Jörgen Liik

Jörgen Liik

Birth : 1990-03-12, Kuressaare, Estonia

History

Jörgen Liik (born March 12, 1990) is an Estonian stage, film and television actor. Jörgen Liik was born in Kuressaare, Saare County on the island of Saaremaa. He attended primary school at Orissaare Gymnasium in Orissaare from 1997 until his graduation in 2003. He graduated from secondary school at the Saaremaa Ühisgümnaasium in 2009. Afterwards, he studied acting in Tallinn at the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre (EMTA), graduating in 2014. Since 2014, Liik has been engaged as an actor at the Theatre NO99 where he has appeared in various stage productions. He made his television debut in 2013 in the role of Siim Pärtel in an episode of the second series of the Eesti Televisioon (ETV) historical drama Tuulepealne maa. This was followed by two appearances as the character Janno Palm on the TV3 comedy-crime series Kättemaksukontor the same year. Liik's film debut was a starring role in the Moonika Siimets-directed musical short Viimane Romeo in 2013. His first feature-length film debut was as Sander in the 2016 Anu Aun-directed drama Polaarpoiss. In 2016, he had his first starring role in a feature-length film as Hans in the Rainer Sarnet-directed fantasy-drama November, based on the 2000 novel Rehepapp ehk November by Estonian author Andrus Kivirähk. November was selected as the Estonian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 90th Academy Awards. In 2017, he appeared as Saska in the Sulev Keedus-directed historical drama Mehetapja/Süütu/Vari. The same year, he played the role of The Poet in the Priit Pääsuke-directed drama Keti lõpp. In 2018, he appeared in the role of Klemm in the Lauri Lagle-directed drama Portugal.

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Jörgen Liik

Movies

Dark Paradise
Viktor
After 27-year-old Karmen's father dies, the security structures of her previous life start falling apart, as her relationship with her half-brother Viktor also deteriorates, and she faces the darkness and emptiness of the universe.
Portugal
Klemm
Karina and Martin are in a pleasent relation where everyday life flows in an effortlessly accustomed way and no small misbehaviours can shake it’s rush. Life is good. Perhaps it’s this perfection and frequent patterns that make them finally pose a question – is everything to be expected in life? This is a story about following the yearning of your soul. Longing for something other than the present and having the courage to be deliberately lost.
Manslayer/Virgin/Shadow
Saska (Manslayer) / Youssef Castro (Shadow)
The film consists of three chapters. The Manslayer takes place more than a hundred years ago. The leading character Maara is a young bride who is about to start her life in her new family. The Virgin, set in the spring of 1949, tells the story of a young woman called Elina, who has been deported from Ingria into Estonia during the previous war. The Shadow moves in the present, on the border of real life and fantasy. The main character, Luna Lee, has decided to flee from home. Is there anything besides emptiness somewhere? The film is led by the singularity of the leading character - Maara, Elina and Luna Lee are all played by the same actress.
The End of the Chain
Poet
A secluded fast food joint next to an empty parking lot, where it's good to go because nobody recognizes you there. On a rainy autumnal day, people show up one after the other – all of them on the verge of a breakdown – or perhaps a breakthrough? The main character, Waitress, sees and absorbs it all. One by one – through their personal drama – the clients push the Waitress towards her own edge.
November
Hans / Snowman (voice)
In a poor Estonian village, a group of peasants use magic and folk remedies to survive the winter, and a young woman tries to get a young man to love her.
The Polar Boy
Sander
Mattias has a dream to become a photography student of the Berlin Arts Academy. On the journey of following his calling, his dream is constantly put to a test after Mattias falls in love with a beautiful free spirit Hanna. Trying to win her heart, Mattias feels the need to prove Hanna, that he can be just as adventurous and unpredictable as she is. Breaking the law together with Hanna, Mattias risks everything dear to him, not knowing yet, that Hanna's bold acts are only the symptoms of bipolar disorder. In the moment of jelousy Mattias accidentally commits a crime that could put him behind bars for years. The only escape he sees is to get himself declared irresponsible. In order to achieve that Mattias decides to start faking the illness her gilfriend really has - bipolarity.
The Last Romeo
Lembo
Romantic country boy Lembo lives in a far away village, where men are drunkards and women are dreaming about the bright city life. Lembo has fallen in love with the village beauty Liisu and decides to propose her. The story takes an unexpected turn when Liisu's father and the vodka loving dog steps in. During one night lives and dreams will change and nothing will be like it used to be before.