Pääru Oja
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.
Filmography
The Kidnapping of a President
as Colonel Viklund
The Kidnapping of a President
as Colonel Viklund
The Suitors
as Peeter
The Suitors
as Peeter
Our Erika
as Jaanus Kuum
Our Erika
as Jaanus Kuum
Vinski 2
Vinski 2
Sisu: Road to Revenge
as Militsioner
Sisu: Road to Revenge
as Militsioner
One-Dimensional Man
as Bandit
One-Dimensional Man
as Bandit
Sad Inheritance
as Erik
Sad Inheritance
as Erik
The Shadow
as Juhan Liiv
The Shadow
as Juhan Liiv
Faulty Brides
as Jaak
Faulty Brides
as Jaak
The Vacationers
as Ivo
The Vacationers
as Ivo
Hit Big
as Ninja
Hit Big
as Ninja
Christmas in the Jungle
as Andreas
Christmas in the Jungle
as Andreas
Look What You Made Me Do
Look What You Made Me Do
The Last Ones
as Rupi
The Last Ones
as Rupi
Dawn of War
as Peeter Parik
Dawn of War
as Peeter Parik
Goodbye Soviet Union
as Uncle Kolja
Goodbye Soviet Union
as Uncle Kolja
Helene
as Priest
Helene
as Priest
Between Covers
as Ott
Between Covers
as Ott
Mihkel
as Mihkel
Mihkel
as Mihkel
The Riddle of Jaan Niemand
as Tiidrik
The Riddle of Jaan Niemand
as Tiidrik
Säde
as Tristan
Säde
as Tristan
The Spy and The Poet
as Siim
The Spy and The Poet
as Siim
1944
as Medic Elmar Säinas
1944
as Medic Elmar Säinas
Kid Detectives and the Secret of the White Lady
as Evaristus
Kid Detectives and the Secret of the White Lady
as Evaristus