1. Ivo Uukkivi was born on 11 October 1965 and is an Estonian stage, film, radio, and television actor, television producer and, under the nickname Munk, founder of and singer with the punk band Velikije Luki.
13 Facts About Ivo Uukkivi
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Ivo Uukkivi is a 1980 graduate of Tallinn 2nd Secondary School.
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Ivo Uukkivi is a 1992 graduate of the Tallinn Conservatory's Performing Arts Department.
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In 1991, Ivo Uukkivi made his stage debut at Tallinn's Estonian Drama Theatre in a production of Luigi Pirandello's Six Characters in Search of an Author.
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Ivo Uukkivi made his television debut on the Eesti Televisioon series Salmonid in 1993.
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Ivo Uukkivi has appeared in several teleplays; in 1996 he appeared in the Talvo Pabut directed teleplay Trimalhio pidu, adapted from the 1935 Betti Alver penned poem Viletsuse komoodia; and in 1999, he appeared in the Ain Prosa directed teleplay Nukumaja ehk Norbert, an adaptation of Henrik Ibsen's 1897 play A Doll's House.
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In 2003, Ivo Uukkivi made an appearance as Kaido on the popular TV3 drama series Kodu keset linna.
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Ivo Uukkivi is possibly best recalled for his role of Post in the Kanal 2 crime-drama television series Kelgukoerad, a role he would play in approximately eighty-five episodes from 2006 until 2009.
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Apart from Alpimaja, Ivo Uukkivi has worked as a television producer on the Kanal 2 suspense-thriller series Suvahavva in 2012, and thirteen episodes of the 2012 TV3 comedy-drama series Nurjatud tudrukud.
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Ivo Uukkivi has appeared in a number of feature-length films.
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In 2012, Ivo Uukkivi appeared as a tough crook in the Andres Kopper and Arun Tamm-directed dark comedy-crime film Vasaku jala reede.
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In 2016, Ivo Uukkivi appeared in three films; a small role in the Anu Aun-directed drama Polaarpoiss; as Lembit in the Toomas Hussar-directed political thriller Luuraja ja Luuletaja; and a starring role as Andres in the Mart Kivastik-directed romantic drama Onn tuleb magades opposite actress Katariina Unt.
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Ivo Uukkivi was previously in a relationship with actress Kristel Leesmend, with whom he has a daughter, Ulrike Brett, born in 1995.