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Pääru Oja

Pääru Oja

Born: 1989-05-16 • Tallinn, Harju District, Estonian SSR, USSR [now Harju County, Estonia]

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.

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