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Marko Matvere

Born	Marko Matvere (1968-02-04) 4 February 1968 (age 56) Pärnu, Estonia
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1993–present
Spouse	Tiina Matvere

Marko Matvere (born 4 February 1968) is an Estonian actor and singer. He was the lead actor of the Tallinn City Theatre, but left to become a freelance actor in 2004.^[1]

Biography

Matvere was born in Pärnu and graduated from the Tallinn Conservatory (now the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre) in 1990. He is married to Tiina Matvere and they have a daughter, Matilde, and a son, Oskar.^[2]

Matvere has performed in many musicals, including Les Misérables, Tanz der Vampire, The Sound of Music, and Miss Saigon. He has performed the main role in several films ("Georg) and television series. He hosted the Eurovision Song Contest 2002 with Annely Peebo. He has also hosted the TV show Songs with Stars with Karin Rask. He has been a member of the music group "Väikeste lõõtspillide ühing" ("Association of Little Accordions") since 1989^[3] and released two albums with Jaan Tätte.

He made his first movie appearance in Suflöör (1993). Matvere has played or voiced in a number of and television series including foreign television series.^[4]

Recognition

Marko has been awarded with the First Prize in the category of young actors at the International Theatre Festival in Torun in 1992, the Estonian Theatre Union Award in 1996, the award for Best Actor in 1997 at the National Drama Festival, and the Tallinn City Theatre Collegiate awards of Best Actor in 1995, 1996, 1998, and 1999.

Filmography

Films

Year	Film	Role	Film gross	Notes
1993	Suflöör	Karl
1994	Tulivesi	Pilli-Villu
1994	Jüri Rumm	Robert
2001	Lepatriinude jõulud	Pedro (voice)
2003	Vanad ja kobedad saavad jalad alla	Ranger
2006	Vana daami visiit	Bodyguard Roby
2006	Leiutajateküla Lotte	Mati (voice)
2007	Georg	Georg Ots	32 million EEK
2009	Johan Falk: National Target	Raivo		video
2018	Mihkel	Mihkel's father
2020	On the Water	Valter
2022	Kiik, Kirves ja Igavese Armastuse Puu	Sir Juhan Denholm
	Apteeker Melchior	Spanheim
	Apteeker Melchior. Viirastus	Spanheim

Television

Year	Title	Role
1995	Wikmani poisid	Penno
1996	M Klubi	Maahärra
2001	Bekännelsen	Peeter
2004	Kodu keset linna	Mihkel
2006	Tusenbröder	Mart
2006	Georg (musical)	Georg Ots
2006–07	Ohtlik lend	Andres Västrik
2008	Tuulepealne maa	Artur Kallaste
2020	Tulejoonel	Jakob Sommer
2022	Armastus	Kuldar Kivi