Turo Pajala

Turo Pajala

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 also an actor. He had one daughter from his first marriage to actress Aino Seppo.

  • Title: Turo Pajala
  • Popularity: 2.574
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1955-11-16
  • Place of Birth: Joutseno, Finland
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Turo Pajala Movies

  • 1988
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    Ariel

    Ariel

    7.1 1988 HD

    After the coal mine he works at closes and his father commits suicide, a Finnish man leaves for the city to make a living but there, he is framed and...

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  • 1985
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    Pimeys odottaa

    Pimeys odottaa

    3.5 1985 HD

    Matti Mäki is a young man who gets involved with a corrupt police man seeking proof that his wife, a night club singer, is cheating on him in...

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  • 1987
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    Pieni yösoitto

    Pieni yösoitto

    1 1987 HD

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  • 1986
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    Päätepysäkki

    Päätepysäkki

    2 1986 HD

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  • 1986
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    Näkemiin, hyvästi

    Näkemiin, hyvästi

    6 1986 HD

    When a new man appears in Tuula's life, Jorma does not tolerate the idea and begins to yearn back for his ex-wife. They drift into a situation where...

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  • 1987
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    Macbeth

    Macbeth

    4.5 1987 HD

    A Finnish film version of Macbeth. Macbeth, the Thane of Glamis, receives a prophecy from a trio of witches that one day he will become King of...

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  • 1986
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    Kuningas lähtee Ranskaan

    Kuningas lähtee Ranskaan

    4.5 1986 HD

    A new ice age is coming to England. All energy sources have been depleted and despair is taking over the earth. The young king decides to use his...

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  • 1997
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    Palkkasoturi

    Palkkasoturi

    5 1997 HD

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  • 1992
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    The Prodigal Son

    The Prodigal Son

    5.4 1992 HD

    Esa is a small time crook who has been precisely released from prison. He starts to make money by mugging people. One day psychiatrist Lindström...

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  • 1987
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    Hamlet Goes Business

    Hamlet Goes Business

    6.6 1987 HD

    When Hamlet discovers his father’s deceased body, he finds himself pulled into a power struggle as his scheming uncle attempts to secure a...

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  • 1992
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    Lyrics and Lace

    Lyrics and Lace

    4.5 1992 HD

    Like it or not, almost anyone who has met a really serious poet finds that they have something about them which sets them apart from other people....

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  • 1991
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    Pakanamaan kartta

    Pakanamaan kartta

    5.8 1991 HD

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  • 1988
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    The Nightmare

    The Nightmare

    6.3 1988 HD

    An amnesiac uncovering horrifying secrets about his life.

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