Matti Pellonpää
Birthday: 1951-03-28 | Place of Birth: Helsinki, FinlandFrom 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.
Known For
Acting
Role
as self
as Self - Guest Vocals: Danish
as Self (archive footage)
as Moses / Vladimir
as Reino
as Dimitri
as Dino
as Rodolfo
as Saruman
as The Man Who Greets the Sun
as Mika
as Vladimir Kuzmin, the Manager
as self
as Harri
as Toimistovirkailijat
as Vladimir Kuzmin
as Nikander
as Nikander
as Räpsy
as Vladimir (Manager)
as Hugo Barine
as Matti Ojanperä
as Mikkonen
as Ravintolan asiakas
as self
as Guard
as Aljosa, Igor's Coach
as Earless Man
as Sepi
