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Kalju Komissarov

Acting Born Mar 8, 1946 Võru, Võru County, Estonian SSR, USSR [now Estonia] 18 credits

Biography

Kalju Komissarov (March 8, 1946 Võru – March 6, 2017) was an Estonian actor, theatre and film director, and theatre pedagogue.

In 1968 he graduated from Tallinn State Conservatory. 1968-1974 he worked as a film director at Tallinnfilm. 1974-1986 he was the principal stage manager at Noorsooteater, and 1986-1988 at Ugala Theatre. 1986-1995 he was the head of Estonian Music and Theatre Academy's Higher Theatre School (Estonian: Eesti Muusikaakadeemia Kõrgem Lavakunstikool).

In 2006 he was awarded with Order of the White Star, III class.

Komissarov was married to actress and former Tallinn State Conservatory classmate Helle-Reet Helenurm from 1967 until 1971.

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Known for

Film

The Last Relic

as Monk

Full filmography

  • Hit Back (1975)
  • The Last Relic (1970) as Monk
  • The Midday Ferry (1967) as Man in Moskvich
  • Grisha (1996)
  • Landing (1973) as Cowardly Tugboat Captain (uncredited)
  • Gladiator (1971) as (uncredited)
  • An Unusual Story (1974) as Young investigator
  • Men in Soldier's Overcoats (1968) as Ferdinand Loog
  • Who? What? How? A Story About the Third All-Union Festival of Youth Plays (1987)
  • Ask the Dead About the Price of Death (1977) as Investigator
  • Supernova (1966)
  • All My Lenins (1997) as Russian Gendarmerie Chief
  • Marathon (1986) as Himself
  • Mindless (2006) as Mayor
  • Father, Son and Holy Theatre (2010)
  • The Ideal Landscape (1981) as District Committee Secretary
  • Crucified Island (1968)
  • The Lost Ones (1971) as Enn Alling