Kalju Orro
Actor
Biography
Kalju Orro (born March 27, 1952) is an Estonian stage, film and television actor, acting instructor, lecturer, theatre producer, and pedagogue.
Kalju Orro was born in Tartu, where he attended primary and secondary schools. He is a 1970 graduate of Tartu 17 Vocational School. Afterward, he enrolled in the Vanemuine Drama Studios in Tartu, graduating in 1971. In 1972, he enrolled in the Performing Arts Department of Tallinn State Conservatory (now, the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre) under instruction of actor and theatre pedagogue Voldemar Panso, graduating in 1976. Among his graduating classmates were Merle Karusoo, Ago-Endrik Kerge, Urmas Kibuspuu, Lembit Peterson, Aare Laanemets, Jüri Krjukov, Anne Paluver, Külliki Tool, Priit Pedajas, Eero Spriit, and Peeter Volkonski.
Filmography
Spring
as (uncredited) 1970
Lamb in the Down Right Corner
as Volts 1992
Mindless
as Uugu 2006
Touched by the Unknown
as Hardi Tiidus 2005
Green Cats
as Patient 2017
On the Water
as Papa 2021
The Curse of the Werewolf
as August Kitzberg 2005
Daisy Petal Game
as Markar (segment "Poacher") 1978
How the King Wished to Go to the Moon
as Kilian 2024
Fish Day
as Man 1989
Justice
as Constable 2009
Wishes from the Well
as Man 2022