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Matti Pellonpää

Matti Pellonpää

Birthday: 1951-03-28 | Place of Birth: Helsinki, Finland

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Matti Pellonpää (28 March 1951 in Helsinki – 13 July 1995 in Vaasa) was an award-winning Finnish actor and a musician. He rose to international fame with his roles in both Aki Kaurismäki's and Mika Kaurismäki's films; particularly being a regular in Aki's films, appearing in 18 of them. He started his career in 1962 as a radio actor at the Finnish state-owned broadcasting company YLE. He performed as an actor during the 70s in many amateur theatres, at the same time that he studied at the Finnish Theatre Academy, where he completed his studies in the year 1977. He was nominated Best Actor by European Film Academy for his role as Rodolfo in La Vie de Boheme and won the Felix at the European Film Awards in 1992. He also starred in Jim Jarmusch's 1991 film Night on Earth. Description above from the Wikipedia article Matti Pellonpää, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

1994
Leningrad Cowboys Meet Moses

as    Moses / Vladimir

1992
Night on Earth

as    Mika

1992
La Vie de Bohème

as    Rodolfo

1989
Leningrad Cowboys Go America

as    Vladimir (Manager)

1986
Kuningas lähtee Ranskaan

as    Earless Man

1986
Shadows in Paradise

as    Nikander

1981
The Liar

as    Fan of Chandler