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Lembit Ulfsak

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Birthdate

1947-07-04

Day of Death

2017-03-22

Place of Birth

Koeru, Järva County, Estonian SSR, USSR [now Estonia]

Lembit Ulfsak

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.

Filmography (93)

⭐ 6.7 Role: Novikov

The Eternal Road

2017
⭐ 4.5 Role: Unknown

Blue Dress

2017
⭐ 6.3 Role: Teppe

The End of a Beautiful Epoch

2015
⭐ 7.0 Role: Jaan's Grandfather

The Fencer

2015
⭐ 3.3 Role: Herman Krookus

Kid Detectives and the Secret of the White Lady

2013
⭐ 7.7 Role: Ivo

Tangerines

2013
⭐ 4.0 Role: Unknown

Gulf Stream Under the Iceberg

2012
⭐ 0 Role: Professor

Lonely Island

2012
⭐ 6.2 Role: Fred the Dog / Lotte's Father Oskar (voice)

Lotte and the Moonstone Secret

2011
⭐ 6.0 Role: Doctor

Rat Trap

2011
⭐ 4.2 Role: Tibla

Red Mercury

2010
⭐ 5.6 Role: Rass' Father

I Was Here

2008
⭐ 6.0 Role: Self

Nazis and Blondes

2008
⭐ 0 Role: (voice)

Black Ceiling

2007
⭐ 3.2 Role: Lembit Ulfsak

186 Kilometers

2007