venue in Sydney. Brisk returned to NYC to produce and perform JAP - Princess in the City for a four-month season to packed houses at The Duplex in historic Greenwich Village. She played 17 different characters and the piano, received a rave review in Time Out New York and was invited to perform the show at the HBO Workspace in LA. Once in Los Angeles, she booked a guest principal role on JAG, and hosted The Kisser, the first pilot for POP.com for Dreamworks/Imagine.
She performs stand-up regularly at the Improv, the Comedy Store, Dublin's and the Laugh Factory. Stand-up gigs include her headlining tour with the Star Spangled Girls of US Military Bases in the Balkans, including Bosnia, Hungary, Macedonia, Sarajevo and Kosovo and opening for international acts at The Riviera in Los Vegas. She recently screened "Whim", a short film which she wrote, produced, directed and starred in. She has also produced and performed a workshop reading of a new show Waiting to Breed, at the Larry Moss Studio.
In 2002 Susanna became part of The Actors' Gang theater company in Hollywood, taking part over many months in Commedia del Arte workshops with Tim Robbins and other veteran Gang members and playing the piano in the late night show "Alagazam."
Brisk's current one woman show, "Mamafied," played at Edgemar Center for The Arts and was directed by Michelle Danner. After stellar reviews, it went to Melbourne's Comedy Festival for seventeen shows in 2009. Brisk developed "Mamafied," into a memoir. After writing, producing, and acting in a dozen short films, she was flown out to test for SNL. Susanna continues to work on her most important productions, two children.- Andres Lepik was born on 27 April 1957 in Haapsalu, Estonian SSR, USSR. He is an actor, known for Tagurpidi torn (2022), Merivälja (2017) and Alpimaja (2012).
- Production Designer
- Art Department
Dmitriy Onishchenko was born on 23 July 1981 in Tartu, Estonian SSR, USSR [now Estonia]. He is a production designer, known for Furiya, Major Grom: Plague Doctor (2021) and Grom: Boyhood (2023).- Vladimir Sterzhakov was born on 6 June 1959 in Tallinn, Estonian SSR, USSR [now Estonia]. He is an actor, known for Day Watch (2006), Metro (2013) and Dikiy (2009).
- Director
- Writer
- Producer
René Vilbre was born on 17 May 1970 in Rakvere, Estonian SSR, USSR [now Estonia]. He is a director and writer, known for Perekondlik sündmus (1998), Mat the Cat (2005) and Kid Detectives and the Secret of the White Lady (2013).- Piret Järvis was born on 6 February 1984 in Tallinn, Estonian SSR, USSR [now Estonia]. She is an actress, known for Kormoranid ehk Nahkpükse ei pesta (2011), Tantsud tähtedega (2006) and Elu Veinimoisas (2010).
- Rain Simmul was born on 18 August 1965 in Tartu, Estonian SSR, USSR [now Estonia]. He is an actor, known for 1944 (2015), Need vanad armastuskirjad (1992) and Karu süda (2001). He is married to Liivika Tärk. They have two children.
- Script and Continuity Department
- Producer
- Production Manager
Ene Watts was born on 10 July 1942 in Tallinn, Estonian SSR, USSR. She was a producer and production manager, known for 1984 (1984), Hellraiser (1987) and On the Black Hill (1988). She was married to Andrew Grieve and Robert Watts. She died on 26 August 1996 in Camden, London, England, UK.- Merle Talvik was born on 6 June 1954 in Tallinn, Estonian SSR, USSR [now Estonia]. She is an actress, known for Solntse, snova solntse (1977), Karge meri (1981) and Savoy ball (1985).
- Natalya Sayko was born on 12 January 1948 in Tallinn, Estonian SSR, USSR [now Estonia]. She is an actress, known for Sovsem propashchiy (1973), Moon Rainbow (1983) and Vzryv zamedlennogo deystviya (1971).
- Aare Laanemets was born on 6 February 1954 in Tallinn, Estonian SSR, USSR [now Estonia]. He was an actor, known for Suvi (1976), Treasure Island (1972) and Spring (1969). He died on 28 October 2000.
- Producer
- Writer
- Actor
Anti Reinthal was born on 23 February 1979 in Saare, Jõgevamaa, Estonian SSR, USSR [now Estonia]. He is a producer and writer, known for Rakett 69 (2011), Buratino tegutseb jälle (2003) and Takso (2015).