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Jaan Tätte

Known For
Writing

Known Credits
8

Gender
Male

Birthday
March 24, 1964 (62 years old)

Place of Birth
Viljandi, Viljandi District, Estonian SSR, USSR [now Viljandi County, Estonia]

Jaan Tätte

Biography

Jaan Tätte (born March 24, 1964 in Viljandi) is an Estonian playwright, poet, actor, and singer.

From 1982 to 1984 Tätte studied biology at the University of Tartu. From 1985 to 1986 he attended a graduate program at the Tallinn Pedagogical Institute (now Tallinn University) and studied acting in the drama department of the Tallinn Conservatory (now, the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre), graduating in 1990. Since 1990 he has been an ensemble member of the Tallinn City Theatre. Since 2003 he has worked as a playwright at the same theater. He has also been involved in films.

Towards the end of the 1990s, he began to write plays that would make him well-known beyond the borders of Estonia. His first piece "Ristumine peateega" (Bungee Jumping) was a great success. In 2000 "Sild" (The Bridge), followed in 2001. In 2005, he wrote "Palju õnne argipäevaks!"(Fasten Seat Belts or Good Luck to Everyday Life) and "Meeletu". "Kaev" was premiered in June 2006 in Tallinn.

Since 2004 he has also appeared as a singer with Marko Matvere; they have released two CDs together. He is married and has two children.

Known For

Writing

2009I Want Your Girl...Theatre Play
2006Mindless...Theatre Play
2004Set Point...Writer
1999The Highway Crossing...Theatre Play
1999The Highway Crossing...Screenplay

Acting

2002Names in Marbleas Captain
1999The Highway Crossingas Roland
1998The Shoeas Juhan
1994American Mountainsas
1994The Firewateras Aleks
1993City Unpluggedas Peeter
1993Prompteras Martin
1991For Crazies Onlyas