Tanel Ingi

{{short description|Estonian theater and film actor}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2021}} {{Infobox person | image = | image_size = | name = Tanel Ingi | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=y|1976|11|26}} | birth_place = Tallinn, then part of Estonian SSR, Soviet Union | birth_name = | death_date = | death_place = | other_names = | occupation = Actor | years_active = 1996–present | spouse = | children = 2 }} '''Tanel Ingi''' (born 26 November 1976)<ref>[http://www.ugala.ee/tootaja/tanel-ingi/ Ugala Teater]. Retrieved 28 November 2016.</ref> is an Estonian stage and film actor who performs primarily at the Ugala theatre.

==Early life== Tanel Ingi was born in Tallinn.<ref>[http://www.ugala.ee/tootaja/tanel-ingi/ Ugala Teater]. Retrieved 28 November 2016.</ref> In 1995, he began attending the Kopli-Tallinn Art School. He attended the Viljandi Culture Academy, graduating in 1999. He began appearing in stage roles while still a student.<ref>[http://sakala.postimees.ee/2181461/tanel-ingi-eelistan-alati-vaikest-saali-suurele Postimees] ''Tanel Ingi: eelistan alati väikest saali suurele''. 24 March 2007. Retrieved 28 November 2016.</ref>

==Career== In 1998, he joined the Ugala theatre in Viljandi, where he still performs at present. He has performed in a variety of stage productions, including works by: William Shakespeare, A. A. Milne, Anton Chekhov, Leo Tolstoy, Robert Louis Stevenson, Mark Twain, August Gailit, Jules Verne, Tom Stoppard, Friedrich Schiller, Victor Hugo and Oskar Luts, among many others.<ref>[http://www.temuki.ee/numbers/2010/5/article5073.pdf Tanel Ingi - Teater. Muusika. Kino]. Retrieved 28 November 2016.</ref>

In addition to his work in the theatre, Ingi has appeared in several film and television roles. He made his film debut in the 1999 Valentin Kuik directed drama ''Lurjus'' (English release title: ''An Affair of Honour''), starring Taavi Eelmaa. One of his more notable performances was as Tõnu in the 2005 Ilmar Raag directed ETV television film ''August 1991''; a dramatization of the failed Soviet attempt to suppress the Singing Revolution independence movement in Estonia.<ref>[http://www.efis.ee/en/filmmakers/filmmaker/id/10386/ Eesti Filmi Andmebaas]. Retrieved 28 November 2016.</ref> He has also appeared on the ETV children's television series ''Nöbinina'', the TV3 series ''Kättemaksukontor'', the Kanal 2 crime series ''Kelgukoerad'' and the ETV political satire series ''Riigimehed''.<ref>[http://etv.err.ee/l/sarjad/riigimehed ETV.err.ee]. Retrieved 28 November 2016.</ref> In 2015, he joined the cast of the Kanal 2 television drama series ''Pilvene all'' as the character Andres Kroon. In 2017 he joined the cast of the ETV ten-part drama series ''Pank'' as the character Aivar, which follows the rise and subsequent misfortunes of a new bank that which emerges in Estonia in the 1990s.<ref name="Pank">{{cite web |url=https://menu.err.ee/613026/algasid-err-i-uue-seriaali-pank-votted |title=Algasid ERR-i uue seriaali "Pank" võtted |last=Rutt |first=Ernits|work=Eesti Rahvusringhääling |date=15 August 2017 |accessdate=24 November 2018}}</ref> In 2020, he co-directed the comedy feature film ''Asjad, millest me ei räägi'' with Andrejs Ekis.<ref name="Filmi">{{cite web |url=https://www.piletimaailm.com/performances/99737-asjad-millest-me-ei-raagi|title=Asjad, millest me ei räägi (2020)|date=5 March 2020|periodical=Piletimaailm|accessdate=29 March 2020|language=Estonian}}</ref>

==Personal life== Tanel Ingi resides in Viljandi with his wife Kätlin.<ref>''Sakala'', nr. 41, 1 March 2014. Retrieved 28 November 2016.</ref> The couple have a summer home in Koeru Parish near the village of Preedi in Järva County.<ref>[http://kultuur.err.ee/v/nadala_intervjuu/be2c5f2f-8e7d-4f21-9b24-54f67ed3ad77/ugala-naitleja-ja-lavastaja-tanel-ingi-mind-kaivitab-kui-lugu-puudutab kultuur.err.ee] ''Ugala näitleja ja lavastaja Tanel Ingi: mind käivitab, kui lugu puudutab.'' 26 February 2015. Retrieved 28 November 2016.</ref>

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==External links== *{{IMDb name|id=2296928|name=Tanel Ingi}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ingi, Tanel}} Category:1976 births Category:Living people 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:Male actors from Tallinn