Pääru Oja
Pääru Oja (born May 16, 1989) is an Estonian stage, film, voice, and television actor. Pääru Oja was born in Tallinn, the youngest of two sons. His father is actor Tõnu Oja and his older brother is Estonian Theatre Festival CEO and theatre manager Kaarel Oja, who is married to actress Ursula Ratasepp. His uncle is actor, director and theatre instructor Rein Oja. He attended primary and secondary schools in Tallinn before being accepted to the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre in Tallinn, where he graduated from in 2012 under course supervisor Elmo Nüganen. Oja's diploma roles included Father of Toulon in Peter Barnes' Red Noses (2010), Joseph Wykowski in Neil Simon's Biloxi Blues, and Argante in Molière's The Imaginary Invalid (2011). Among his graduating classmates were: Henrik Kalmet, Karl-Andreas Kalmet, Priit Pius, Märt Pius, Liis Lass, Piret Krumm, Maiken Schmidt, and Kaspar Velberg.
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- 2024 · The Shadow as Juhan Liiv
- 2024 · Valhalla Project as
- 2023 · Faulty Brides as Jaak
- 2023 · The Vacationers as Ivo
- 2022 · Hit Big as Ninja
- 2022 · Vikings: Valhalla as Arne Gormsson
- 2021 · Shadow and Bone as Mogens
- 2020 · Christmas in the Jungle as Andreas
- 2020 · Look What You Made Me Do as
- 2020 · The Last Ones as Rupi
- 2020 · Dawn of War as Peeter Parik
- 2020 · Goodbye Soviet Union as Uncle Kolja
- 2020 · Cold Courage as David Vervloet
- 2020 · Helene as Priest
- 2019 · EnsV as Velts
- 2018 · Between Covers as Ott
- 2018 · Mihkel as Mihkel
- 2018 · The Riddle of Jaan Niemand as Tiidrik
- 2018 · Lõks as Alex
- 2016 · The Spy And The Poet as Siim
- 2015 · 1944 as Medic Elmar Säinas
- 2013 · Kid Detectives and the Secret of the White Lady as Evaristus