- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- February 12, 1933
- Place of Birth
- Tallinn, Harju County, Estonia
- Died
- October 9, 2002
Bruno O'Ya
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 t…
Filmography
movieNazis and Blondes
2008 · (archive footage)
movieMr. Blot in Space
1988
movieRykowisko
1987 · senator Mickey Caposta
tvPrzyłbice i kaptury
1986
movieNa całość
1986 · Skandynaw
moviePrzyśpieszenie
1985 · Father Christmas
movieWedle wyroków twoich...
1984 · chłop Pietrek
movieHeads Full of Stars
1983 · Soviet Officer
movieOstrze na ostrze
1983 · Jacek Dydyński
movieThe Last One Will Go to Hell
1982 · pasovský fendrich Hoff
movieTender Spots
1981 · Oficer
movieThe Centaurs
1979 · Nilson
tvÚtek zo zlatej krajiny
1979 · Elam Harnish
movieAn Unknown Friend
1978 · Bruno Linden
tvSoldiers of Freedom
1977 · Otto Skorzeny
tvCalling 07
1976 · Gryzboń's Bodyguard
movieKazimierz Wielki
1976 · Spytek from Melsztyn
movieThe Weddings of Ioan Assen
1975 · Knyaz Yuriy
movieThe Deluge
1974 · Józwa Butrym
Possession
moviePossession
1973 · Apartment Owner
movieCopernicus
1973 · Color Bearer (uncredited)
movieBlack Rusks
1972
movieTauriņdeja
1972 · Harijs Maurs
movieAktorka
1971 · Kasjo
movieDas letzte Wort
1971
movieFatal Error
1970 · Hank Jackson
movieThe Red Tent
1969 · Norwegian Radio Operator (uncredited)
movieOperation 'Trust'
1968 · Birk
tvOperation 'Trust'
1968 · Бирк
movieWolves' Echoes
1968 · Piotr Słotwina
movieWhen Love Was a Crime
1968 · Denis Lenoir
movieOn the Same Planet
1966
movieNobody Wanted to Die
1966 · Bronius
movieTime, Forward!
1965 · Thomas Bixby
movieRemember, Kaspar!
1965
movieEarly in the Morning
1965 · певец в ресторане
movieThe Hyperboloid of Engineer Garin
1965 · Янсен, капитан яхты "Аризона"
movieThe Lark
1964 · Obersturmbannfuhrer
movieA Shot in the Fog
1964 · Бинкль - атташе
movieCottage in the Dunes
1963
movieGeneral and Daisies
1963 · Vladec Lekhovski
movie49 Days
1962