Talvik is the son of and
Mati Talvik, a television director and television journalist, respectively. He graduated from the
Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre in 1988 and starting in 1992, was an actor at Nukuteater. He later became a prolific filmmaker, directing and producing movies all throughout the 1990s and 2000s, most notably
Vene metalli ja US $ suudlus,
Ööliblika jõulud,
Waterbomb for the Fat Tomcat (
Estonian: Veepomm paksule kõutsile),
December Heat, and ''
. In 2010, he participated in the TV3 series Laulud tähtedega
with Lenna Kuurmaa. In 2023, he appeared as the character Rainar in the Trrin Ruumet directed rama film Tume paradiis''. He was married to actress
Epp Eespäev, with whom he has two children, a son and daughter. The couple later divorced. He is married to Anneli Kalle-Talvik, a physician with whom he has a daughter. He is also a stepfather.
Political career During the
2011 Riigikogu elections, Talvik ran as an independent representing
Harju and
Rapla counties. In the
2015 Riigikogu elections, he ran as an independent under the
Estonian Free Party list, being billed as a vote magnet due to his popularity, as well as running on a campaign message of anti-corruption, and received 7,307 votes in the same district, being elected to the Riigikogu. He was fined due to protesting a law that prohibited outside political ads after the cutoff date before an election by having campaign ads on his car after the date had passed, claiming it creates disadvantages for a small party to gain traction. As a member of the Riigikogu, in 2015, Talvik helped to create a committee to investigate alleged corruption in the financial dealings of the
Port of Tallinn, as well as protecting state companies from corruption. He was elected to be the committee chairman of the Anti-Corruption Select Committee on 16 December 2016, with
Anneli Ott of the
Centre Party as deputy chairwoman. He is currently a member of the Rural Affairs Committee. Talvik would later fully join on 8 March 2017 and become the leader of the Free Party, elected into the position on 24 April. His election came after the Free Party controversially kicked out fellow candidate for leadership Jevgeni Krištafovitš on 24 March 2017 for "spreading falsities and slandering the party". Afterwards, he resigned as chairman of the Anti-Corruption Select Committee, with former leader of the party
Andres Herkel being elected in his place on 13 June. In May 2018, Talvik chose not to re-run for the Free Party leadership and Herkel was reelected as the Free Party's chairman on 12 May. A day later, Talvik left the
Estonian Free Party, but promised to stay in politics. ==Filmography==