Matti Pellonpää
Birthday: 1951-03-28
Place of Birth: Helsinki, Finland
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.
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Ariel
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Shadows in Paradise
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Night on Earth
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Leningrad Cowboys Meet Moses
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Leningrad Cowboys Go America
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The Worthless
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La Vie de Bohème
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Zombie and the Ghost Train
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Paper Star
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Crime and Punishment
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Take Care of Your Scarf, Tatjana
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Päätepysäkki
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Sutki
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Dirty Hands
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Dolly and Her Lover
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Cha Cha Cha
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Where Is Musette?
Documentary filmed on-set during the making of Aki Kaurismaki's "La vie de Boheme"...
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Se minun töistäni - Matti Pellonpää
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Kuningas lähtee Ranskaan
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Moonlight Sonata II: The Street Sweepers
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Viimeiset rotannahat
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Iron Horsemen
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Calamari Union
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The Boys
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Akseli and Elina
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Kesän maku
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Antti Puuhaara
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Viimeinen savotta
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Ruskan jälkeen
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Regina ja miehet
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Huhtikuu on kuukausista julmin
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The Clan: Tale of the Frogs
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Kello
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Rakkauselokuva
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Näkemiin, hyvästi
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Hamlet Goes Business
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Kiljusen herrasväen uudet seikkailut
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The Liar
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Rocky VI
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Marked
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Jackpot 2
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Pieniä valheita
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Finnish Frustrations
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Some of You May Have Heard of Me
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