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Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1939-01-21 (86 years old)

Place of Birth

Tallinn, Estonian SSR, USSR [now Estonia]

Tõnu Aav

Biography:

Tõnu Aav (January 21, 1939 – August 14, 2019) was an Estonian stage, film, TV, and radio actor.

Aav was born in Tallinn and graduated from the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre in 1961. From 1961 he performed at the Estonian Drama Theatre in Tallinn. He played in dozens of films and twenty screenplays and also recorded a number of radio play and audio CDs (including Uncle Remus stories and Alice in Wonderland) as well as a recurring role as Feliks Viss on the ETV dramatic series Õnne 13.

From 1965 until 1974 Aav was married to actress Irja Aav (née Pilvet). The couple had two sons, music producer and conductor Lauri Aav and prop maker Ardi Aav.

Known For

Acting

2013

The Gold Spinners as Peedu Ojamaa (voice)

2009

Isayev as Ганс Саакс
The Vengeance Bureau as Taavi Raasik

2008

2006

2005

Old Men's Paradise as Manivald

1997

All My Lenins as German General

1994

The Firewater as Border Guard in Finland

1993

1992

1991

1985

The Gang as Prosecutor Farr

1984

Lurich as Grünberg
Russia Is Young as Егор Резен

1979

Giufa as (voice)

1974

Bloody John as Narrator

1973

1972

Blood Stone as Even More Belligerent Mayor

1971

1970

Liberation: The Fire Bulge as German officer in a concentration camp
Liberation: Direction of the Main Blow as German officer in a concentration camp
Between Three Plagues as Innkeeper (uncredited)

1967

Marianna as Людвиг

1966

1965

1964

The Lark as German Pilot

1962

1960