Ivo Uukkivi (born 11 October 1965) is an Estonian stage, film, radio,
and television actor, television producer and, under the nickname
Munk, founder of and singer with the punk band Velikije Luki.Ivo
Uukkivi was born in Tallinn. He was one of two siblings. He is a 1980
graduate of Tallinn 2nd Secondary School (now, Tallinn Secondary
School of Science). Afterward, he attended Tallinn Polytechnic School,
graduating in 1984. He is a 1992 graduate of the Tallinn
Conservatory's (now, the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre)
Performing Arts Department. Uukkivi's diploma production roles include
Snug in William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream and Man in
Purple in Mati Unt's Emperor Nero's Private Life. Among his graduating
classmates were Merle Palmiste, Kristel Leesmend, Andres Raag, Kaili
Närep, Jaanus Rohumaa, Üllar Saaremäe, Dan Põldroos, Sten Zupping,
and Garmen Tabor.In 1991, Uukkivi made his stage debut at Tallinn's
Estonian Drama Theatre in a production of Luigi Pirandello's Six
Characters in Search of an Author. In 1992, he would begin an
engagement as an actor at the theatre, where he is still currently
employed. Uukkivi's stage debut as an actor formally engaged at the
theatre was as Manuel in a production of Neil Simon's The Gingerbread
Lady. During his long career at the Estonian Drama Theatre, he has
appeared in over seventy roles in stage productions of works by such
varied international authors and playwrights as: Yasmina Reza, Eugene
O'Neill, Michel de Ghelderode, Sławomir Mrożek, Tankred Dorst,
Henrik Ibsen, Frank Wedekind, Peter Shaffer, Tony Kushner, Charles
Dickens, J. B. Priestley, Ray Cooney, Ayn Rand, Arthur Miller, Evgeny
Schwartz, Brian Friel, Pedro Calderón de la Barca, Victor Pelevin,
Roald Dahl, Ivan Turgenev, Juan Rulfo, Lyle Kessler, Tom Stoppard, and
Anton Chekhov, among others. Among his more memorable performances in
roles by Estonian playwrights and authors include those of: Uku
Uusberg, Martin Algus, Vaino Vahing, Andrus Kivirähk, Oskar Luts,
Madis Kõiv, and Eduard Vilde.
and television actor, television producer and, under the nickname
Munk, founder of and singer with the punk band Velikije Luki.Ivo
Uukkivi was born in Tallinn. He was one of two siblings. He is a 1980
graduate of Tallinn 2nd Secondary School (now, Tallinn Secondary
School of Science). Afterward, he attended Tallinn Polytechnic School,
graduating in 1984. He is a 1992 graduate of the Tallinn
Conservatory's (now, the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre)
Performing Arts Department. Uukkivi's diploma production roles include
Snug in William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream and Man in
Purple in Mati Unt's Emperor Nero's Private Life. Among his graduating
classmates were Merle Palmiste, Kristel Leesmend, Andres Raag, Kaili
Närep, Jaanus Rohumaa, Üllar Saaremäe, Dan Põldroos, Sten Zupping,
and Garmen Tabor.In 1991, Uukkivi made his stage debut at Tallinn's
Estonian Drama Theatre in a production of Luigi Pirandello's Six
Characters in Search of an Author. In 1992, he would begin an
engagement as an actor at the theatre, where he is still currently
employed. Uukkivi's stage debut as an actor formally engaged at the
theatre was as Manuel in a production of Neil Simon's The Gingerbread
Lady. During his long career at the Estonian Drama Theatre, he has
appeared in over seventy roles in stage productions of works by such
varied international authors and playwrights as: Yasmina Reza, Eugene
O'Neill, Michel de Ghelderode, Sławomir Mrożek, Tankred Dorst,
Henrik Ibsen, Frank Wedekind, Peter Shaffer, Tony Kushner, Charles
Dickens, J. B. Priestley, Ray Cooney, Ayn Rand, Arthur Miller, Evgeny
Schwartz, Brian Friel, Pedro Calderón de la Barca, Victor Pelevin,
Roald Dahl, Ivan Turgenev, Juan Rulfo, Lyle Kessler, Tom Stoppard, and
Anton Chekhov, among others. Among his more memorable performances in
roles by Estonian playwrights and authors include those of: Uku
Uusberg, Martin Algus, Vaino Vahing, Andrus Kivirähk, Oskar Luts,
Madis Kõiv, and Eduard Vilde.
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