Priit Pius

Overview

Known for
Acting
Gender
Other
Birthday
Feb 04, 1989 (36 years old)

Priit Pius

Known For

Two of Me
1h 40m
Movie 2024

Two of Me

A humorous take on the specifics of being a twin, that puts the idea that two heads are better than one to the test. Raul and Romet Esko who have shared everything stand facing the challenge of starting an independent life. But how is being alone possible as a twin without being together? Seemingly even more impossible than that is the brothers’ goal to earn a living from filmmaking in Estonia.

Elu võimalikkusest maal
TV Show 2023

Elu võimalikkusest maal

Child Machine
1h 36m
Movie 2023

Child Machine

9-year old girl, vacationing with her parents in a remote bog, gets trapped in a secret bunker where an AI-startup is nearing the completion of super-intelligent AI. Both the girl and the AI want to escape.

Poop, Spring and Others
1h 10m
Movie 2023

Poop, Spring and Others

Based on Andrus Kivirähk's books "Poo and spring", "Carnival and Potato Salad" and "Ghost and Facebook", the film tells about longing, friendship, love, family and fears, which often have big eyes. The adventures of the strange characters are spiced with the characteristic warm and bold humor of Kivirähk, wittily weaving together the boundless fantasy of children and the living conditions of the modern world.

Operaciones Especiales: Europa
TV Show 2022

Operaciones Especiales: Europa

Attack on Finland
1h 55m
Movie 2021

Attack on Finland

The reception for Finland's Independence Day is rudely interrupted when the presidential palace is attacked and the state leadership is taken hostage. Max Tanner of the Security Police is appointed as a negotiator in the hostage crisis, that unfolds as part of a bigger plan to undermine European security.

Biography

Priit Pius (born February 4, 1989) is an Estonian stage, television, and film actor whose career began in the 2010s. Priit Pius was born in Tallinn to Jüri and Nelli Pius (née Paap). His twin brother is actor Märt Pius. He has one older brother, as well as two half-siblings from his father's previous marriage. He grew up in and attended schools in Tallinn before the family moved to the small village of Mällikvere in Jõgeva County, where he graduated from secondary school in 2008. Afterward, both he and his twin brother Märt enrolled in the Performing Arts Department of the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre to study acting, graduating in 2012. Pius' diploma production roles were as Tuomas in Aleksis Kivi's Seven Brothers, Gerry Evans in Brian Friel's Dancing at Lughnasa, and as Tom Canty in Mark Twain's The Prince and the Pauper. Priit Pius was in a long-term relationship with actress Maiken Schmidt. They had a son on 22 March 2018 and married in July 2019. On 18 March 2020, they had a daughter. Both Priit and Märt Pius have been diagnosed with Diabetes mellitus type 1 and speak openly about living with the condition in order to raise awareness of the illness.