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Turo Pajala

Turo Pajala
  • Name: Turo Pajala
  • Birthday: 1955-11-16
  • Place of birth: Joutseno, Finland
  • Popularity: 0.106
Biography: Turo Pajala (November 16, 1955 − February 28, 2007) was a Finnish actor. Pajala played the leading role as an unemployed coal miner Taisto Kasurinen in an Aki Kaurismäki film Ariel, and won the Bronze St. George award for Best Actor at the 16th Moscow International Film Festival. He also played many supporting roles in films and on television. Pajala's personal life took a downturn after Ariel, when he withdrew from the public eye. He made his final film appearance in 1998 in a Joona Tena film Kulkurin taivas. His final work in television came in 2007 with the role of a Christmas tree salesman in a television series Taivaan tulet. Turo Pajala's father Erkki Pajala (1929–1992) was... Read More

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Title Release date
Palkkasoturi   as  Työtön 1997-04-18
Lyrics and Lace   as  Hotel Clerk 1992-11-06
The Prodigal Son   as  Wrestler 1992-10-30
Ariel   as  Taisto Kasurinen 1988-10-21
Hamlet Goes Business   as  Rosencranz 1987-08-21
Pieni yösoitto   as  Raino 1987-04-13
Macbeth   as  Make 1987-01-16
Näkemiin, hyvästi 1986-12-19
Päätepysäkki   as  Jami 1986-10-17
Kuningas lähtee Ranskaan   as  Artilleryman 1986-09-19
Pimeys odottaa   as  Paavo 1985-03-08