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Lembit Ulfsak

Acting Born Jul 4, 1947 Koeru, Järva County, Estonian SSR, USSR [now Estonia] 24 credits

Biography

Lembit Ulfsak (July 4, 1947 in Koeru – March 22, 2017) was an Estonian actor and director.

Ulfsak spent his childhood in Räpina, where he also finished the 8th grade. In 1966, he graduated from Tallinn 7th Secondary School. From 1966 to 1970, he studied at the Tallinn State Conservatory's Department of Performing Arts (4th class).

Ulfsak worked mainly at the Estonian SSR State Youth Theatre and Drama Theatre, as well as at Tallinnfilm. In addition to his theatre work, he acted in many films, the most internationally known of which are the leading roles in the films "The Legend of Till" (1976) and the Georgian-Estonian collaboration film "Tangerines" (2013), which was among the five best foreign language films in 2014 before the Oscar and Golden Globe awards.

From 1972 to 1973, he sang in the Band Amor Trio.

On June 1, 2019, a memorial bench installed in Ulfsak's honor was unveiled near his coastal home on the western shore of the Kakumäe Peninsula.

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Known for

In Search of Captain Grant

as Jacques Paganel
Film

K-19: The Widowmaker

as Self - Jury
Film

Tangerines

as Ivo

Full filmography

  • In Search of Captain Grant (1985) as Jacques Paganel
  • Eurolaul (1993) as Self - Jury
  • Isayev (2009) as Артур Неуманн, нач. политич. полиции в Эстонии
  • Mood Breaker (2008) as Various
  • The Legend of Till (1977) as Till Eulenspiegel
  • Secret of the Blackbirds (1983) as Gerald Wright
  • Tangerines (2013) as Ivo
  • The Eternal Road (2017) as Novikov
  • Regina (1990) as Tiit
  • The Fencer (2015) as Jaan's Grandfather
  • Mary Poppins, Goodbye (1983) as Mr. A
  • A Tale of a Chekist (1969) as Müller
  • The End of a Beautiful Epoch (2015) as Teppe
  • Смерть под парусом (1977) as William Garnet
  • 186 Kilometers (2007) as Lembit Ulfsak
  • Rat Trap (2011) as Doctor
  • The Power of Fear (2006) as The Sheriff
  • Amber Wings (2003)
  • Mister Blot's Academy (1984) as Hans Christian Andersen
  • I Was Here (2008) as Rass' Father
  • The Heart of the Bear (2001) as Simon
  • For Crazies Only (1991) as Andres
  • Temptation of B. (1990) as Феликс Александрович Снегирёв, писатель
  • Lotte and the Moonstone Secret (2011) as Fred the Dog / Lotte's Father Oskar (voice)