1933-02-12 Tallinn, Harju County, Estonia
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.
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Fritsud ja blondiinid | (archive footage) | 2008-05-09 |
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Pan Kleks w kosmosie | 1988-12-05 | |
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Rykowisko | senator Mickey Caposta | 1987-02-20 |
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Na całość | Skandynaw | 1986-09-15 |
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Przyśpieszenie | Father Christmas | 1985-03-04 |
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Wedle wyroków twoich... | chłop Pietrek | 1984-09-03 |
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Głowy pełne gwiazd | Soviet Officer | 1983-12-26 |
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Ostrze na ostrze | Jacek Dydyński | 1983-11-28 |
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Poslední propadne peklu | pasovský fendrich Hoff | 1982-07-23 |
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Czułe miejsca | Oficer | 1981-08-28 |
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Кентавры | Nilson | 1979-01-29 |
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Tuntematon ystävä | Bruno Linden | 1978-01-20 |
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Kazimierz Wielki | Spytek from Melsztyn | 1976-03-09 |
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Сватбите на Йоан Асен | Knyaz Yuriy | 1975-01-03 |
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Potop | Józwa Butrym | 1974-09-02 |
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Kopernik | Color Bearer (uncredited) | 1973-02-14 |
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Opętanie | Apartment Owner | 1973-06-19 |
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Schwarzer Zwieback | 1972-03-15 | |
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Tauriņdeja | Harijs Maurs | 1972-01-03 |
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Aktorka | Kasjo | 1971-10-08 |
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Das letzte Wort | 1971-07-17 | |
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Tödlicher Irrtum | Hank Jackson | 1970-07-03 |
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Красная палатка | Norwegian Radio Operator (uncredited) | 1969-12-23 |
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Операция «Трест» | Birk | 1968-05-22 |
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Kiedy miłość była zbrodnią | Denis Lenoir | 1968-03-01 |
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Wilcze echa | Piotr Słotwina | 1968-04-14 |
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Niekas nenorėjo mirti | Bronius | 1966-04-18 |
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На одной планете | 1966-10-31 | |
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Рано утром | певец в ресторане | 1965-03-21 |
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Гиперболоид инженера Гарина | Янсен, капитан яхты "Аризона" | 1965-01-01 |
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Помни, Каспар! | 1965-09-20 | |
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Время, вперёд! | Thomas Bixby | 1965-11-21 |
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Жаворонок | Obersturmbannfuhrer | 1964-12-22 |
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Выстрел в тумане | Бинкль - атташе | 1964-06-08 |
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გენერალი და ზიზილები | Vladec Lekhovski | 1963-01-01 |
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Mājiņa kāpās | 1963-03-01 | |
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49 дней | 1962-03-15 |
