Bruno O'Ya
Known for Acting · 42 credits
- Born
- 1933-02-12
- Died
- 2002-10-09
- Place of birth
- Tallinn, Harju County, Estonia
- Also known as
- Bruno Oja · Оя Бруно Вернер
Biography
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.
Known For
TV Shows (5)
Movies (37)
Tauriņdeja
1972
as Harijs Maurs
The Weddings of Ioan Assen
1975
as Knyaz Yuriy
Fatal Error
1970
as Hank Jackson
The Hyperboloid of Engineer Garin
1965
as Янсен, капитан яхты "Аризона"
49 Days
1962
A Shot in the Fog
1964
as Бинкль - атташе
Wolves' Echoes
1968
as Piotr Słotwina
The Lark
1964
as Obersturmbannfuhrer
Cottage in the Dunes
1963
Operation 'Trust'
1968
as Birk
The Red Tent
1969
as Norwegian Radio Operator (uncredited)
General and Daisies
1963
as Vladec Lekhovski
Time, Forward!
1965
as Thomas Bixby
Possession
1973
as Apartment Owner
An Unknown Friend
1978
as Bruno Linden
The Deluge
1974
as Józwa Butrym
Nazis and Blondes
2008
as (archive footage)
Nobody Wanted to Die
1966
as Bronius
The Last One Will Go to Hell
1982
as pasovský fendrich Hoff
Wedle wyroków twoich...
1984
as chłop Pietrek
Ostrze na ostrze
1983
as Jacek Dydyński
Early in the Morning
1965
as певец в ресторане
Black Rusks
1972
Kazimierz Wielki
1976
as Spytek from Melsztyn
The Centaurs
1979
as Nilson
Tender Spots
1981
as Oficer
Remember, Kaspar!
1965
Na całość
1986
as Skandynaw
When Love Was a Crime
1968
as Denis Lenoir
Rykowisko
1987
as senator Mickey Caposta
Przyśpieszenie
1985
as Father Christmas
Copernicus
1973
as Color Bearer (uncredited)
Mr. Blot in Space
1988
Aktorka
1971
as Kasjo
Heads Full of Stars
1983
as Soviet Officer
On the Same Planet
1966
Das letzte Wort
1971
About 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 t… With 42 credits spanning from 1962 to 2008, Bruno O'Ya has appeared in 37 films and 5 TV shows.
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Most Popular Bruno O'Ya Movies
- Tauriņdeja (1972) — as Harijs Maurs
- The Weddings of Ioan Assen (1975) — as Knyaz Yuriy
- Fatal Error (1970) — as Hank Jackson
- The Hyperboloid of Engineer Garin (1965) — as Янсен, капитан яхты "Аризона"
- 49 Days (1962)
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