Jaan Rekkor (born 3 April 1958) is an Estonian stage, film and
television actor.Jaan Rekkor was born in the small village of Hõreda
in Rapla County. He attended schools in Märjamaa, graduating from the
Ants Lauter Märjamaa Secondary School in 1976 (now, Märjamaa
Gymnasium). Between 1976 and 1979, he studied journalism at the
University of Tartu. He then studied acting at the Tallinn State
Conservatory's Performing Arts Department (now, the Estonian Academy
of Music and Theatre), graduating in 1982. Among his graduating
classmates were Margus Oopkaup, Anu Lamp, Laine Mägi, Sulev Teppart,
Andrus Vaarik, and Viire Valdma.Following his graduation from the
Tallinn State Conservatory, Rekkor began an engagement as a stage
actor at the Endla Theatre in Pärnu in 1982 where, to date, he has
appeared in approximately one hundred stage roles and productions. In
2005, he began an engagement at the Estonian Drama Theatre in Tallinn.
His first appearance at the Estonian Drama Theatre was a small role of
a Native-American in a production of J. M. Barrie's Peter Pan in 1980.
However, his first role at the Estonian Drama Theatre as an actor
engaged at the theatre was as Othello in William Shakespeare's Othello
in 2005. Rekkor is currently still engaged as an actor at both
theatres and divides his time between the two.
television actor.Jaan Rekkor was born in the small village of Hõreda
in Rapla County. He attended schools in Märjamaa, graduating from the
Ants Lauter Märjamaa Secondary School in 1976 (now, Märjamaa
Gymnasium). Between 1976 and 1979, he studied journalism at the
University of Tartu. He then studied acting at the Tallinn State
Conservatory's Performing Arts Department (now, the Estonian Academy
of Music and Theatre), graduating in 1982. Among his graduating
classmates were Margus Oopkaup, Anu Lamp, Laine Mägi, Sulev Teppart,
Andrus Vaarik, and Viire Valdma.Following his graduation from the
Tallinn State Conservatory, Rekkor began an engagement as a stage
actor at the Endla Theatre in Pärnu in 1982 where, to date, he has
appeared in approximately one hundred stage roles and productions. In
2005, he began an engagement at the Estonian Drama Theatre in Tallinn.
His first appearance at the Estonian Drama Theatre was a small role of
a Native-American in a production of J. M. Barrie's Peter Pan in 1980.
However, his first role at the Estonian Drama Theatre as an actor
engaged at the theatre was as Othello in William Shakespeare's Othello
in 2005. Rekkor is currently still engaged as an actor at both
theatres and divides his time between the two.
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