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Turo Pajala

Turo Pajala

Birthday: 1955-11-16 | Place of Birth: Joutseno, Finland

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.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

1991
Pakanamaan kartta

as    Kuvaaja

1989
Ariel

as    Taisto Kasurinen

1988
The Nightmare

as    Konstaapeli

1987
Hamlet Goes Business

as    Rosencranz

1985
Pimeys odottaa

as    Paavo