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Matti Pellonpää
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Finnish actor (1951–1995)
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1950
- Works
- 7
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Film & TV
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…
Known for
- Some of You May Have Heard of Me — self2025
- Dirty Hands — Hugo Barine2015
- Bluesia Pieksämäen asemalla — Self - Guest Vocals: Danish2013
- Bohemian Eyes — Self (archive footage)2011
- Iron Horsemen — Seeker1995
- Sirpaleita — Cook1995
- Leningrad Cowboys Meet Moses — Moses / Vladimir1994
- Take Care of Your Scarf, Tatjana — Reino1994
- White Lies — Luikki1994
- Konstan Pylkkerö — Anselmi1994
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Finland
- Active from
- 1951-03-28
- Active to
- 1995-07-13
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 1,093
- Total plays
- 9,201
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Matti Pellonpää (born March 28, 1951 in Helsinki; died 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 <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Finland
- Place of birth
- Helsinki
- Place of death
- Vaasa
- Occupation
- film actor
- Educated at
- Theatre Academy Helsinki
- Languages spoken
- Finnish
- Native language
- Finnish
- Official website
- www.novision.fi/matti.html
- Image
- Matti-Pellonpää-1990.jpg
- Work location
- Helsinki
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- date of birth
- 1951-03-28
- date of death
- 1995-07-13
- cause of death
- myocardial infarction
- manner of death
- natural causes
- birth name
- Matti Kalervo Pellonpää
- nickname
- Peltsi
- Commons category
- Matti Pellonpää
- nominated for
- European Film Award for Best Actor
- start of work period
- 1962-00-00
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