Lembit Ulfsak

Lembit Ulfsak

1947-07-04 – 2017-03-22 (age 69) Koeru, Järva County, Estonian SSR, USSR [now Estonia]
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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.

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Known For

Tangerines
Tangerines

2013

as Ivo

The Fencer
The Fencer

2015

as Jaan's Grandfather

The Price of Head
The Price of Head

1992

as Joseph Erten

The Lady in the Car
Spring in the Forest
Mary Poppins, Goodbye
The Legend of Thyl
The Legend of Thyl

1977

as Till Eulenspiegel

The Baltic Way
The Baltic Way

1989

as Narrator (Voice)

The Wedding
The Wedding

1980

as Lembit

The Eternal Road
The Eternal Road

2017

as Novikov

Ask the Dead About the Price of Death
Ask the Dead About the Price of Death

1977

as Bruno (voice) (uncredited)

I'm Not a Tourist, I Live Here
My Wife Became a Grandmother
Kiri Giuliale
Candles in the Dark
Candles in the Dark

1993

as Gospodin Omeltchenko

Windy Beach
Windy Beach

1971

as Sander

Secret of the Blackbirds
Secret of the Blackbirds

1983

as Gerald Wright

Daisy Petal Game
Daisy Petal Game

1978

as Boy / Hans-Eerik (segment "Promenade")

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