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.
Known For
Credits
- 1997 · Palkkasoturi as Työtön
- 1992 · Lyrics and Lace as Hotel Clerk
- 1992 · The Prodigal Son as Wrestler
- 1991 · Pakanamaan kartta as Kuvaaja
- 1988 · The Nightmare as Konstaapeli
- 1988 · Ariel as Taisto Kasurinen
- 1987 · Hamlet Goes Business as Rosencranz
- 1987 · Pieni yösoitto as Raino
- 1987 · Macbeth as Make
- 1986 · Näkemiin, hyvästi as
- 1986 · Päätepysäkki as Jami
- 1986 · Kuningas lähtee Ranskaan as Artilleryman
- 1985 · Pimeys odottaa as Paavo