Jaan Tätte

Jaan Tätte

Born 1964-03-24 (age 62) Viljandi, Viljandi District, Estonian SSR, USSR [now Viljandi County, Estonia]
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Biography

Jaan Tätte (born March 24, 1964 in Viljandi) is an Estonian playwright, poet, actor, and singer.

From 1982 to 1984 Tätte studied biology at the University of Tartu. From 1985 to 1986 he attended a graduate program at the Tallinn Pedagogical Institute (now Tallinn University) and studied acting in the drama department of the Tallinn Conservatory (now, the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre), graduating in 1990. Since 1990 he has been an ensemble member of the Tallinn City Theatre. Since 2003 he has worked as a playwright at the same theater. He has also been involved in films.

Towards the end of the 1990s, he began to write plays that would make him well-known beyond the borders of Estonia. His first piece "Ristumine peateega" (Bungee Jumping) was a great success. In 2000 "Sild" (The Bridge), followed in 2001. In 2005, he wrote "Palju õnne argipäevaks!"(Fasten Seat Belts or Good Luck to Everyday Life) and "Meeletu". "Kaev" was premiered in June 2006 in Tallinn.

Since 2004 he has also appeared as a singer with Marko Matvere; they have released two CDs together. He is married and has two children.

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Known For

Names in Marble
Names in Marble

2002

as Captain

City Unplugged
City Unplugged

1993

as Peeter

American Mountains
For Crazies Only
The Shoe
The Shoe

1998

as Juhan

The Firewater
The Firewater

1994

as Aleks

The Highway Crossing
The Highway Crossing

1999

as Roland

Prompter
Prompter

1993

as Martin