Ain Mäeots (born 25 December 1971) is an Estonian stage, film, and
television actor and stage, film, and television director and
producer.Ain Mäeots was born in Võru, Võru County in 1971. He has
one brother. He is a 1994 graduate of the EMA Higher Drama School
(now, the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre) in Tallinn, under
instruction of theatre pedagogue and director Ingo Normet. His
classmates included Mait Malmsten, Katariina Lauk, Indrek Sammul, and
Andres Puustusmaa. His diploma productions included roles in Anton
Chekhov's Three Sisters, and Madis Kõiv and Aivo Lõhmus' Põud ja
vihm Põlva kihelkonnan nelätõistkümnendäma aasta suvõl in 1993,
and Paul-Eerik Rummo's Tuhkatriinumäng in 1994.Following graduation
in 1994, Mäeots began an engagement at the Vanemuine theatre in
Tartu, where he is still currently employed. From 1994 until 1999, he
was both an actor and stage director at the theatre. From 1999 until
2006, he was the head of the Vanemuine's drama department, and from
2006 until the present, he was once again a stage director and actor.
Some of his earliest work at the Vanemuine included productions of
William Shakespeare's King Lear and August Kitzberg's Kaval-Ants ja
Vanapagan. During his many years at the Vanemuine, he has performed as
an actor in and director of works by such varied authors and
playwrights as: Reginald Rose, Tom Stoppard, Jean Anouilh, Karl
Ristikivi, Mikhail Bulgakov, Émile Zola, Martin McDonagh, Arthur
Miller, Leonard Bernstein, Ingmar Bergman, and Rodgers and
Hammerstein, among many others.
television actor and stage, film, and television director and
producer.Ain Mäeots was born in Võru, Võru County in 1971. He has
one brother. He is a 1994 graduate of the EMA Higher Drama School
(now, the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre) in Tallinn, under
instruction of theatre pedagogue and director Ingo Normet. His
classmates included Mait Malmsten, Katariina Lauk, Indrek Sammul, and
Andres Puustusmaa. His diploma productions included roles in Anton
Chekhov's Three Sisters, and Madis Kõiv and Aivo Lõhmus' Põud ja
vihm Põlva kihelkonnan nelätõistkümnendäma aasta suvõl in 1993,
and Paul-Eerik Rummo's Tuhkatriinumäng in 1994.Following graduation
in 1994, Mäeots began an engagement at the Vanemuine theatre in
Tartu, where he is still currently employed. From 1994 until 1999, he
was both an actor and stage director at the theatre. From 1999 until
2006, he was the head of the Vanemuine's drama department, and from
2006 until the present, he was once again a stage director and actor.
Some of his earliest work at the Vanemuine included productions of
William Shakespeare's King Lear and August Kitzberg's Kaval-Ants ja
Vanapagan. During his many years at the Vanemuine, he has performed as
an actor in and director of works by such varied authors and
playwrights as: Reginald Rose, Tom Stoppard, Jean Anouilh, Karl
Ristikivi, Mikhail Bulgakov, Émile Zola, Martin McDonagh, Arthur
Miller, Leonard Bernstein, Ingmar Bergman, and Rodgers and
Hammerstein, among many others.
Share this
SUBSCRIBE OUR NEWSLETTER
SUBSCRIBE OUR NEWSLETTER
Join us for free and get valuable content delivered right through your inbox.