Lembit Ulfsak
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.
Filmography
The Eternal Road
2017
as Novikov
Blue Dress
2017
The End of a Beautiful Epoch
2015
as Teppe
The Fencer
2015
as Jaan's Grandfather
Kid Detectives and the Secret of the White Lady
2013
as Herman Krookus
Tangerines
2013
as Ivo
Gulf Stream Under the Iceberg
2012
Lonely Island
2012
as Professor
Lotte and the Moonstone Secret
2011
as Fred the Dog / Lotte's Father Oskar (voice)
Rat Trap
2011
as Doctor
Red Mercury
2010
as Tibla
I Was Here
2008
as Rass' Father
Nazis and Blondes
2008
as Self
Black Ceiling
2007
as (voice)
186 Kilometers
2007
as Lembit Ulfsak
Lotte from Gadgetville
2006
as Oskar (voice)
The Power of Fear
2006
as The Sheriff
Far from Sunset Boulevard
2006
as operator Berg
Brothers: The Return
2006
as Rein
Mat the Cat
2005
as Ruudi
Touched by the Unknown
2005
as Brain
Amber Wings
2003
Ladybirds' Christmas
2001
as Narrator / Santa Claus / Goga (voice)
The Heart of the Bear
2001
as Simon