Bruno O'Ya
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- February 12, 1933
- Died
- October 9, 2002 (aged 69)
- Birthplace
- Tallinn, Harju County, Estonia
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. 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
Nazis and Blondes
Movie · as (archive footage)
Mr. Blot in Space
Movie
Rykowisko
Movie · as senator Mickey Caposta
Na całość
Movie · as Skandynaw
Przyłbice i kaptury
TV · 2 eps
Przyśpieszenie
Movie · as Father Christmas
Wedle wyroków twoich...
Movie · as chłop Pietrek
Heads Full of Stars
Movie · as Soviet Officer
Ostrze na ostrze
Movie · as Jacek Dydyński
The Last One Will Go to Hell
Movie · as pasovský fendrich Hoff
Tender Spots
Movie · as Oficer
The Centaurs
Movie · as Nilson
Útek zo zlatej krajiny
TV · as Elam Harnish · 7 eps
An Unknown Friend
Movie · as Bruno Linden
Soldiers of Freedom
TV · as Otto Skorzeny · 4 eps
Kazimierz Wielki
Movie · as Spytek from Melsztyn
Calling 07
TV · as Gryzboń's Bodyguard · 1 ep
The Weddings of Ioan Assen
Movie · as Knyaz Yuriy
The Deluge
Movie · as Józwa Butrym
Copernicus
Movie · as Color Bearer (uncredited)
Possession
Movie · as Apartment Owner
Tauriņdeja
Movie · as Harijs Maurs
Black Rusks
Movie
Aktorka
Movie · as Kasjo
Das letzte Wort
Movie
Fatal Error
Movie · as Hank Jackson
The Red Tent
Movie · as Norwegian Radio Operator (uncredited)
Wolves' Echoes
Movie · as Piotr Słotwina
When Love Was a Crime
Movie · as Denis Lenoir
Operation 'Trust'
Movie · as Birk
Operation 'Trust'
TV · as Бирк · 2 eps
Nobody Wanted to Die
Movie · as Bronius
On the Same Planet
Movie
Time, Forward!
Movie · as Thomas Bixby
Early in the Morning
Movie · as певец в ресторане
Remember, Kaspar!
Movie
The Hyperboloid of Engineer Garin
Movie · as Янсен, капитан яхты "Аризона"
The Lark
Movie · as Obersturmbannfuhrer
A Shot in the Fog
Movie · as Бинкль - атташе
General and Daisies
Movie · as Vladec Lekhovski
Cottage in the Dunes
Movie
49 Days
Movie
Tēva zeme
Movie