Hans Kaldoja

Born

1942-11-15

Died

2017-12-01

Birthplace

Igavere, Raasik municipality, Estonian SSR, USSR

Biography

Hans Kaldoja (November 15, 1942 Igavere village, Raasik municipality – December 1, 2017 Tallinn) was an Estonian actor. Hans Kaldoja graduated from the study studio of the Tallinn Drama Theater in 1969. From 1965 to 1992, he worked as an actor at the Estonian Drama Theater, since 1992 he was a freelancer. Hans Kaldoja has played more than a hundred theater roles, most of them in the Estonian Drama Theater and in several TV productions, films (e.g. "People in Soldier's Blue") and TV series. The phono library of the Estonian National Broadcasting Company has nearly 700 audio recordings with his participation, including 130 audio games, 62 serials, 116 "Meelejahutaja" sketches and plenty of evening stories and poetry shows. The Estonian Blind Library has nearly 200 books and magazines read by Kaldoja. From January 2009 to autumn 2011, Kaldoja hosted the show "Prillitoos" together with Diana Lorents, later Ewe Kaselaane.