Toomas Urb (born 2 December 1958 in

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) is an

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n actor and singer.

Career

In 1984 he graduated from

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 ...

Stage Art Department. From 1984 until 1987, he was an actor an

Estonian Drama Theatre The Estonian Drama Theatre () is a theatre in Tallinn, Estonia. It has the role of a national theatre for Estonia. The Estonia Theatre is located next door. History The building that houses the Estonian Drama Theatre was originally built for the ...

. Since 1989 he has lived in the United States. Besides theatre roles he has played also in several films. 1978 until 1980, he was a member of Estonian sailing team. He has recorded music with his brother Tarmo Urb. He is a member of Screen Actor's Guild.

Personal life

Toomas Urb's older brother is actor and singer Tarmo Urb. His nephew is actor and model

Johann Urb Johann Urb (born 24 January 1977) is an Estonian-American actor and former model. Early life and education Johann Urb was born in Tallinn to parents Tarmo and Maris Urb. His father is an Estonian musician and the brother of actor and singer T ...

. He was married to actress

Viire Valdma Viire Valdma (born 29 August 1960) is an Estonian stage, television and film actress. Early life and education Viire Valdma was born in the port town of Paldiski in Harju County. She has two sisters and a half-sister from her mother's second marr ...

from 1982 until their divorce in 1987. They had two children: a son, singer and musician Tom-Olaf Urb and a daughter, Maria Urb.

Filmography

* 1986: ''Saja aasta pärast mais'' * 1984: ''Hundiseaduse aegu'' * 1983: ''Suletud ring'' * 2005: '' Stiilipidu''

References

Living people 1958 births Estonian male stage actors Estonian male film actors Estonian male television actors 20th-century Estonian male actors 21st-century Estonian male actors 20th-century Estonian male singers Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre alumni Estonian male sailors (sport) Estonian expatriates in the United States Male actors from Tallinn {{Estonia-musician-stub