Matti Pellonpää
Acting
Biography
Matti Pellonpää (March 28, 1951 in Helsinki – July 13, 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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Movies (57)
Some of You May Have Heard of Me2025self
Dirty Hands2015Hugo Barine
Bluesia Pieksämäen asemalla2013Self - Guest Vocals: Danish
Bohemian Eyes2011Self (archive footage)- Sirpaleita1995Cook
Iron Horsemen1995Seeker
Pieniä valheita1994Luikki
Leningrad Cowboys Meet Moses1994Moses / Vladimir
Take Care of Your Scarf, Tatjana1994Reino
Sutki1993Dino
Chaplinesque1993The Man Who Greets the Sun
The Last Border1993Dimitri
Shit Happens1992Mustache Man
La Vie de Bohème1992Rodolfo
Where Is Musette?1992Self
Night on Earth1991Mika
Zombie and the Ghost Train1991Harri
Moonlight Sonata II: The Street Sweepers1991Toimistovirkailijat
Kiljusen herrasväen uudet seikkailut1990Interpreter of Fruktosian
Dolly and Her Lover1990Räpsy
Kumma juttu1989self
Paper Star1989Ravintolan asiakas
Leningrad Cowboys Go America1989Vladimir (Manager)
Cha Cha Cha1989Matti Ojanperä
Ariel1988Mikkonen
Hamlet Goes Business1987Guard
Näkemiin, hyvästi1986
Shadows in Paradise1986Nikander- Päätepysäkki1986Sepi
Kuningas lähtee Ranskaan1986Earless Man
Shows (2)
Konstan Pylkkerö1994Anselmi
The Hobbits1993Saruman