Erik Ruus

{{Short description|Estonian actor (1962–2025)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2025}} {{Infobox person | name = Erik Ruus | image = Cropped_Photo_of_Erik_Ruus.jpg | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1962|4|23|df=y}} | birth_place = | death_date = {{Death date and age|2025|4|22|1962|4|23|df=y}} | death_place = | occupation = | years_active = | spouse = | website = }}

'''Erik Ruus''' (until 1986 '''Erik Molodov''', pseudonym '''Erik Moldov'''; 23 April 1962 – 22 April 2025) was an Estonian actor.<ref name="ETBL">{{cite web |title=Ruus, Erik - Eesti Entsüklopeedia |url=http://entsyklopeedia.ee/artikkel/ruus_erik2 |website=entsyklopeedia.ee |access-date=9 July 2021}}</ref>

==Life and career== Ruus was born on 23 April 1962. In 1982 he graduated from Viljandi Culture Academy. Between 1985 and 1995 and 1996 and 2009, he was an actor at the Rakvere Theatre. From 1995 to 1996, he was an actor at the Endla Theatre in Pärnu. Beginning in 2009, he was a freelance actor. Besides performing in stage roles, he also acted in films and television series.<ref name="ETBL" />

Ruus died on 22 April 2025, at the age of 62.<ref>[https://virumaateataja.postimees.ee/8234889/lahkunud-on-rakvere-teatri-kauaaegne-naitleja-erik-ruus Lahkunud on Rakvere teatri kauaaegne näitleja Erik Ruus] {{in lang|et}}</ref>

==Filmography== {{Expand section|date=July 2021}} * 1987: ''Vaatleja'' * 1991: ''Ainus pühapäev'' * 1995: ''Tulivesi'' * 1997: ''Minu Leninid'' * 2002: ''Ferdinand'' * 2005: ''Stiilipidu'' * 2006: ''Ohtlik lend'' * 2009: ''Päeva lõpus'' * 2010: ''Kutsar koputab kolm korda'' * 2019: ''Johannes Pääsukese tõeline elu''

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== * {{IMDb name| 0752219}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ruus, Erik}} Category:1962 births Category:2025 deaths Category:Estonian male stage actors Category:Estonian male film actors Category:Estonian male television actors Category:20th-century Estonian male actors Category:21st-century Estonian male actors Category:People from Elva, Estonia