Sulev Luik

Biography

Sulev Luik (April 16, 1954, in Kilingi-Nõmme – June 29, 1997, in Tallinn) was an Estonian actor. In 1976 he graduated from Tallinn State Conservatory. 1976-1988 he worked at Noorsooteater and since 1988 at Estonian Drama Theatre. Besides theatrical roles he played also in over 30 films. Luik was murdered in Kadriorg Park near his home on 29 June 1997, aged 43. Police arrested three homeless individuals, two men and a woman, in connection with the murder between 17 and 18 August of that year. According to the criminal investigators, the motive for the murder was a quarrel while all four individuals, including Luik, were drinking alcohol in the park. The three individuals charged with Luik's murder were later sentenced to between eight and twelve years in prison. Luik was buried at Tallinn's Forest Cemetery.

Filmografi

Flamingo: The Bird of Luck1986 · Dead Mountaineer's Hotel1979 · LuarvikVernanda1988 · Requiem1984 · Major Andrei DobrjanskiCorrida1983 · TarmoAwakening1990 · City ManThe Witch1988 · Nazis and Blondes2008 · (archive footage)The Tin Men1984 · Mr. RoweStolen Meeting1989 · UiboVõlausaldajad1992 · GustavHysteria1993 · Sergei's DriverBoat1988 · Võsakurat1976 · The Master of Kõrboja1980 · Villu's CompanionWild Violets1980 · SanderTwo Couples and Loneliness1984 · violinistLatvieši?!1989 · Tear of the Prince of Darkness1993 · Baron's AgentColourful Dreams1975 · Rainbow (uncredited)The Sunny Kids1992 · A Pitcher at a Spring1988 · Father MartinDance Around the Steam Boiler1988 · In One Hundred Years in May1987 · Estonian Poet