Juhan Ulfsak
Juhan Ulfsak (born April 18, 1973 in Tallinn) is an Estonian actor.
In 1995, he graduated as an actor from the Viljandi Culture College (where he later worked as a drama teacher), while simultaneously improving his skills at the Helsinki Theater College. Since 1998, an actor at the Von Krahl Theater. Over the years, he has worked with many different directors and theater troupes in Estonia and abroad. Received several awards as an actor (Estonian Theater Awards Best Actor Award 2012 and others).
He is also a recognized film actor, having played in the films of, for example, Veiko Õunpuu, Rainer Sarnet, Pirjo Honkasalo, Christopher Nolan ("Tenet", 2020). As a director, Juhan Ulfsak has done important works at the Von Krahl Theater, the NO99 Theater and the Drama Theater, interpreting the works of Lars von Trier, Sarah Kane, Taavi Eelmaa and Michel Houellebecq.
Juhan Ulfsak's father is actor and director Lembit Ulfsak, and his half-sister is film journalist Maria Ulfsak.
Known For | Acting |
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Most Rating | 14.335 |
Birthday | 1973-04-18 |
Place of Birth | Tallinn, Estonian SSR, USSR [now Estonia] |
Also Known As | Юхан Ульфсак, |
2007
Autumn Ball
5.463/28
Autumn in Estonia, where six people live, six solitudes, prisoners of the monotonous architecture of Soviet-era concrete buildings, in search of human...
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Autumn Ball
2010
Red Mercury
4.2/7
It's the early 90's. A new currency is in circulation in Estonia - the kroon. The former federal republic has become a world leader in non-ferrous met...
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Red Mercury
2005
Shop of Dreams
5.4/7
Three friends return from a vacation and discover that the TV studio they work for has gone bankrupt - so they decide to start their own costume renti...
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Shop of Dreams
2006
Empty
5.5/8
A young intellectual, Mati, engineers himself into a situation where he has to spend a weekend with his wife Helina and her lover Eduard. The trio goe...
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Empty
2013
Concrete Night
5.8/29
A 14-year-old boy in a stifling Helsinki slum takes some unwise life lessons from his soon-to-be-incarcerated older brother.
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Concrete Night
2006
Ruudi
6.1/7
A family comedy about a 7-year-old boy, who's a devoted viking fan.
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Ruudi
2015
Roukli
0/1
Two men on the run cause chaos in a small community that is on the brink of getting swallowed by war.
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Roukli
2012
Mushrooming
5.8/12
Politician Aadu Kägu goes to the mushroom forest with his wife Viivi to rest his nerves from the reputation campaign. They are joined by a voter, penn...
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Mushrooming
2011
The Idiot
4.8/8
A story of a naive man, whose direct behavior stirs in people moral unrest, rage and embarrassment over their own pettiness, making them yearn for goo...
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The Idiot
2016
The Days That Confused
5.4/9
A young man tries to make sense of the world in the summer heat of late nineties Estonia.
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The Days That Confused
2009
The Temptation of St. Tony
7.1/36
A mid-level manager who develops an aversion to being a good person questions his morality as he faces the challenges of middle age and loses control...
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The Temptation of St. Tony
2017
Miami
4.625/16
Miami is the story of two sisters who have grown up separately. The older sister, Angela, is an exotic dancer with her own touring dance group. The yo...
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Miami
2017
Manslayer/Virgin/Shadow
5.2/5
The film consists of three chapters. The Manslayer takes place more than a hundred years ago. The leading character Maara is a young bride who is abou...
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Manslayer/Virgin/Shadow
2018
The Little Comrade
7/13
In the midst of Stalinist tyranny, six-year-old Leelo's mother is sent to a prison camp. Haunted by her mother's last words telling her to be a good k...
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The Little Comrade
1989
Doctor Stockmann
2/2
Toomas Stockmann, the head doctor of a water clinic built in a small town by the sea, discovers that the facility is threatened by an infection caused...
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Doctor Stockmann
2020
The Last Ones
5.3/7
Tundra of Lapland, Finland. Rupi, a young man who fills his days dealing and drinking, works in a mine hoping to raise enough money to escape the deso...
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The Last Ones
2018
Phantom Owl Forest
7.4/10
A 10-year old girl's Christmas plans take an unexpected turn after she is brought to a mysterious Estonian farm.
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Phantom Owl Forest
2011
Rat Trap
6/1
During an election campaign, a large sum of money goes missing at an Estonian politician's home party. The story involves some party guests who have s...
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Rat Trap
2019
Virago
0/0
A man falls off a roof. Another one drowns. Another catches fire. Wherever you look, men are dropping like flies. “May God rest their souls,” sigh the...
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Virago
2020
Helene
6.3/14
Year 1915. Helene Schjerfbeck lives as a forgotten artist with her elderly mother in the countryside. It has been years since the last exhibit, and He...
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Helene
2012
Lonely Island
0/0
Five stories and many more lives that are affected, they flow by each other and sometimes intersect. In one way or other we talk about emotional scar...
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Lonely Island
2021
Attack on Finland
5.642/60
The reception for Finland's Independence Day is rudely interrupted when the presidential palace is attacked and the state leadership is taken hostage....
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Attack on Finland
2006
The Power of Fear
3.7/13
Ivan, a cynical journalist, is assigned to investigate mysterious events in a small town. During his first night, he is seduced by a strange and myste...
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The Power of Fear
2021
The Diary of Vaino Vahing
0/0
When love is the greatest torment, will art or play save you? A dramatic documentary about author Vaino Vahing.
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The Diary of Vaino Vahing
2022
January
6.5/6
It is 1991 in Latvia and nineteen-year-old aspiring cinematographer Jazis’s whole world is thrown into chaos as he is dragged into the people’s peacef...
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January
1992
Lamb in the Down Right Corner
6.8/9
A warm movie about two boys, who discover a secret of a painting that was considered to be lost. The adventures begin, when a boss of a bunch of crimi...
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Lamb in the Down Right Corner
2008
December Heat
5.5/9
The young country of Estonia is dancing to the jazzy tune of the 1920's when on December 1, 1924, the capital Tallinn is overrun by members of the Com...
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December Heat
2007
186 Kilometers
3.4/7
The well-known but out-of-luck actor Jan Uuspõld sets out to hitchhike from Tallinn through Estonia to Tartu.
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186 Kilometers
2022
Erik Stoneheart
6.313/8
Erik is convinced he has a stone for a heart. That’s why he doesn’t mind that his parents have no time for him, or that he is bullied at school, or th...
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Erik Stoneheart
1989
Giordano
0/0
The protagonist of this satirical short is a photographer whose camera captures photos of people's true nature. We often have to ask ourselves whether...
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Giordano
2005
Mat the Cat
4/3
Martin a boy with adjustment difficulties, moves with his mother to a new place. Martin has a habit of always getting into all kinds of trouble, and o...
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Mat the Cat
2006
Uncaught Miracle
0/0
The 6 short films of "Tabamata ime" are based on Edward Vilde's play of the same name first published in 1912. Vilde's play is about a young piano pla...
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Uncaught Miracle
2020
FRESH BLOOD: With the Best Intentions
0/0
Five fresh short films on the theme "With the best intentions" from even fresher Estonian directors.
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FRESH BLOOD: With the Best Intentions
2023
Dark Paradise
10/1
After 27-year-old Karmen's father dies, the security structures of her previous life start falling apart, as her relationship with her half-brother Vi...
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Dark Paradise
One-dimensional Man
0/0
Raul's father Viktor, a Soviet-era Estonian militia officer, shaped his son with communist ideology. Raul was raised in a violent and pathological att...
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One-dimensional Man
2011
Shift
0/0
When Miina, a seemingly well-off woman is caught shoplifting, the female officer truly uses her chance to show off her contempt. She sees a rival in t...
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Shift
2020
Tenet
7.188/9599
Armed with only one word - Tenet - and fighting for the survival of the entire world, the Protagonist journeys through a twilight world of internation...
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Tenet
2023
Ab Absurdo
0/0
Through pitchblack humor that’s born from a familiar absurdity of life’s situational satire, this film offers a sharp insight to the minds of somewhat...
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Ab Absurdo
2008
Tujurikkuja
0/0
New Year's Eve sketch comedy show written and performed by Märt Avandi and Ott Sepp which parodies the events of 2008. Sketches include "Ott Sepp's 'W...
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