Juhan Ulfsak

Juhan Ulfsak

Born: April 18, 1973
in Tallinn, Estonia
Juhan Ulfsak (born April 18, 1973 in Tallinn) is an Estonian actor.

In 1995, he graduated as an actor from the Viljandi Culture College (where he later worked as a drama teacher), while simultaneously improving his skills at the Helsinki Theater College. Since 1998, an actor at the Von Krahl Theater. Over the years, he has worked with many different directors and theater troupes in Estonia and abroad. Received several awards as an actor (Estonian Theater Awards Best Actor Award 2012 and others).

He is also a recognized film actor, having played in the films of, for example, Veiko Õunpuu, Rainer Sarnet, Pirjo Honkasalo, Christopher Nolan ("Tenet", 2020). As a director, Juhan Ulfsak has done important works at the Von Krahl Theater, the NO99 Theater and the Drama Theater, interpreting the works of Lars von Trier, Sarah Kane, Taavi Eelmaa and Michel Houellebecq.

Juhan Ulfsak's father is actor and director Lembit Ulfsak, and his half-sister is film journalist Maria Ulfsak.

Movies for Juhan Ulfsak...

Ab Absurdo
Title: Ab Absurdo
Character: Jonas
Released: November 16, 2023
Type: Movie
Through pitchblack humor that’s born from a familiar absurdity of life’s situational satire, this film offers a sharp insight to the minds of somewhat intertwined inner worlds of two lonely individuals.
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Title: Estonia
Character: Captain Arvo Andersson
Released: October 15, 2023
Type: TV
Estonia tells the story of the tragic accident of the cruiseferry M/S Estonia, which deeply shocked the world in the autumn of 1994. Through the moving personal stories of victims, survivors, loved ones and investigators, the eight-part series explores how it is possible that 852 people lost their lives and no one is held accountable.
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Dark Paradise
Title: Dark Paradise
Character: Renee
Released: September 22, 2023
Type: Movie
After 27-year-old Karmen's father dies, the security structures of her previous life start falling apart, as her relationship with her half-brother Viktor also deteriorates, and she faces the darkness and emptiness of the universe.
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Erik Stoneheart
Title: Erik Stoneheart
Character: Coldshoe
Released: December 5, 2022
Type: Movie
Erik is convinced he has a stone for a heart. That’s why he doesn’t mind that his parents have no time for him, or that he is bullied at school, or that he has no real friends. When his family moves to a villa they inherited, he is confronted by Maria whom Erik's parents want to kick out along with her father. Maria refuses to move and promises to make Erik's life a living hell. As a last attempt to defeat Erik, Maria goes to look for her mother who disappeared two years ago. Together they end up on a fantastical journey to the In-Between-World and Erik learns how hard it really is to wear a heart of stone.
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Title: Operation Omerta
Character: Leonid Titov
Released: August 19, 2022
Type: TV
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January
Title: January
Character: Podnieks
Released: June 10, 2022
Type: Movie
It is 1991 in Latvia and nineteen-year-old aspiring cinematographer Jazis’s whole world is thrown into chaos as he is dragged into the people’s peaceful protests against the Soviet Army’s attempted takeover of power in his country.
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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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Attack on Finland
Title: Attack on Finland
Character: Leonid Titov
Released: November 19, 2021
Type: Movie
The reception for Finland's Independence Day is rudely interrupted when the presidential palace is attacked and the state leadership is taken hostage. Max Tanner of the Security Police is appointed as a negotiator in the hostage crisis, that unfolds as part of a bigger plan to undermine European security.
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The Last Ones
Title: The Last Ones
Character: Butcher
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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Tenet
Title: Tenet
Character: Passenger
Released: August 22, 2020
Type: Movie
Armed with only one word - Tenet - and fighting for the survival of the entire world, the Protagonist journeys through a twilight world of international espionage on a mission that will unfold in something beyond real time.
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FRESH BLOOD: With the Best Intentions
Title: FRESH BLOOD: With the Best Intentions
Character: Tõnu (segment "Virago")
Released: April 23, 2020
Type: Movie
Five fresh short films on the theme "With the best intentions" from even fresher Estonian directors.
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Helene
Title: Helene
Character: Broker
Released: January 17, 2020
Type: Movie
Year 1915. Helene Schjerfbeck lives as a forgotten artist with her elderly mother in the countryside. It has been years since the last exhibit, and Helene continues to paint only because of her passion. Everything changes when art dealer finds Helen and her 159 wonderful paintings - and wants to organize a big private exhibit. However, Helen's turning point comes only when she is introduced to Einar Reuter. Young Einar is a forester, art enthusiast, and a passionate admirer of Helene's work. He becomes Helen's trusted and lover.
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Virago
Title: Virago
Character: Tõnu
Released: October 12, 2019
Type: Movie
A man falls off a roof. Another one drowns. Another catches fire. Wherever you look, men are dropping like flies. “May God rest their souls,” sigh the widows as they cross themselves somberly. This is the life and the death of the men in Virago—a village where for centuries no man has lived long enough to see his fortieth birthday. Until today.
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Phantom Owl Forest
Title: Phantom Owl Forest
Character: Raivo
Released: December 7, 2018
Type: Movie
A 10-year old girl's Christmas plans take an unexpected turn after she is brought to a mysterious Estonian farm.
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The Little Comrade
Title: The Little Comrade
Character: Paul Varik
Released: March 23, 2018
Type: Movie
In the midst of Stalinist tyranny, six-year-old Leelo's mother is sent to a prison camp. Haunted by her mother's last words telling her to be a good kid, Leelo vows to be on her best behaviour in the confusing grown-up world in the hope that it will bring her mother back.
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Manslayer/Virgin/Shadow
Title: Manslayer/Virgin/Shadow
Character: Aleksander Kross (Virgin)
Released: November 25, 2017
Type: Movie
The film consists of three chapters. The Manslayer takes place more than a hundred years ago. The leading character Maara is a young bride who is about to start her life in her new family. The Virgin, set in the spring of 1949, tells the story of a young woman called Elina, who has been deported from Ingria into Estonia during the previous war. The Shadow moves in the present, on the border of real life and fantasy. The main character, Luna Lee, has decided to flee from home. Is there anything besides emptiness somewhere? The film is led by the singularity of the leading character - Maara, Elina and Luna Lee are all played by the same actress.
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Miami
Title: Miami
Character: Eduard
Released: August 4, 2017
Type: Movie
Miami is the story of two sisters who have grown up separately. The older sister, Angela, is an exotic dancer with her own touring dance group. The younger, Anna, on the threshold of adulthood, lives in a small town working in sales. When their father dies, Anna looks for and finds Angela. The fascinating, high-strung Angela asks the timid Anna to accompany her on tour and, before long, trouble from Angela’s past catches up to them and the sisters’ love is put to the test.
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The Days That Confused
Title: The Days That Confused
Character: Juulius
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: Jan
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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Concrete Night
Title: Concrete Night
Character: Man
Released: November 1, 2013
Type: Movie
A 14-year-old boy in a stifling Helsinki slum takes some unwise life lessons from his soon-to-be-incarcerated older brother.
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Title: После школы
Character: Howard
Released: November 16, 2012
Type: TV
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Mushrooming
Title: Mushrooming
Character: Zäk
Released: September 21, 2012
Type: Movie
Politician Aadu Kägu goes to the mushroom forest with his wife Viivi to rest his nerves from the reputation campaign. They are joined by a voter, penniless rock star Zäk. In order to avoid common mushroom forests, they drive to some countryside at random. Soon the trio discovers that they are lost, at the same time a media scandal breaks out - the investigative press suspects that Kägu has misused state money. The fight for honor, life and death begins, both in the forest and in the city.
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Lonely Island
Title: Lonely Island
Character: Olaf
Released: March 1, 2012
Type: Movie
Five stories and many more lives that are affected, they flow by each other and sometimes intersect. In one way or other we talk about emotional scars that each of us carries around. Events take place in a space of a few days as our heroes try to cope with their past and move on with their lives.
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The Idiot
Title: The Idiot
Character: Ippolit
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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Shift
Title: Shift
Character: Man with the Seagull
Released: April 13, 2011
Type: Movie
When Miina, a seemingly well-off woman is caught shoplifting, the female officer truly uses her chance to show off her contempt. She sees a rival in the shoplifter and decides to teach Miina a lesson. Surprisingly, both women meet just a few hours later in a situation where the previous rivals become partners in crime and must trust their fates in the hands of each other.
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Rat Trap
Title: Rat Trap
Character: Taxi Driver
Released: February 10, 2011
Type: Movie
During an election campaign, a large sum of money goes missing at an Estonian politician's home party. The story involves some party guests who have serious money problems and are trying to come to terms with past mistakes. However, the self-confident politician strangely does not turn to the police, but begins to demand his justice by force.
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Red Mercury
Title: Red Mercury
Character: Reps
Released: April 9, 2010
Type: Movie
It's the early 90's. A new currency is in circulation in Estonia - the kroon. The former federal republic has become a world leader in non-ferrous metal exports. There is a relentless struggle around this criminal business. It brings new victims every day. Estonia ranks first in Europe in terms of the number of killings. This is just the beginning...
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The Temptation of St. Tony
Title: The Temptation of St. Tony
Character: Fellow Traveller
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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Title: Mood Breaker
Character: Various
Released: December 31, 2008
Type: TV
Estonian comedy sketch show consisting of parodies of popular Estonian movies or shows.
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Tujurikkuja
Title: Tujurikkuja
Released: December 31, 2008
Type: Movie
New Year's Eve sketch comedy show written and performed by Märt Avandi and Ott Sepp which parodies the events of 2008. Sketches include "Ott Sepp's 'Windward Land'", "For Winners" mini-sketches, "Estonia's Next Top Neo-Nazi", "The Sniper", "The Wedding" mini-sketches, "Kitty", "The Coma Ward", "The Duel" and "The Realtor".
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December Heat
Title: December Heat
Character: Officer
Released: October 16, 2008
Type: Movie
The young country of Estonia is dancing to the jazzy tune of the 1920's when on December 1, 1924, the capital Tallinn is overrun by members of the Comintern in an attempt to stage a Communist coup. The film follows the fates of a young soldier called Tanel and his wife, a telephone operator named Anna, amidst the ensuing chaos which determines whether the country remains independent or becomes a minor province in the Communist Empire.
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Autumn Ball
Title: Autumn Ball
Character: Architect Maurer
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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186 Kilometers
Title: 186 Kilometers
Character: Valev
Released: February 10, 2007
Type: Movie
The well-known but out-of-luck actor Jan Uuspõld sets out to hitchhike from Tallinn through Estonia to Tartu.
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The Power of Fear
Title: The Power of Fear
Character: Deputy #1
Released: June 6, 2006
Type: Movie
Ivan, a cynical journalist, is assigned to investigate mysterious events in a small town. During his first night, he is seduced by a strange and mysterious girl. As they embrace, she transforms into a hideous demon. Ivan fights the creature, managing to strangle it. But it is too late, Evil has been unleashed. When Ivan is charged for the brutal murder, he feels his last hope disappear. As he is overcome by the dark forces trying to pose as his soul, Ivan comes to realize that his only hope lies in his power to find the faith that he once lost
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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: Photographer / DJ / Vedamik
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: Neighbour
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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Shop of Dreams
Title: Shop of Dreams
Character: Erki
Released: April 14, 2005
Type: Movie
Three friends return from a vacation and discover that the TV studio they work for has gone bankrupt - so they decide to start their own costume renting business.
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Mat the Cat
Title: Mat the Cat
Character: Juku
Released: February 24, 2005
Type: Movie
Martin a boy with adjustment difficulties, moves with his mother to a new place. Martin has a habit of always getting into all kinds of trouble, and on the last day of school, everything goes wrong. Martin likes the school principal's daughter Marta, but the girl is also liked by the most popular boy in the school, Kevin, who has a fancy scooter. In his last trouble, Nitram, a charming wizard cat, comes to Martin's aid, who brings new adventures.
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Lamb in the Down Right Corner
Title: Lamb in the Down Right Corner
Character: Tom's Brother
Released: December 18, 1992
Type: Movie
A warm movie about two boys, who discover a secret of a painting that was considered to be lost. The adventures begin, when a boss of a bunch of criminals finds out about the painting.
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Doctor Stockmann
Title: Doctor Stockmann
Character: Morten
Released: July 10, 1989
Type: Movie
Toomas Stockmann, the head doctor of a water clinic built in a small town by the sea, discovers that the facility is threatened by an infection caused by construction errors in the waterworks. The powerful mayor Peter Stockmann, the doctor's brother, has used his position and connections for commercial and political gain and has ignored the doctor's warnings. The upper class of the town initially supports the doctor's decision to reveal the truth, but the mayor changes due to pressure and personal interests. Dr. Stockmann is labeled an enemy of the people. He must choose whether to stick to his ideas, at the risk of his family, or surrender to demagoguery.
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Giordano
Title: Giordano
Released: March 5, 1989
Type: Movie
The protagonist of this satirical short is a photographer whose camera captures photos of people's true nature. We often have to ask ourselves whether we see the truth around us. But do we want to see it?
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One-dimensional Man
Title: One-dimensional Man
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
Raul's father Viktor, a Soviet-era Estonian militia officer, shaped his son with communist ideology. Raul was raised in a violent and pathological attitude of the despotic father, blindly driven by the ideology. Driven by his jealousy of his wife and her bohemian lifestyle, Viktor, being a high ranking KGB officer, stated her as a predator against the Soviet nation, and one early morning she is taken by KGB agents to an unknown destination.