Bruno O'Ya
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- February 12, 1933
- Died
- October 9, 2002
- Birthplace
- Tallinn, Harju County, Estonia
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.
Filmography
Nazis and Blondes 2008
as (archive footage)
Mr. Blot in Space 1988
Actor
Rykowisko 1987
as senator Mickey Caposta
Na całość 1986
as Skandynaw
Przyśpieszenie 1985
as Father Christmas
Wedle wyroków twoich... 1984
as chłop Pietrek
Heads Full of Stars 1983
as Soviet Officer
Ostrze na ostrze 1983
as Jacek Dydyński
The Last One Will Go to Hell 1982
as pasovský fendrich Hoff
Tender Spots 1981
as Oficer
The Centaurs 1979
as Nilson
An Unknown Friend 1978
as Bruno Linden
Kazimierz Wielki 1976
as Spytek from Melsztyn
The Weddings of Ioan Assen 1975
as Knyaz Yuriy
The Deluge 1974
as Józwa Butrym
Possession 1973
as Apartment Owner
Copernicus 1973
as Color Bearer (uncredited)
Black Rusks 1972
Actor
Tauriņdeja 1972
as Harijs Maurs
Aktorka 1971
as Kasjo
Das letzte Wort 1971
Actor
Fatal Error 1970
as Hank Jackson
The Red Tent 1969
as Norwegian Radio Operator (uncredited)
Operation 'Trust' 1968
as Birk
Wolves' Echoes 1968
as Piotr Słotwina
When Love Was a Crime 1968
as Denis Lenoir
On the Same Planet 1966
Actor
Nobody Wanted to Die 1966
as Bronius
Time, Forward! 1965
as Thomas Bixby
Remember, Kaspar! 1965
Actor
Early in the Morning 1965
as певец в ресторане
The Hyperboloid of Engineer Garin 1965
as Янсен, капитан яхты "Аризона"
The Lark 1964
as Obersturmbannfuhrer
A Shot in the Fog 1964
as Бинкль - атташе
Cottage in the Dunes 1963
Actor
General and Daisies 1963
as Vladec Lekhovski
49 Days 1962
Actor
- Tēva zeme
Tēva zeme 1961
Actor
Credits from TMDB.