Turo Pajala

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 Pajalas 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 Pajalas father Erkki Pajala 19291992 was also an actor He had one daughter from his first marriage to actress Aino Seppo