Vaidotas Martinaitis

Biography

He was Born in Gargzdai, lives in Vilnius. In 1983-1988 he studied at Klaipeda S. Simkus Higher School of Music (trumpet specialization); from 1988-1990 he studied at the Lithuanian State Conservatoire (trumpet specialization); from 1990-1994 he studied at the Lithuanian Academy of Music, Faculty of Theatre and Film, Department of Acting (actor specialization). Course director - Jonas Vaitkus. From 1991-2011 - actor at the Lithuanian National Drama Theatre. Since 1999 - a member of Oskaras Korsunovas Theatre Company. Since 2012 he has been cooperating with Kaunas State Music Theatre. Since 2012 he has been working as an acting teacher at the M. K. Ciurlionis Art School. From 2012-2014 he conducted acting workshops in the sports dance collective "Ratuto". Best known for Defiance (2008), Nova Lituania (2019) and Stranger Things (2016 - 2022).

Known For

Stranger Things

as Warden Melnikov

Defiance

as Belarussian Police Officer #2

The Eichmann Show

as Adolf Eichmann

The Devil's Arithmetic

as Hans

Blood of the Templars

as Reiseführer

The Generation of Evil

as Julius Petrikis

Payback

as Tomas Bantius

Nova Lituania

as Premjeras Jonas Servus

Hilma

Dawn of War

as NKVD Interrogator