Marko Matvere

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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1968|02|04|df=y}}

| birth_place = Pärnu, Estonia

| birth_name = Marko Matvere

| occupation = Actor

| years_active = 1993–present

| spouse = Tiina Matvere

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Marko Matvere (born 4 February 1968) is an Estonian actor and singer. He was the lead actor of the Tallinn City Theatre, but left to become a freelance actor in 2004.{{cite web |last=Viira |first=Aigi |date=2004-02-27 |title=Linnateater palkab Matvere asemele kaks noort näitlejat |url=https://www.ohtuleht.ee/153505/linnateater-palkab-matvere-asemele-kaks-noort-naitlejat |archive-url= |archive-date= |access-date=2023-06-08 |work=ohtuleht.ee}}

Biography

File:Marko Matvere, Jaan Tätte ja Lauri Nebel 96.jpg and Lauri Nebel in 1996]]

Matvere was born in Pärnu and graduated from the Tallinn Conservatory (now the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre) in 1990. He is married to Tiina Matvere and they have a daughter, Matilde, and a son, Oskar.{{cite web|url=http://www.kroonika.ee/index.php?id=2758|title=Marko Matvere räägib suu puhtaks|work=kroonika.ee}}

Matvere has performed in many musicals, including Les Misérables, Tanz der Vampire, The Sound of Music, and Miss Saigon. He has performed the main role in several films ("Georg) and television series. He hosted the Eurovision Song Contest 2002 with Annely Peebo. He has also hosted the TV show Songs with Stars with Karin Rask. He has been a member of the music group "Väikeste lõõtspillide ühing" ("Association of Little Accordions") since 1989{{cite web|url=http://www.vly.ee/|title=Official page|work=vly.ee}} and released two albums with Jaan Tätte.

He made his first movie appearance in Suflöör (1993). Matvere has played or voiced in a number of and television series including foreign television series.{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0560616/|title=Profile|work=imdb.com}}

Recognition

Marko has been awarded with the First Prize in the category of young actors at the International Theatre Festival in Torun in 1992, the Estonian Theatre Union Award in 1996, the award for Best Actor in 1997 at the National Drama Festival, and the Tallinn City Theatre Collegiate awards of Best Actor in 1995, 1996, 1998, and 1999.