Pääru Oja
ActingBiography
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.
Movies
(22 total)
Sisu: Road to Revenge
as Militsioner
1944
as Medic Elmar Säinas
Goodbye Soviet Union
as Uncle Kolja
Dawn of War
as Peeter Parik
Helene
as Priest
The Last Ones
as Rupi
Hit Big
as Ninja
The Shadow
as Juhan Liiv
Mihkel
as Mihkel
The Spy and The Poet
as Siim
The Vacationers
as Ivo
The Riddle of Jaan Niemand
as Tiidrik
Faulty Brides
as Jaak
Christmas in the Jungle
as Andreas
One-Dimensional Man
as Bandit
Between Covers
as Ott
Sad Inheritance
as Erik
The Suitors
as Peeter
TV Shows
(7 total)
Shadow and Bone
as Mogens
Vikings: Valhalla
as Arne Gormsson
The Agency: Central Intelligence
as Man in Tracksuit / Special Op
Cold Courage
as David Vervloet
EnsV
as Velts