Jaan Tätte

Jaan Tätte born March 24 1964 in Viljandi is an Estonian playwright poet actor and singer From 1982 to 1984 Tätte studied biology at the University of Tartu From 1985 to 1986 he attended a graduate program at the Tallinn Pedagogical Institute now Tallinn University and studied acting in the drama department of the Tallinn Conservatory now the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre graduating in 1990 Since 1990 he has been an ensemble member of the Tallinn City Theatre Since 2003 he has worked as a playwright at the same theater He has also been involved in films Towards the end of the 1990s he began to write plays that would make him wellknown beyond the borders of Estonia His first piece Ristumine peateega Bungee Jumping was a great success In 2000 Sild The Bridge followed in 2001 In 2005 he wrote Palju õnne argipäevaksFasten Seat Belts or Good Luck to Everyday Life and Meeletu Kaev was premiered in June 2006 in Tallinn Since 2004 he has also appeared as a singer with Marko Matvere they have released two CDs together He is married and has two children