{{Short description|Estonian actor and theatre director (1946–2022)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2024}} '''Raivo Trass''' (12 March 1946 – 7 June 2022)<ref name="Virtsu">{{cite web|title=Nädala juubilar Raivo Trass 70|url=http://vana.kesknadal.ee/g2/uudised?id=26494|website=Kesknäda|first=Ulrika|last=Karu|date=16 March 2016|access-date=15 June 2021|language=et|archive-date=16 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210616042837/http://vana.kesknadal.ee/g2/uudised?id=26494|url-status=dead}}</ref> was an Estonian actor, director and theatrical pedagogue.<ref name="eldliit.ee">{{cite web |title=Raivo Trass |url=https://eldliit.ee/ell-nimekiri/liige/raivo-trass/ |website=eldliit.ee |access-date=14 June 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Suri näitleja Raivo Trass |url=https://www.delfi.ee/artikkel/120017564/suri-naitleja-raivo-trass |website=Delfi |date=7 Jun 2022 |access-date=28 July 2022 |language=et}}</ref>
==Career== Trass graduated from the [[Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre|Tallinn State Conservatory]]'s Performing Arts Department in 1968. From 1968 until 1977, he was an actor at [[Estonian Drama Theatre]]. From 1977 until 1985, he was the chief stage manager of the [[Rakvere Theatre]]. From 1981 until 1985, he was the head of Rakvere Theatre. From 1985 until 1992, he was a director at [[Estonia]]n Drama Theatre. From 1997 until 2004, he was the chief stage manager of [[Endla Theatre]].<ref name="eldliit.ee" />
Trass' first big movie role was Hans von Risbieter in the Estonian classic ''[[Viimne reliikvia]]'' (''The Last Relic'') in 1969.<ref>{{cite web |title=Raivo Trass: uus teater ei ütle mulle midagi, sest see on selline lapsemäng |url=https://kultuur.err.ee/311053/raivo-trass-uus-teater-ei-utle-mulle-midagi-sest-see-on-selline-lapsemang |publisher=ERR |access-date=7 June 2022 |language=et |date=13 March 2016}}</ref> Trass also appeared in [[Zaza Urushadze]]'s ''[[Tangerines (film)|Tangerines]]'' (2013), [[Anders Thomas Jensen]]'s ''[[Riders of Justice]]'' (2020), and [[Taneli Mustonen]]'s ''[[The Twin (2022 film)|The Twin]]'' (2022).
==Awards== * 1975: Ants Lauter Prize * 1983: Meritorious Artist of the Estonian SSR * 2001: [[Order of the White Star]], IV class.<ref name="president.ee">{{cite web |title=Teenetemärkide kavalerid: Raivo Trass|url=https://www.president.ee/et/vabariik/teenetemargid/kavaler/3578/raivo-trass |website=www.president.ee |access-date=12 June 2021}}</ref>
==Selected filmography== * 1969: ''[[Viimne reliikvia]]'' – Hans von Risbieter * 1982: ''Arabella, mereröövli tütar'' – Manuel * 1991: ''Vana mees tahab koju'' – Albert Valter * 1991: ''Surmatants'' – Diederek von Katwijk * 1999: ''Kass kukub käppadele'' – Ernesto * 2006: ''[[Vana daami visiit]]'' – Linnapea * 2010: ''Riigimehed'' – * 2012: ''Vasaku jala reede'' – Veteran * 2013: ''[[Mandariinid]]'' – Juhan * 2018: ''Tuliliilia'' – Heimar * 2020: ''[[Riders of Justice]]'' – Orthodox priest * 2022: ''[[The Twin (2022 film)|The Twin]]'' – Old Man * 2022: ''Apteeker Melchior. Viirastus'' – Goswin * 2023: ''Taevatrepp'' – Georg
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==External links== *{{IMDb name|0871143}}
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