Erik Ruus

Erik Ruus

Birthday: 1962-04-23

Place of Birth: Elva, Tartu District, Estonian SSR, USSR [now Estonia]

Biography: Erik Ruus (until 1986 Erik Molodov, pseudonym Erik Moldov; April 23, 1962 – April 22, 2025) was an Estonian actor. 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.

Movies

The Lady in the Car
The Lady in the Car

A young secretary, Helen, must take his boss's car to the garage. On the way she stumbles into unexp...

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Letters to Angel
Letters to Angel

Jeremia Juunas Kirotaja has been fighting in Afghanistan; 21 years later he returns to Estonia to hi...

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Shop of Dreams
Shop of Dreams

Three friends return from a vacation and discover that the TV studio they work for has gone bankrupt...

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Green Cats
Green Cats

This is a story of two old folks, who have spent most of their lives behind prison walls. Now, as se...

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Self Made Cameraman
Self Made Cameraman

An adventurous tragedy about Estonia's first film maker Johannes Pääsuke and his aspirations to trav...

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All My Lenins
All My Lenins

Young and active nationalist Aleksander Kesküla makes up his mind to use Lenin, the Bolsheviks' lead...

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Messenger Knocks Three Times
Messenger Knocks Three Times

The film tells the story of a single mother having trouble coping with everyday life. However, she f...

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The Firewater
The Firewater

At the end of the 1920-s the Finnish government proclaimed dry law which lasted 12 years. Estonian b...

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The Bird Watcher
The Bird Watcher

A young fanatic bird-watcher spends a summer on an islet in the Nortern-Sea with his assistant. Roug...

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Sunday Only
Sunday Only

50s quiet Estonian town. After a long separation, two brothers met in their parents' house. The youn...

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August 1991
August 1991

August 1991, military coup d'etat in Moscow. When Soviet tanks are on the streets of Tallinn, Estoni...

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