Peeter Jakobi (15 October 1940 — 21 September 2014) was an

Estonia Estonia, officially the Republic of Estonia, is a country in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the Baltic Sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, and to the east by Ru ...

n actor. Jakobi was born in

Tallinn Tallinn is the capital city, capital and List of cities in Estonia, most populous city of Estonia. Situated on a Tallinn Bay, bay in north Estonia, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland of the Baltic Sea, it has a population of (as of 2025) and ...

. In 1968 he graduated from the

Tallinn State Conservatory The Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre (''Eesti Muusika- ja Teatriakadeemia'') began as a mixed choir of the Estonia Society Musical Department (EMD) on the eve of World War I. The assembly of the Estonia Society created the Tallinn Higher Musi ...

's Performing Arts Department. From 1973 until 2008, he was an actor at the Rakvere Theatre. Besides theatre roles he has played also in several films. From 1966 until 1973, he was married to actress

Katrin Karisma Katrin Karisma (also Katrin Karisma-Krumm; born on 21 August 1947) is an Estonian actress, singer and politician. She was a member of XI Riigikogu. Karisma born in Tallinn. She was married first to actor Peeter Jakobi and then to opera singer He ...

. The couple had a son, Ivo.

Awards

* 2006: Kultuuripärl (given by Cultural Endowment of Estonia)

Selected filmography

* 1969: '' Viimne reliikvia'' (feature film; in the role: Ivo Schenkenberg) * 1971: ''Metskapten'' * 1997: '' Minu Leninid'' * 2004: Igavene reliikvia * 2005: ''Libahundi needus'' * 2005: '' Stiilipidu'' * 2006: ''

Vana daami visiit ''Vana daami visiit'' (English: ''The Visit of the Old Lady'') is a 2006 Estonian film directed by Roman Baskin and based on the 1956 play '' The Visit'' by Friedrich Dürrenmatt Friedrich Dürrenmatt (; 5 January 1921 – 14 December 1990) was ...

'' * 2013: ''Elavad pildid'' * 2017: ''Mehetapja/Süütu/Vari''

References

Living people 1940 births Estonian male stage actors Estonian male film actors Estonian male television actors 20th-century Estonian male actors 21st-century Estonian male actors Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre alumni Male actors from Tallinn {{Estonia-actor-stub