Taavi Eelmaa

Taavi Eelmaa

Born: June 15, 1971
in Tallinn, Estonia
Taavi Eelmaa (born June 15, 1971) is an Estonian stage and film actor.

Born and raised in Tallinn, he is the son of actor Aleksander Eelmaa and Reet Eelmaa. Taavi Eelmaa began studies at the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre, graduating in 1996. Among his graduating classmates were Karin Tammaru, Ain Prosa, René Reinumägi, Indrek Saar, Tarvo Sõmer, and Ardo Ran Varres. After graduating, he worked for six years at the Estonian Drama Theatre in Tallinn, and from 2002 to present at the Von Krahl Theatre in Tallinn.

Eelmaa made his screen debut in 1993 in the Rainer Sarnet-directed short film Merehaigus (English: Seasickness) and has gone on to appear in roles in numerous Estonian films. Among his more memorable roles were as Theo in the 2007 Veiko Õunpuu-directed drama Sügisball (English: Autumn Ball), inspired by Estonian writer Mati Unt's novel of the same name, and as the title character in Õunpuu's 2009 black comedy Püha Tõnu kiusamine (English: The Temptation of St. Tony). The film was selected as Estonia's submission for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film at the 83rd Academy Awards, but it didn't make the final shortlist.[4] He has also appeared on television, most notably as the character Priit Post in the Kanal 2 crime series Kelgukoerad.

Movies for Taavi Eelmaa...

Deliver Us
Title: Deliver Us
Character: Factory Welder
Released: August 30, 2023
Type: Movie
When a nun in a remote convent claims immaculate conception, the Vatican sends a team of priests to investigate, concerned about an ancient prophecy that a woman will give birth to twin boys: one the Messiah, the other the Antichrist.
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The Diary of Vaino Vahing
Title: The Diary of Vaino Vahing
Released: November 19, 2021
Type: Movie
When love is the greatest torment, will art or play save you? A dramatic documentary about author Vaino Vahing.
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Reunion 3: Singles Cruise
Title: Reunion 3: Singles Cruise
Character: Igor
Released: July 28, 2021
Type: Movie
The approaching baptism of his ex-wife's new baby destroys Antti's ability to function and puts him in catatonic state. Tuomas and Nippe take action to cheer him up and decide to take him on a singles cruise.
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Parquet
Title: Parquet
Character: Bulat (Jumping Jack)
Released: May 13, 2021
Type: Movie
The creators of the legendary tango à trois reunite for an encore performance 25 years after breaking up. Determined to take on the night as if they had never aged they face the realities when their families arrive to join the audience.
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The Last Ones
Title: The Last Ones
Character: Boatswain Dieter
Released: November 13, 2020
Type: Movie
Tundra of Lapland, Finland. Rupi, a young man who fills his days dealing and drinking, works in a mine hoping to raise enough money to escape the desolate village where he lives.
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Jesus Shows You the Way to the Highway
Title: Jesus Shows You the Way to the Highway
Character: Drunk Man
Released: October 19, 2019
Type: Movie
CIA agents Palmer and Gagano are tasked with the perilous mission of destroying “The Soviet Union!" As they enter the system using a VR simulation, their mission quickly turns into a delirious trap, far more complex than expected, as the fabric of reality starts unraveling around them. A cornucopia of stylistic influences, virtuosic cinematic techniques, and set design (ranging from stop-motion animation to stylized live-action), Llanso’s latest blends inter-dimensional intrigue, spy-fi, kung-fu, and Philip K. Dick-esque mind-melting weirdness to achieve truly unclassifiable results.
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Title: The Bank
Character: Pille's Father
Released: October 17, 2018
Type: TV
Based on a true story in the turbulent Estonian 90s. Personal dramas will unfold using the historic events as a backdrop, with the characters constantly re-evaluating the currency rates and their personal values.
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Portugal
Title: Portugal
Character: Aare
Released: April 12, 2018
Type: Movie
Karina and Martin are in a pleasent relation where everyday life flows in an effortlessly accustomed way and no small misbehaviours can shake it’s rush. Life is good. Perhaps it’s this perfection and frequent patterns that make them finally pose a question – is everything to be expected in life? This is a story about following the yearning of your soul. Longing for something other than the present and having the courage to be deliberately lost.
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November
Title: November
Character: Ints
Released: February 3, 2017
Type: Movie
In a poor Estonian village, a group of peasants use magic and folk remedies to survive the winter, and a young woman tries to get a young man to love her.
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The Days That Confused
Title: The Days That Confused
Character: Pontu
Released: April 8, 2016
Type: Movie
A young man tries to make sense of the world in the summer heat of late nineties Estonia.
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Roukli
Title: Roukli
Character: Peedu
Released: September 17, 2015
Type: Movie
Two men on the run cause chaos in a small community that is on the brink of getting swallowed by war.
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Black Diamonds
Title: Black Diamonds
Character: Ronny
Released: November 29, 2013
Type: Movie
Diamantes Negros tells the long journey undertaken by two young boys from Mali who arrive in Spain after being persuaded to pursue their dream of escaping from poverty by becoming professional football players.
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The Arbiter
Title: The Arbiter
Character: Judge
Released: March 14, 2013
Type: Movie
A brilliant but misguided man feels that he has the right to decide who is worth their place on earth.
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The Maggot Feeder
Title: The Maggot Feeder
Character: Man (voice)
Released: November 1, 2012
Type: Movie
A man decides to kill his wife because she can’t have children. He builds a stone house on the seashore and starts to grow maggots in it. When the maggots are as thick as a wrist, he invites his wife for a walk on the beach…
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Purge
Title: Purge
Character: Jaan Berg
Released: September 7, 2012
Type: Movie
Aliide experienced The Great Terror under Stalin’s regime, and decades after her hometown people were deported to Siberia, she lives alone in an isolated house. One night, she finds a young woman in her yard – Zara has just escaped from the claws of the Russian mafia that held her as a sex slave. Survivors both, Aliide and Zara engage in unearthing each other’s motives and gradually, and their stories merge into one, revealing the tragedy of a family during the cruelest years in Estonian history.
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The Idiot
Title: The Idiot
Character: Lebedev
Released: October 9, 2011
Type: Movie
A story of a naive man, whose direct behavior stirs in people moral unrest, rage and embarrassment over their own pettiness, making them yearn for goodness.
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Sky Song
Title: Sky Song
Character: (voice)
Released: November 28, 2010
Type: Movie
A postman endeavors to fly to the moon in one breath so he can deliver a package.
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The Temptation of St. Tony
Title: The Temptation of St. Tony
Character: Tony
Released: October 10, 2009
Type: Movie
A mid-level manager who develops an aversion to being a good person questions his morality as he faces the challenges of middle age and loses control of his life.
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Black Peter
Title: Black Peter
Character: Friend
Released: March 6, 2008
Type: Movie
Peter and his wife have dinner with friends in a restaurant. They have not quarreled for two weeks already. A new record could be in the making. But a trivial argument soon grows into a quarrel and the night brings weird games into their relationship.
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Mälestuste Maja
Title: Mälestuste Maja
Character: Mees
Released: February 5, 2008
Type: Movie
Film about a woman who wishes to sell a house full of painful memories and about a real-estate broker whose life intertwines the woman's life. In a world that seemed to be empty they suddenly notice another person - someone who shares a similar destiny. Nothing takes the past away like the future.
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Where Souls Go
Title: Where Souls Go
Character: Pastor
Released: October 25, 2007
Type: Movie
A teenage girl has problems with her family and life when her little brother is born with a heart problem.
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Georg
Title: Georg
Character: Demon
Released: October 5, 2007
Type: Movie
Unforgettable melodies, unique timbre and a memorable, soul-stirring voice. A mystery for women and authority for men, his talent was revered by the highest ranks of the Soviet Union and millions of ordinary people. Georg Ots took the stage when a huge country was recovering from the horrors of war, and his voice returned them faith in a bright future. Few people know what his life was really like.
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Autumn Ball
Title: Autumn Ball
Character: Doorman Theo
Released: September 13, 2007
Type: Movie
Autumn in Estonia, where six people live, six solitudes, prisoners of the monotonous architecture of Soviet-era concrete buildings, in search of human companionship, of love, of a ray of light in an ocean of gray.
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Mindless
Title: Mindless
Character: Miku
Released: October 6, 2006
Type: Movie
A rich businessman moves to countryside to give his life a meaning.
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Golden Beach
Title: Golden Beach
Character: Felix
Released: March 9, 2006
Type: Movie
Retroband Evergreen's reunion party is ruined when Viktor, who was once the band's frontman, threatens to blow the house up for revenge of his sad destiny.
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Ruudi
Title: Ruudi
Character: Host of Beauty Contest
Released: February 24, 2006
Type: Movie
A family comedy about a 7-year-old boy, who's a devoted viking fan.
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Uncaught Miracle
Title: Uncaught Miracle
Character: Leo Saalep
Released: February 12, 2006
Type: Movie
The 6 short films of "Tabamata ime" are based on Edward Vilde's play of the same name first published in 1912. Vilde's play is about a young piano player Leo Saalep, who returns to his homeland Estonia to give a concert, and whose alleged international breakthrough has given him the long awaited role of putting Estonian culture on the map in the eyes of the local culture elite.
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Empty
Title: Empty
Character: Eduard
Released: January 16, 2006
Type: Movie
A young intellectual, Mati, engineers himself into a situation where he has to spend a weekend with his wife Helina and her lover Eduard. The trio goes to Eduard's summer house, surrounded by the majestic scenery of big forests and an empty beach. Mati, either out of jealousy or pride, has decided to win back his wife and will do anything his introverted and inert mind can come up with.
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Goodbye, My Love, Goodbye
Title: Goodbye, My Love, Goodbye
Released: November 11, 1999
Type: Movie
The mirror image of a pop star falls in love with the singer's wife and enters the world of people through the mirror. What to do if your own reflection becomes life-threatening to you?
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Happy Landing
Title: Happy Landing
Character: Paul (segment "Goodbye, My Love, Goodbye")
Released: November 11, 1999
Type: Movie
Three film segments.
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Libarebased ja kooljad
Title: Libarebased ja kooljad
Character: Sang
Released: June 5, 1998
Type: Movie
Based on the tales of Chinese writer Pu Songling, the film depicts the romantic relationships of a Chinese student with an undead girl and a fox spirit maiden. Rainer Sarnet's diploma film.
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Dear Mister Moon
Title: Dear Mister Moon
Character: Arlekiin (uncredited)
Released: January 23, 1998
Type: Movie
When two half-sisters, thirteen-year-old white-haired Sigrid and seven-year-old black-blooded Saara meet for the first time, it turns out that their common grandmother has been taken to a nursing home. The girls come up with the idea to steal him from there and hide him in the attic where they can be with her undisturbed. Everything goes well beyond expectations until drunkards, thugs and extortionists intervene and the girls have to act decisively to escape from them.