Matti Pellonpää

Matti Pellonpää March 28 1951 in Helsinki July 13 1995 in Vaasa was an awardwinning Finnish actor and a musician He rose to international fame with his roles in both Aki Kaurismäkis and Mika Kaurismäkis films particularly being a regular in Akis films appearing in 18 of them He started his career in 1962 as a radio actor at the Finnish stateowned 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 Jarmuschs 1991 film Night on Earth Description above from the Wikipedia article Matti Pellonpää licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia