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Bruno O'Ya
Actor

Bruno O'Ya

12 Feb 1933Born
9 Oct 2002Died
69Age at death
43Credits

Biography

Bruno O'Ya (born Bruno Oja; February 12, 1933 – October 9, 2002) was an Estonian-Polish actor. In 1974 he starred in the Academy Award-nominated film The Deluge under Jerzy Hoffman. He also appeared in the 1978 film Centaurs. He released a folk album with 12 songs in 1973.

Born on February 12, 1933, in Tallinn, O'Ya was born to Verner and Hilda Oja; his brother was Kenno Oja. He was married four times, and has a daughter, Dominika. O'Ya studied piano with the Estonian composer Eugen Kapp. He was part of a pop music group in Tartu in 1951 and the Riga Teacher's House dance orchestra from 1956–1964.

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From the late the 1960s, he mainly lived and worked in Wrocław, Poland, but did not renounce his Soviet citizenship, as that was how he was able to visit Estonia. In 1967, he changed his Estonian surname to a foreign one, henceforth writing the surname with a y and adding an apostrophe after the first letter in order to simplify foreign contact.

After Estonia regained its independence, O'Ya returned to Estonia, where he supervised a youth theater. On the initiative of Foreign Minister Trivim Velliste, O'Ya became the cultural attaché and honorary consul of the Republic of Estonia in Poland. In 1998 he suffered a stroke.

Known for

Filmography

  1. 2008Nazis and BlondesFilm: (archive footage)
  2. 1988Mr. Blot in SpaceFilm
  3. 1987RykowiskoFilm: senator Mickey Caposta
  4. 1986Przyłbice i kapturySeries (2 episodes)
  5. 1986Na całośćFilm: Skandynaw
  6. 1985PrzyśpieszenieFilm: Father Christmas
  7. 1984Wedle wyroków twoich...Film: chłop Pietrek
  8. 1983Heads Full of StarsFilm: Soviet Officer
  9. 1983Ostrze na ostrzeFilm: Jacek Dydyński
  10. 1982The Last One Will Go to HellFilm: pasovský fendrich Hoff
  11. 1981Tender SpotsFilm: Oficer
  12. 1979The CentaursFilm: Nilson
  13. 1979Útek zo zlatej krajinySeries: Elam Harnish (7 episodes)
  14. 1978An Unknown FriendFilm: Bruno Linden
  15. 1977Soldiers of FreedomSeries: Otto Skorzeny (4 episodes)
  16. 1976Calling 07Series: Gryzboń's Bodyguard (1 episode)
  17. 1976Kazimierz WielkiFilm: Spytek from Melsztyn
  18. 1975The Weddings of Ioan AssenFilm: Knyaz Yuriy
  19. 1974The DelugeFilm: Józwa Butrym
  20. 1973PossessionFilm: Apartment Owner
  21. 1973CopernicusFilm: Color Bearer (uncredited)
  22. 1972Black RusksFilm
  23. 1972TauriņdejaFilm: Harijs Maurs
  24. 1971AktorkaFilm: Kasjo
  25. 1971Das letzte WortFilm
  26. 1970Fatal ErrorFilm: Hank Jackson
  27. 1969The Red TentFilm: Norwegian Radio Operator (uncredited)
  28. 1968Operation 'Trust'Film: Birk
  29. 1968Operation 'Trust'Series: Бирк (2 episodes)
  30. 1968Wolves' EchoesFilm: Piotr Słotwina
  31. 1968When Love Was a CrimeFilm: Denis Lenoir
  32. 1966On the Same PlanetFilm
  33. 1966Nobody Wanted to DieFilm: Bronius
  34. 1965Time, Forward!Film: Thomas Bixby
  35. 1965Remember, Kaspar!Film
  36. 1965Early in the MorningFilm: певец в ресторане
  37. 1965The Hyperboloid of Engineer GarinFilm: Янсен, капитан яхты "Аризона"
  38. 1964The LarkFilm: Obersturmbannfuhrer
  39. 1964A Shot in the FogFilm: Бинкль - атташе
  40. 1963Cottage in the DunesFilm
  41. 1963General and DaisiesFilm: Vladec Lekhovski
  42. 196249 DaysFilm
  43. 1961Tēva zemeFilm

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