Alo Kõrve

Alo Kõrve born December 2 1978 is an Estonian stage film and television actor Alo Kõrve was born in Jõgeva Jõgeva County to Are Kõrve and his wife née Simson He is the youngest of two siblings his older sister Ave KõrveNoorkõiv was born in 1975 After graduating from secondary school Kõrve initially planned to study law however he subsequently enrolled in the dramatic arts department of the EMA Higher Drama School now the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre in Tallinn graduating in 2002 Among his diploma production roles were Brian in Mark Twains The Prince and the Pauper 2000 Basilio the Cat in Aleksey Nikolayevich Tolstoys Buratino 2000 Doctor Vaik and Advocate Kurg in Eduard Vildes The Elusive Miracle 2001 and Timo in Aleksis Kivis Seven Brothers 2001 Alo Kõrves first substantial film role was the character Käsper in the 2002 Elmo Nüganen directed period feature film war drama Nimed marmortahvlil Names in Marble The film was adapted from the 1936 novel of the same name by Albert Kivikas which chronicles the lives of several Estonian students during the 19181920 Estonian War of Independence The film also starred Kõrves future wife actress Hele Kõre Names in Marble was the highest budgeted Estonian feature film and the most successful film in Estonia in terms of box office profits This was followed by appearances in several film shorts including the 2007 Anu Aun directed Indigo Room opposite actress Mirtel Pohla and the 2014 Margus Paju directed Kaastundeavaldus opposite actors Tiit Lilleorg and Pääru Oja In 2009 Alo Kõrve was among several narrators of the Jaak Kilmi directed documentary Disko ja tuumasõda Disco and Atomic War which lightheartedly chronicles how Western pop culture of the 1970s and 1980s infiltrated the Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic through Finnish television broadcasts trickling into the north of Estonia and the Soviet regimes attempt to halt it That same year he appeared as Rebane Fox in the Rasmus Merivoo directed musical comedy feature film Buratino In 2016 he appeared as Heiki in the Valentin Kuik and Manfred Vainokividirected drama Perekonnavaled In 2020 he appeared alongside his wife as the character Paul Parik in the Margus Paju directed World War II spy drama O2 In 2021 he appeared as Anton in the Priit Pääsuke directed comedydrama Öölapsed Kids of the Night In 2022 he appeared as the character Wentzel Dorn in the Elmo Nüganen directed historical thrillermystery Melchior the Apothecary for Taska Film based on the novel series of the same name by Indrek Hargla Alo Kõrve married actress and singer Hele Kõre in June 2009 They have two daughters Roosi born in 2009 and Kirsi born in 2012 The family reside in Üksnurme Harju County near Tallinn