Ants Nopri was born on April 9, 1939 in Võru County. He graduated from the first year of the Tallinn State Conservatory's Department of Performing Arts in 1961 (course instructor Voldemar Panso) and started working as an actor at the Pärnu Endla Theatre, where he played from 1961 to 1963. On September 8, 1966, Ants Nopri was declared missing, and on August 10, 1970, he was officially declared dead.