1951-03-28 Helsinki, Finland
Matti Pellonpää (March 28, 1951 in Helsinki – July 13, 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.
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Jotkut teistä ovat ehkä kuulleet minusta | self | 2025-03-06 |
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Bluesia Pieksämäen asemalla | Self - Guest Vocals: Danish | 2013-03-06 |
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Boheemi elää | Self (archive footage) | 2011-01-26 |
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Iron Horsemen | Seeker | 1995-01-27 |
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Pieniä valheita | Luikki | 1994-05-07 |
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Leningrad Cowboys Meet Moses | Moses / Vladimir | 1994-02-17 |
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Pidä huivista kiinni, Tatjana | Reino | 1994-01-14 |
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Sutki | Dino | 1993-11-10 |
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The Last Border | Dimitri | 1993-08-20 |
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Chaplinesque | The Man Who Greets the Sun | 1993-09-24 |
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Where Is Musette? | self | 1992-01-01 |
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La Vie de Bohème | Rodolfo | 1992-02-27 |
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Zombie ja Kummitusjuna | Harri | 1991-07-26 |
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Kuutamosonaatti 2: Kadunlakaisijat | Toimistovirkailijat | 1991-03-08 |
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Night on Earth | Mika | 1991-12-12 |
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Kiljusen herrasväen uudet seikkailut | Interpreter of Fruktosian | 1990-12-21 |
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Räpsy & Dolly eli Pariisi odottaa | Räpsy | 1990-02-02 |
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Cha Cha Cha | Matti Ojanperä | 1989-01-20 |
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Likaiset kädet | Hugo Barine | 1989-10-05 |
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Leningrad Cowboys Go America | Vladimir (Manager) | 1989-03-24 |
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Paperitähti | Ravintolan asiakas | 1989-09-29 |
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Kumma juttu | self | 1989-10-13 |
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Ariel | Mikkonen | 1988-10-21 |
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Hamlet liikemaailmassa | Guard | 1987-08-21 |
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Varjoja paratiisissa | Nikander | 1986-10-17 |
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Kuningas lähtee Ranskaan | Earless Man | 1986-09-19 |
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Päätepysäkki | Sepi | 1986-10-17 |
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Rock'y VI | Aljosa, Igor's Coach | 1986-06-14 |
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Näkemiin, hyvästi | 1986-12-19 | |
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Ylösnousemus | Formulakuski, joka etsii kuolemaa | 1985-09-27 |
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Calamari Union | Frank | 1985-02-08 |
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Viimeiset rotannahat | 1985-01-18 | |
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Klaani – tarina Sammakoitten suvusta | Ritsari | 1984-11-30 |
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Aikalainen | 1984-03-16 | |
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Kello | Honest Man | 1984-03-02 |
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Se minun töistäni - Matti Pellonpää | Self | 1984-09-13 |
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Rakkauselokuva | Säikky-Nilsson | 1984-11-16 |
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Yöjuttu: Merkitty | 1984-09-15 | |
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Onnentyttö | Kapula Kirkasoja | 1983-04-21 |
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Rikos ja rangaistus | Nikander | 1983-12-02 |
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Huhtikuu on kuukausista julmin | kiiluvasilmäinen pilleristi | 1983-10-21 |
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Regina ja miehet | Rex Räsänen | 1983-02-18 |
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Jackpot 2 | 1982-03-05 | |
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Arvottomat | Manne | 1982-10-15 |
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Valehtelija | Fan of Chandler | 1981-02-27 |
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Pedon merkki | Hermonsa menettänyt sotilaskarkuri | 1981-09-25 |
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Kauhea murhamies Lalli | Puhelias keihäsmies | 1981-05-08 |
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Ruskan jälkeen | Jaakko Sammalsuo | 1979-08-31 |
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Päivä ennen | Mopedimies | 1978-10-24 |
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Viimeinen savotta | 1977-11-04 | |
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Antti Puuhaara | Comedian | 1976-11-05 |
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Kesän maku | Hessu, tykkimies | 1975-10-17 |
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Akseli ja Elina | Valdemar Leppänen, "Valtu" | 1970-12-04 |
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Ampumarata | 1969-04-20 | |
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Pojat | Schoolboy (uncredited) | 1962-11-02 |