Kalju Komissarov

Personal Info

Known For Actor

Gender Male

Birthday 1946-03-08

Deathday 2017-03-06 (70 years old)

Place of Birth Võru, Estonian SRR, USSR [now Estonia]

Kalju Komissarov

Biography

Kalju Komissarov (March 8, 1946 Võru – March 6, 2017) was an Estonian actor, theatre and film director, and theatre pedagogue. In 1968 he graduated from Tallinn State Conservatory. 1968-1974 he worked as a film director at Tallinnfilm. 1974-1986 he was the principal stage manager at Noorsooteater, and 1986-1988 at Ugala Theatre. 1986-1995 he was the head of Estonian Music and Theatre Academy's Higher Theatre School (Estonian: Eesti Muusikaakadeemia Kõrgem Lavakunstikool). In 2006 he was awarded with Order of the White Star, III class. Komissarov was married to actress and former Tallinn State Conservatory classmate Helle-Reet Helenurm from 1967 until 1971.

Known For

Actor

2006
Mindless

as Mayor

1997
All My Lenins

as Russian Gendarmerie Chief

1996
1981
The Ideal Landscape

as District Committee Secretary

1973
Landing

as Cowardly Tugboat Captain (uncredited)

1971
The Lost Ones

as Enn Alling

1970
1968
Men in Soldier's Overcoats

as Ferdinand Loog

1967
The Midday Ferry

as Boy in Moskvitsh

Director

1972
Forest Captain

as Director

1971
The Lost Ones

as Director

1970
The Last Relic

as Assistant Director