
Turo Pajala
Known for acting · Born 16 November 1955 · Died 28 February 2007 · aged 51 · Joutseno, Finland
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Turo Pajala (November 16, 1955 − February 28, 2007) was a Finnish actor. Pajala played the leading role as an unemployed coal miner Taisto Kasurinen in an Aki Kaurismäki film Ariel, and won the Bronze St. George award for Best Actor at the 16th Moscow International Film Festival. He also played many supporting roles in films and on television. Pajala's personal life took a downturn after Ariel, when he withdrew from the public eye. He made his final film appearance in 1998 in a Joona Tena film Kulkurin taivas. His final work in television came in 2007 with the role of a Christmas tree salesman in a television series Taivaan tulet. Turo Pajala's father Erkki Pajala (1929–1992) was also an actor. He had one daughter from his first marriage to actress Aino Seppo.
Known for

Ariel
1988

Pakanamaan kartta
1991

Hamlet Goes Business
1987

Palkkasoturi
1997

Pimeys odottaa
1985

Macbeth
1987

The Nightmare
1988
Pieni yösoitto
1987
Musta tuntuu
1985

The Prodigal Son
1992

Lyrics and Lace
1992

Kuningas lähtee Ranskaan
1986