Tõnu Aav
Actor
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.
Filmography
Liberation: The Fire Bulge
as German officer in a concentration camp 1968
The Lark
as German Pilot 1964
All My Lenins
as German General 1997
The Gold Spinners
as Peedu Ojamaa (voice) 2013
Tear of the Prince of Darkness
as Innkeeper 1993
Hysteria
as Sergei 1993
Blood Stone
as Even More Belligerent Mayor 1972
The Firewater
as Border Guard in Finland 1994
I, The Investigator
1972
The Sun and the Rain
1960
The Gang
as prosecutor Farr 1986
Old Men's Paradise
as Manivald 2005
Lurich
as Grünberg 1984
Nazis and Blondes
as Self 2008
We Were Eighteen
as Eerik 1965
Letters from the Island of the Insane
as Ervin Räim 1967