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

Nazis and Blondes
Nazis and Blondes
We Were Eighteen
We Were Eighteen
Hysteria
Hysteria

Filmography

2013 The Gold Spinners
as Peedu Ojamaa (voice)
2009 Isayev
as Ганс Саакс
2009 The Vengeance Bureau
as Taavi Raasik
2008 Nazis and Blondes
as Self
2006 Visit of an Old Lady
as Koby
2005 Old Men's Paradise
as Manivald
1997 All My Lenins
as German General
1994 The Firewater
as Border Guard in Finland
1993 Hysteria
as Sergei
1993 Tear of the Prince of Darkness
as Innkeeper
1992 Armastuse lahinguväljad
as
1991 Surmatants
as
1986 The Gang
as prosecutor Farr
1985 Puud olid...
as
1984 Lurich
as Grünberg
1984 Russia Is Young
as Егор Резен
1979 Giufa
as (voice)
1974 Bloody John
as Narrator
1973 Fire in the Night
as
1972 Blood Stone
as Even More Belligerent Mayor