Sulev Luik

Birthday: 1954-04-16
Deathday: 1997-06-29
Birthplace: Kilingi-Nõmme, Estonian SRR, USSR [now Estonia]
Gender: Male
Owned By: Unowned

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.

Credits

Year Title Character
1997-10-02 All My Lenins Zimmermann
1996-12-18 Rothschild's Violin
1993-07-02 Hysteria Sergei's Driver
1993-03-06 Tear of the Prince of Darkness Baron's Agent
1992-06-06 Those Old Love-letters Wounded in the Infirmary (uncredited)
1992-03-20 Võlausaldajad Gustav
1992-02-03 The Sunny Kids
1991-12-12 Peace Street
1991-11-07 Surmatants Schiekel Kalt
1990-05-25 SuperCop
1990-03-18 A Man Who Never Was
1990-02-22 Awakening City Man
1989-06-05 Stolen Meeting Uibo
1989-01-01 Latvieši?!
1988-12-24 A Pitcher at a Spring Father Martin
1988-06-13 Dance Around the Steam Boiler
1988-05-26 State Border: Vol. 7. Salty Wind
1988-04-01 Boat
1988-01-01 The Witch
1988-01-01 Vernanda
1987-07-24 In One Hundred Years in May Estonian Poet
1986-12-24 Flamingo: The Bird of Luck
1984-12-28 The Tin Men Mr. Rowe
1984-05-24 Requiem Major Andrei Dobrjanski
1983-03-14 Corrida Tarmo
1982-08-22 Arabella, the Pirate's Daughter Instrument Player
1980-06-30 Wild Violets Sander
1979-11-18 The Master of Kõrboja Villu's Companion
1979-08-27 Dead Mountaineer's Hotel Luarvik
1976-09-06 Võsakurat
1975-04-21 Colourful Dreams Rainbow (uncredited)