Born
1946-03-08 (age 80)
Birthplace
Võru, Võru County, Estonian SSR, USSR [now Estonia]
Known For
Acting
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.
Movie Appearances
All My Lenins
as Russian Gendarmerie Chief
1997
Crucified Island
1968
The Last Relic
as Monk
1970
Landing
as Cowardly Tugboat Captain (uncredited)
1973
The Midday Ferry
as Man in Moskvich
1967
Mindless
as Mayor
2006
Ask the Dead About the Price of Death
as Investigator
1977
Men in Soldier's Overcoats
as Ferdinand Loog
1968
Hit Back
1975
The Lost Ones
as Enn Alling
1971
The Ideal Landscape
as District Committee Secretary
1981
Grisha
1996
Father, Son and Holy Theatre
2010
An Unusual Story
as Young investigator
1974
Supernova
1966
Gladiator
as (uncredited)
1971
Who? What? How? A Story About the Third All-Union Festival of Youth Plays
1987