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Bruno O'Ya

Bruno O'Ya

Acting

February 12, 1933 – October 9, 2002 (died at 69)
Tallinn, Harju County, Estonia
Male
37 Movies
5 TV Shows

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.

The Deluge
The Deluge

The Deluge

1974 7.2

as Józwa Butrym

Age 41 (now 69)
Wolves' Echoes
Wolves' Echoes

Wolves' Echoes

1968 7.4

as Piotr Słotwina

Age 35 (now 69)
Nobody Wanted to Die
Nobody Wanted to Die

Nobody Wanted to Die

1966 5.5

as Bronius

Age 33 (now 69)
The Lark
The Lark

The Lark

1964 5.4

as Obersturmbannfuhrer

Age 31 (now 69)
An Unknown Friend
An Unknown Friend

An Unknown Friend

1978 4.7

as Bruno Linden

Age 44 (now 69)
The Last One Will Go to Hell
The Last One Will Go to Hell

The Last One Will Go to Hell

1982 5.4

as pasovský fendrich Hoff

Age 49 (now 69)
The Weddings of Ioan Assen
The Weddings of Ioan Assen

The Weddings of Ioan Assen

1975 8.3

as Knyaz Yuriy

Age 41 (now 69)
The Hyperboloid of Engineer Garin
The Hyperboloid of Engineer Garin

The Hyperboloid of Engineer Garin

1965 4.9

as Янсен, капитан яхты "Аризона"

Age 31 (now 69)
Fatal Error
Fatal Error

Fatal Error

1970 6.6

as Hank Jackson

Age 37 (now 69)
Mr. Blot in Space
Mr. Blot in Space

Mr. Blot in Space

1988 5.5
Age 55 (now 69)
The Red Tent
The Red Tent

The Red Tent

1969 6.1

as Norwegian Radio Operator (uncredited)

Age 36 (now 69)
Operation 'Trust'
Operation 'Trust'

Operation 'Trust'

1968 5.9

as Birk

Age 35 (now 69)
A Shot in the Fog
A Shot in the Fog

A Shot in the Fog

1964 7.0

as Бинкль - атташе

Age 31 (now 69)
Time, Forward!
Time, Forward!

Time, Forward!

1965 5.3

as Thomas Bixby

Age 32 (now 69)
Tender Spots
Tender Spots

Tender Spots

1981 7.1

as Oficer

Age 48 (now 69)
Soldiers of Freedom
Soldiers of Freedom

Soldiers of Freedom

1977 4.4

as Otto Skorzeny

Age 44 (now 69)
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