Eduard Tinn

Eduard Tinn (18 January 1899 – 27 March 1968) was an Estonian actor and theatre director.

Tinn was born in Hummuli Parish. He passed the examinations of as an assistant pharmacist at the Imperial Academy of Military Medicine in Saint Petersburg in 1917. He then studied pharmacy at the University of Tartu between 1917 and 1918 and was front-line pharmacist from 1919 and 1920 during the Estonian War of Independence. In 1927, he graduated from Drama Studio's theatre school in Tallinn.

Tinn died in 1968 in Tallinn. His son was actor Olev Tinn.

Awards 1947: Meritorious Artist of the Estonian SSR 1949: Soviet Estonia Prize

Filmography 1947: Elu tsitadellis (feature film; role: Lillak, writer) 1960: Perekond Männard (feature film; role: railway worker) 1966: Tütarlaps mustas (feature film) 1985: Naerata ometi (feature film; role Tauri's father)