Mikk Mikiver

Biography

Mikk Mikiver (September 4, 1937 – January 9, 2006) was a prominent Estonian stage and film actor and theater director.

Mikiver was born in Tallinn, Estonia. He graduated from the State Conservatory of Tallinn in 1961. He then went on to appear in many Estonian films and was a highly regarded dramatic actor. In addition to stage and film, Mikiver was also a prodigious television actor. While never retiring from acting, Mikiver gradually became more interested in theater direction and was for many years the principal director of the Estonian Drama Theatre and the Estonian Youth Theater.

In addition to Estonian language films, Mikiver also appeared in Russian, Swedish, Polish and Finnish prod...