Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
September 4, 1949
Place of Birth:
Pärnu, Estonian SSR, USSR [now Estonia]
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Eero Spriit
Biography
Eero Spriit (born September 4, 1949), is an Estonian actor, theatre producer and director, and film and television producer. Spriit's career as an actor began in the early 1970s.
Eero Spriit was born as one of two children in Pärnu to journalist, satirist, and politician Edgar Spriit and journalist Ester Spriit (née Tartu). His parents divorced when he was young and his father married dancer and dance pedagogue Elonna Goretski. From this union, he has a half-brother, Egon Spriit. In 1972, he enrolled in the Performing Arts Department of the Tallinn State Conservatory (now, the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre) in Tallinn to study acting under course supervisor Voldemar Panso, graduating in 1976. Among his graduating classmates were Merle Karusoo, Ago-Endrik Kerge, Aare Laanemets, Kalju Orro, Jüri Krjukov, Anne Paluver, Priit Pedajas, Lembit Peterson, Külliki Tool, Urmas Kibuspuu, and Peeter Volkonski.
Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | How the King Wished to Go to the Moon | Uncle |
| 2018 | Fire Lily | Doctor |
| 2014 | Zero Point | Principal |
| 2013 | Daisy Petal Game 2 | Olev (segment "Silver Wedding") |
| 2012 | Purge | Militia |
| 2003 | Made in Estonia | Väino |
| 1997 | All My Lenins | Lenin VI (Monk) |
| 1991 | Surmatants | |
| 1982 | The Triangle | Viktor (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1977 | Ask the Dead About the Price of Death | |
| 1973 | Don Juan in Tallinn | Don Spoletti |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | ENSV | Helmut |
| 2009 | The Vengeance Bureau | Toomas Kalve |
| 2008 | Windward Land | Johan Laidoner |
| 1993 | Õnne 13 | Mr. Margna |
| 1993 | Õnne 13 | Thornbjörn Margna |