Tõnu Aav

Tõnu Aav (21 January 1939 – 14 August 2019) was an Estonian stage, film, TV, and radio actor.^[1]

Aav was born in Tallinn and graduated from the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre in 1961. From 1961 he performed at the Estonian Drama Theatre in Tallinn.^[1] He played in dozens of films and twenty screenplays and also recorded a number of radio play and audio CDs (including Uncle Remus stories and Alice in Wonderland) as well as a recurring role as Feliks Viss on the ETV dramatic series Õnne 13.^{[citation needed]}

From 1965 until 1974, Aav was married to the actress Irja Aav (née Pilvet). The couple had two sons: the music producer and conductor Lauri Aav and the prop maker Ardi Aav.^[2]

Awards

Aav's awards include:^[3]

• 1971: Honorary title of Honored Actor of the Estonian SSR (Estonian SSR People's Artist  [et])
• 1992: Meie Mats Humor Prize
• 2001: Class 5 Order of the White Star
• 2010: Oskar Luts Humor Prize