Pääru Oja

Biography

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.

Known For

Hit Big
Hit Big
The Vacationers
The Vacationers
The Shadow
The Shadow
1944
1944
Faulty Brides
Faulty Brides
The Spy and The Poet
The Spy and The Poet
Mihkel
Mihkel
The Last Ones
The Last Ones
The Riddle of Jaan Niemand
The Riddle of Jaan Niemand

Filmography

2024 The Agency: Central Intelligence
as Man in Tracksuit / Special Op
2024 Sad Inheritance
as Erik
2024 The Shadow
as Juhan Liiv
2024 Valhalla Project
as
2023 Faulty Brides
as Jaak
2023 The Vacationers
as Ivo
2022 Hit Big
as Ninja
2022 Vikings: Valhalla
as Arne Gormsson
2021 Shadow and Bone
as Mogens
2020 Christmas in the Jungle
as Andreas
2020 Look What You Made Me Do
as
2020 The Last Ones
as Rupi
2020 Dawn of War
as Peeter Parik
2020 Goodbye Soviet Union
as Uncle Kolja
2020 Cold Courage
as David Vervloet
2020 Helene
as Priest
2019 EnsV
as Velts
2018 Between Covers
as Ott
2018 Mihkel
as Mihkel
2018 The Riddle of Jaan Niemand
as Tiidrik