Eero Spriit (born 4 September 1949), is an Estonian actor, theatre
producer and director, and film and television and producer. Spriit's
career as an actor began in the early 1970s.Eero Spriit was born as
one of two children in Pärnu to journalist, satirist, and politician
Edgar Spriit and journalist Ester Spriit (née Tartu). His parents
divorced when he was young and his father married dancer and dance
pedagogue Elonna Spriit (née Goretski). From this union, he has a
half-brother, Egon Spriit. In 1972, he enrolled in the Performing Arts
Department of the Tallinn State Conservatory (now, the Estonian
Academy of Music and Theatre) in Tallinn to study acting under course
supervisor Voldemar Panso, graduating in 1976. Among his graduating
classmates were Merle Karusoo, Ago-Endrik Kerge, Aare Laanemets, Kalju
Orro, Anne Paluver, Priit Pedajas, Lembit Peterson, Külliki Tool, and
Peeter Volkonski.Eero Spriit's career as an actor began in early 1971
at age twenty-one, when he was cast in the role of Don Spoletti in the
Arvo Kruusement-directed musical-comedy feature film Don Juan
Tallinnas for Tallinnfilm, released in 1972. The following year, he
enrolled at Tallinn State Conservatory, and upon graduating he began
an engagement as an actor at the Estonian State Youth Theatre (now,
the Tallinn City Theatre) from 1976 until 1992. Among his more
memorable roles as an actor at the Estonian State Youth Theatre were
in works by: Efim Chepovetskiy, Friedebert Tuglas, Aleksey Tolstoy,
Tennessee Williams, Giovanni Boccaccio, Grigori Gorin, Jean Sarment,
Stanislav Stratiev, Friedrich Dürrenmatt, Andrus Kivirähk, August
von Kotzebue, Lewis Carroll, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, the Brothers
Grimm, Marc Camoletti, Garson Kanin, Vladimir Tarasov, and Eduardo De
Filippo. Many of the productions in which Spriit was featured were
broadcast on Eesti Televisioon (ETV) as television plays. In 1992,
Spriit became a producer and head director of the theatre; a position
he held until 1998, while continuing to act in the interim.In 2009,
Spriit began appearing as an actor in productions at Old Baskin's
Theatre in Tallinn, where still performs.
producer and director, and film and television and producer. Spriit's
career as an actor began in the early 1970s.Eero Spriit was born as
one of two children in Pärnu to journalist, satirist, and politician
Edgar Spriit and journalist Ester Spriit (née Tartu). His parents
divorced when he was young and his father married dancer and dance
pedagogue Elonna Spriit (née Goretski). From this union, he has a
half-brother, Egon Spriit. In 1972, he enrolled in the Performing Arts
Department of the Tallinn State Conservatory (now, the Estonian
Academy of Music and Theatre) in Tallinn to study acting under course
supervisor Voldemar Panso, graduating in 1976. Among his graduating
classmates were Merle Karusoo, Ago-Endrik Kerge, Aare Laanemets, Kalju
Orro, Anne Paluver, Priit Pedajas, Lembit Peterson, Külliki Tool, and
Peeter Volkonski.Eero Spriit's career as an actor began in early 1971
at age twenty-one, when he was cast in the role of Don Spoletti in the
Arvo Kruusement-directed musical-comedy feature film Don Juan
Tallinnas for Tallinnfilm, released in 1972. The following year, he
enrolled at Tallinn State Conservatory, and upon graduating he began
an engagement as an actor at the Estonian State Youth Theatre (now,
the Tallinn City Theatre) from 1976 until 1992. Among his more
memorable roles as an actor at the Estonian State Youth Theatre were
in works by: Efim Chepovetskiy, Friedebert Tuglas, Aleksey Tolstoy,
Tennessee Williams, Giovanni Boccaccio, Grigori Gorin, Jean Sarment,
Stanislav Stratiev, Friedrich Dürrenmatt, Andrus Kivirähk, August
von Kotzebue, Lewis Carroll, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, the Brothers
Grimm, Marc Camoletti, Garson Kanin, Vladimir Tarasov, and Eduardo De
Filippo. Many of the productions in which Spriit was featured were
broadcast on Eesti Televisioon (ETV) as television plays. In 1992,
Spriit became a producer and head director of the theatre; a position
he held until 1998, while continuing to act in the interim.In 2009,
Spriit began appearing as an actor in productions at Old Baskin's
Theatre in Tallinn, where still performs.
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