
Turo Pajala
Biography
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.
Filmografi
Ariel1988 · Taisto Kasurinen
Näkemiin, hyvästi1986 ·
Palkkasoturi1997 · Työtön
Huomenna1986 · Uhri
Lyrics and Lace1992 · Hotel Clerk
Hamlet Goes Business1987 · Rosencranz
Macbeth1987 · Make
Kuningas lähtee Ranskaan1986 · Artilleryman
Pimeys odottaa1985 · Paavo
The Prodigal Son1992 · Wrestler
Vesa Vierikko
Pirkka-Pekka Petelius
Matti Pellonpää
Marja Packalén
Eero Saarinen
Aake Kalliala
Elina Pohjanpää
Leena Uotila
Juuso Hirvikangas
Bibi Andersson
Kari Väänänen
Jukka-Pekka Palo