Margus Jaanovits
Acting
Biography
Margus Jaanovits (born July 13, 1970 in Türi) is an Estonian actor. He graduated from Türi 1st Middle School in 1988 and from the Estonian Academy of Music Higher School of Performing Arts in 1994, and has been working as an actor at the Vanemuise Theater since the same year.
Born: July 13, 1970
Place of Birth: Türi, Järva County, Estonian SRR, USSR [now Estonia]
Known For
The Black Hole
A comical triptych about residents in an apartment block district who long for a better life. When a black hole mysteriously appears in a lilac bush, they will have to face aliens, a giant spider, and an Austrian in breeches.
Kalev
The Soviet Union teeters on the verge of collapse in 1990 and tiny Baltic nations struggle to take back their independence. A rising tide of public opinion opposes the Estonian national team's participation in the USSR's basketball championship. The team makes the unpopular choice to participate.
The Boys of Wikman
The boys of Wikman is a 1994-year drama serial about the Wikman Private Gymnasium students from 1937 till their mobilization in 1944. The series is based on a 1988 novel Wikmani poisid by Jaan Kross.
Revenge Office
A group of women create an organization named "Kättemaksukontor" to fight for the rights of women and help solve murder mysteries for the police.
On the Water
Andres is a sensitive teenager raised by his strict grandparents in a small bland Soviet Estonian town. He is being bullied at school and his only friends are the drunkards, whores, and thieves living next door.
Aurora
Aurora, the daughter of a religious leader, enters into a secret affair that changes her life. She tries to please everyone but when it's time for a lavish wedding anniversary celebration, an uninvited guest arrives.
When You Least Expect It
There are two people who wake up in the same bed one morning, and neither of them has a clue who the other is. Viivi would like to run away and the man is sleeping like a log. Unlike Viivi and Andu themselves, the viewers know both very well. They know that Viivi has the worst day in her life and that Andu is a dweeb, but not completely hopeless; a rather good-hearted man. They are both hopelessly lonely people hoping that maybe there's someone somewhere - So they might as well meet.
Fools of Fame
The feature film based on Eduard Bornhöhe's story takes the viewer to the early days of the 20th century, when Estonia was still part of the tsarist Russia. Pride in one's nation was emerging and the desire to give something eternal to one's people at any cost - be it a miracle machine flying in the air or valuable literature written in the language of the country. Unfortunately, it was not that easy and sometimes there was lack of talent.
The Shadow
Juhan Liiv, a struggling poet and an unlikely detective, solves gruesome murder cases in Estonia, the Wild West of the crumbling Russian Empire in the 1890s. Investigations take him to miserable dwellings of the local Estonian peasants, luxurious castles of German nobility that have sworn allegiance to the Czar, and to the depths of ancient forests where witchcraft is still practiced. Juhan is fighting crime and his own inner demons. He is considered mad and pronounced crazy. But by standing for justice and truth, at the end of the day, he is the sanest of them all.
The Right to Happiness
Marge is a humble middle-aged woman living in Paldiski, Estonia. Her life changes after she unexpectedly becomes a lottery winner. For most other people, it would be a dream come true, but Marge wants to figure out how to continue her quiet life despite having 10 million euros.
Filmography
as Police Officer Heiki
as Vardo
as Doctor
as Tavern Keeper
as Heino Jürviste
as Militia
as Gunn
as Jaak Peeker
as Wikman Boy