Lembit Ulfsak
Actor
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.
As Director
Filmography
Tangerines
as Ivo 2013
The Fencer
as Jaan's Grandfather 2015
Mary Poppins, Goodbye
as Mr. A 1983
The Eternal Road
as Novikov 2017
Mister Blot's Academy
as Hans Christian Andersen 1984
In Search for Captain Grant
as Жак Паганель 1985
Secret of the Blackbirds
as Gerald Wright 1983
The End of a Beautiful Epoch
as Teppe 2015
The Power of Fear
as The Sheriff 2006
Brothers: The Return
as Rein 2006
Lotte and the Moonstone Secret
as Fred the Dog / Lotte's Father Oskar (voice) 2011
Lotte from Gadgetville
as Oskar (voice) 2006
Temptation of B.
as Феликс Александрович Снегирёв, писатель 1990
I Was Here
as Rass' Father 2008
Gulf Stream Under the Iceberg
2012
Lamb in the Down Right Corner
as Harri's Father 1992
Arabella, the Pirate's Daughter
as Rouge Guy 1982