Andres Mähar

Andres Mähar

Born: February 2, 1978
in Tartu, Estonian SSR, USSR [now Estonia]
Andres Mähar (born on February 2, 1978 in Tartu) is an Estonian actor.

Mähar studied at Türi Secondary School and sang in the Türi Boys' Choir. In 1996, he enrolled at the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre's performing arts department in Tallinn, studying acting under course supervisor Ingo Normet, graduating in 2000.

From 2000 until 2006, and again since 2011, he been a contracted actor at the Vanemuine theatre in Tartu. From 2006 until 2011, he worked at the NO99 Theatre. Besides stage roles he has also acted on films and television series.

Movies for Andres Mähar...

Melchior the Apothecary: The Executioner's Daughter
Title: Melchior the Apothecary: The Executioner's Daughter
Character: Cardinal's Aid Frederic
Released: April 14, 2023
Type: Movie
Melchior’s bride Keterlyn happens to witness an attack on a young man. The victim, who has lost his memory, does not know who he is and how he ended up in a Tallinn. A ring found at the scene leads Melchior to the trail of the nocturnal brotherhood, questions are also raised by the troupe of freaks who performed on fair day. Ominous signs suggest that not only is the stranger recovering from a murder attempt at risk, but Melchior and Keterlyn as well. At the same time, an inquisitor known as a ruthless witch hunter arrives in town. Melchior's ability to "speak to the dead" and to notice invisible traces of murder have raised the suspicion that he may be a dangerous heretic. And the place of the enemy of the church is at the stake…
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Uibu Farm
Title: Uibu Farm
Character: Father Johan
Released: November 15, 2022
Type: Movie
Mart is dragged by his father to meet his grandfather for the first time since he was a little boy. When the three generations meet, Mart witnesses his father change in front of the larger-than-life personality of his grandfather. Are some relationships better left cold, dead, distant?
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White Lie
Title: White Lie
Character: Raivo
Released: March 29, 2022
Type: Movie
It's 1947 in Estonia. After the suicide of her friend, young student Marie starts to feel threatened by the Stalinist regime. She tries to find ways to escape across the sea, but it turns out to be more difficult than she expected.
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Truth and Justice
Title: Truth and Justice
Character: Kustas of Rava
Released: February 22, 2019
Type: Movie
Estonia, 1872. The uncompromising new owner of Robber's Rise must battle with hard work, his spiteful neighbor and with his own family and beliefs to transform the poor land into a flourishing farm of his dreams.
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Take It or Leave It
Title: Take It or Leave It
Character: Sven
Released: September 14, 2018
Type: Movie
One sleepy Saturday morning a 30-year-old construction worker Erik gets some earth shattering news: his ex-girlfriend Moonika who he hasn't even seen for the past six months is about to go into labor. She however is not ready for motherhood and if Erik doesn't want the kid either, the little girl will be put up for adoption.
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Manslayer/Virgin/Shadow
Title: Manslayer/Virgin/Shadow
Character: Driver (Shadow)
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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The Polar Boy
Title: The Polar Boy
Character: Police Officer #1
Released: May 10, 2016
Type: Movie
Mattias has a dream to become a photography student of the Berlin Arts Academy. On the journey of following his calling, his dream is constantly put to a test after Mattias falls in love with a beautiful free spirit Hanna. Trying to win her heart, Mattias feels the need to prove Hanna, that he can be just as adventurous and unpredictable as she is. Breaking the law together with Hanna, Mattias risks everything dear to him, not knowing yet, that Hanna's bold acts are only the symptoms of bipolar disorder. In the moment of jelousy Mattias accidentally commits a crime that could put him behind bars for years. The only escape he sees is to get himself declared irresponsible. In order to achieve that Mattias decides to start faking the illness her gilfriend really has - bipolarity.
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Zero Point
Title: Zero Point
Character: Olav
Released: December 4, 2014
Type: Movie
Sensitive and restless Johannes is accepted to an elite school in Tallinn and expects life to go uphill. Instead, he becomes the victim of mental abuse by his classmates. In search of recognition, he goes to his old Lasnamäe friends, who spend their time doing drugs, hanging around, and partying, rather than focusing on schoolwork. At home, Johannes must deal with his mother’s deteriorating mental health. As the tension grows, he finds himself at zero point, where he must completely reset his life to build it up from scratch.
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Ash and Money
Title: Ash and Money
Character: Self
Released: September 16, 2013
Type: Movie
Film is based on "Unified Estonia" which was a fictitious political movement created by NO99 Theatre and a large portion of the public treated as a real political force. Its convention, held for more than 7200 people, was one of the largest theatre events in modern European theatre history.
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NO75 Unified Estonia Assembly
Title: NO75 Unified Estonia Assembly
Released: May 7, 2010
Type: Movie
NO75 Unified Estonia was a fictious political movement created by Theatre NO99 that a large portion of the public treated as a real political force. It lasted 44 days, during which various political technologies were introduced. The project ended with Unified Estonia movement assembly, with more than 7500 people attending. It was one of the largest theatre events in contemporary Europe.
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Bank Robbery
Title: Bank Robbery
Character: Security Guard
Released: October 22, 2009
Type: Movie
When a former fistfighter Madis leaves the prison, he feels he will get another chance in life. Nothing can go wrong this time. Madis will be accompanied by his nephew who has something completely opposite in his mind. A game begins where both the weak and the strong get more and more opportunities.
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Title: Revenge Office
Character: Artur Kaadus
Released: April 30, 2009
Type: TV
A group of women create a organisation named "Kättemaksukontor" to fight for the rights of women and help solve murder mysterys for the police.
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December Heat
Title: December Heat
Character: Firefighter Mait
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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August 1991
Title: August 1991
Released: February 24, 2005
Type: Movie
August 1991, military coup d'etat in Moscow. When Soviet tanks are on the streets of Tallinn, Estonia, all hopes for independence seem to be lost. People in the only local television station, ETV, are facing their own choices.
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Set Point
Title: Set Point
Character: Car Thief #2
Released: January 1, 2004
Type: Movie
On one summer evening, four strangers are brought together by a mysterious murder. A case which at first seems like a regular crime investigation turns out to be something more - a tale of love, alienation and new hope.
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The Shadow
Title: The Shadow
Character: Opmann
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
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.