Bruno O'Ya
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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
Credits
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)
Actor
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)
Actor
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)
Actor
Kazimierz Wielki (1976)
as Spytek from Melsztyn
The Centaurs (1979)
as Nilson
Tender Spots (1981)
as Oficer
Remember, Kaspar! (1965)
Actor
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)
Actor
Aktorka (1971)
as Kasjo
Heads Full of Stars (1983)
as Soviet Officer
On the Same Planet (1966)
Actor
Das letzte Wort (1971)
Actor