Matti Pellonpää

Personal Info

Known For Actor

Gender Male

Birthday 1951-03-28

Deathday 1995-07-13 (44 years old)

Place of Birth Helsinki, Finland

Also Known As Tino Sandos, Martti Pellonpää, マッティ・ペロンパー

Matti Pellonpää

Biography

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.

Known For

Actor

2011
Bohemian Eyes

as Self (archive footage)

1995
Iron Horsemen

as Seeker

1994
1994
Leningrad Cowboys Meet Moses

as Moses / Vladimir

1994
1993
Sutki

as Dino

1993
Chaplinesque

as The Man Who Greets the Sun

1993
The Last Border

as Dimitri

1993
The Hobbits

as Saruman

1992
1992
1991
1991
1990
Kiljusen herrasväen uudet seikkailut

as Interpreter of Fruktosian

1990
1989
Kumma juttu

as self

1989
Dirty Hands

as Hugo Barine

1989
Paper Star

as Ravintolan asiakas

1989
Leningrad Cowboys Go America

as Vladimir (Manager)

1989
Cha Cha Cha

as Matti Ojanperä

1988
Ariel

as Mikkonen

1986
1986
1986
1986
Rocky VI

as Aljosa, Igor's Coach

1985
Ylösnousemus

as Formulakuski, joka etsii kuolemaa

1985
1984
Rakkauselokuva

as Säikky-Nilsson

1984
1984
Kello

as Honest Man

1983
1983
Huhtikuu on kuukausista julmin

as kiiluvasilmäinen pilleristi

1983
Onnentyttö

as Kapula Kirkasoja

1983
Regina ja miehet

as Rex Räsänen

1982
The Worthless

as Manne

1981
Pedon merkki

as Hermonsa menettänyt sotilaskarkuri

1981
Kauhea murhamies Lalli

as Puhelias keihäsmies

1981
The Liar

as Fan of Chandler

1979
Ruskan jälkeen

as Jaakko Sammalsuo

1978
Päivä ennen

as Mopedimies

1976
Antti Puuhaara

as Comedian

1975
Kesän maku

as Hessu, tykkimies

1970
Akseli and Elina

as Valdemar Leppänen, "Valtu"

1962
The Boys

as Schoolboy (uncredited)

Lighting

1987

Sound

1985

Crew

1996
Drifting Clouds

as In Memory Of

Producer

1994
Total Balalaika Show

as Production Assistant