Pääru Oja
Known For
Acting
Born
1989-05-16 in Tallinn, Harju District, Estonian SSR, USSR [now Harju County, Estonia]
Biography
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.
Most Known For
Sisu: Road to Revenge
as Militsioner
The Shadow
as Juhan Liiv
Vikings: Valhalla
as Arne Gormsson
The Agency: Central Intelligence
as Man in Tracksuit / Special Op
Shadow and Bone
as Mogens
One-Dimensional Man
as Bandit
Cold Courage
as David Vervloet
EnsV
as Velts
The Kidnapping of a President
as Colonel Viklund
1944
as Medic Elmar Säinas
Between Covers
as Ott
Our Erika
as Jaanus Kuum
Sad Inheritance
as Erik
Hit Big
as Ninja
Helene
as Priest
Lõks
as Alex
Valhalla Project
The Last Ones
as Rupi
Mihkel
as Mihkel
Dawn of War
as Peeter Parik