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Aare Laanemets

Acting Born Feb 6, 1954 Tallinn, Harju County, Estonian SSR, USSR [now Estonia] 11 credits

Biography

Aare Laanemets (February 6, 1954 – October 28, 2000) was an Estonian actor and theatre director, who is possibly best recalled for his role as Joosep Toots in three film adaptations of novels penned by author Oskar Luts: Kevade (1969), Suvi (1976), and Sügis (1990).

Laanemets' career began as a teenager and he worked steadily as an adult as a stage, film, and television actor until his death in 2000, aged 46. In 1984, he co-founded the Pärnu School Theatre, where he worked as an instructor and stage director.

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Known for

Long Road in the Dunes

as Lajmon Kalnyn

Full filmography

  • Long Road in the Dunes (1982) as Lajmon Kalnyn
  • Secret of the Blackbirds (1983) as reporter
  • Summer (1976) as Joosep Toots
  • Treasure Island (1971) as Jim Hawkins
  • Spring (1970) as Toots
  • Autumn (1990) as Joosep Toots
  • Long Road in the Dunes (1982)
  • I Serve at the Border (1974)
  • How the King Wished to Go to the Moon (2024) as Tisler
  • When the Robbers Came to the Town of Cardamom (1980) as Jesper
  • Laikmetu griežos (1981)