Margus Lepa
{{Short description|Estonian radio journalist and actor}}
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| name = Margus Lepa
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| caption = Tõnu Alveus and Margus Lepa (1992)
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1953|10|7|df=yes}}
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| birth_place = Pelgulinn, Tallinn, Estonia
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| occupation = Actor
| yearsactive = Since 1970Database (undated). [https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0503191/filmotype "Filmography by Type for Margus Lepa"]. The Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 1 September 2010.
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Margus Lepa (born 7 October 1953){{Citation needed|date=September 2010}} is an Estonian radio journalist and former actor.
Early life and education
He was born in Pelgulinn, a subdistrict of Tallinn, Estonia to baritone Harry Vilpat and actress Astrid Lepa.
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Career
=Film acting=
Between 1970 and 2020, Lepa portrayed the character of Georg Aadniel Kiir in the films Kevade (Spring) (1970), Suvi (Summer) (1976) Sügis (Autumn) (1991), and Talve (Winter) (2020), all directed by Arvo Kruusement, apart from Talve, and based on a series of novels by Oskar Luts.
Filmography
=Radio acting=
For many years, he performed, together with Raimo Aas, in Meelejahutaja., a Sunday morning radio programme.{{Citation needed|date=September 2010|reason=also, clarify...what type of radio acting? is this where the "comedian" occupation enters? no wiki article on the program yet and wiki article on Aas is unclear as well.}}
= Other =
Lepa is known for having translated Adolf Hitler's autobiographical manifesto Mein Kampf to Estonian.{{Cite book |last=Hitler |first=Adolf |url=https://www.ester.ee/record=b5243841*est |title=Minu võitlus |last2=Lepa |first2=Margus |date=2019 |publisher=Matrix Kirjastus |isbn=978-9949-01-264-0 |location=Tallinn}}
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|0503191}}
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Category:Estonian male film actors
Category:Estonian male radio actors
Category:20th-century Estonian male actors
Category:Male actors from Tallinn
Category:Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre alumni
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