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.
Movie Appearances
Hit Big
as Ninja
2022
The Vacationers
as Ivo
2023
The Shadow
as Juhan Liiv
2024
1944
as Medic Elmar Säinas
2015
Kid Detectives and the Secret of the White Lady
as Evaristus
2013
Faulty Brides
as Jaak
2023
The Spy and The Poet
as Siim
2016
Mihkel
as Mihkel
2018
The Last Ones
as Rupi
2020
The Riddle of Jaan Niemand
as Tiidrik
2018
Between Covers
as Ott
2018
Goodbye Soviet Union
as Uncle Kolja
2020
Dawn of War
as Peeter Parik
2020
Look What You Made Me Do
2020
Helene
as Priest
2020
Christmas in the Jungle
as Andreas
2020
Sad Inheritance
as Erik
2024
One-Dimensional Man
as Bandit
2025
The Suitors
as Peeter
2026
Sisu: Road to Revenge
as Militsioner
2025
