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.

Movies & TV Shows

1. Liberation - Part 1 : The Fire Bulge (1970)
2. Liberation - Part 2 : Breakthrough (1970)
3. The Lark (1964) — German Pilot
4. All My Lenins (1997) — German General
5. The Gold Spinners (2013) — Peedu Ojamaa (voice)
6. Russia Is Young (1984) — Егор Резен
7. Tear of the Prince of Darkness (1993) — Innkeeper
8. Blood Stone (1972) — Even More Belligerent Mayor
9. Hysteria (1993) — Sergei
10. The Firewater (1994) — Border Guard in Finland
11. I, The Investigator (1972)
12. The Sun and the Rain (1960) — (uncredited)
13. The Gang (1986) — prosecutor Farr
14. Lurich (1984) — Grünberg
15. Isayev (2009) — Ганс Саакс
16. We Were Eighteen (1965) — Eerik
17. Old Men's Paradise (2005) — Manivald
18. Letters from the Island of the Insane (1967) — Ervin Räim
19. Bloody John (1974) — Narrator
20. Between Three Plagues (1970) — Innkeeper (uncredited)
21. Fire in the Night (1973)
22. Armastuse lahinguväljad (1992)
23. Revenge Office (2009) — Taavi Raasik
24. Nazis and Blondes (2008) — Self
25. Marianna (1967) — Людвиг
26. Supernova (1966)
27. Giufa (1979) — (voice)
28. Puud olid... (1986)
29. Surmatants (1991)
30. The Last Flight of the 'Albatross' (1971)
31. Visit of an Old Lady (2006) — Koby
32. Väikese Illimari radadel (1962)
33. Outlaws (1971) — Tent
34. Outlaw (2025) — Self