Pääru Oja

Pääru Oja

Born 1989-05-16 (age 37) Tallinn, Estonian SSR, USSR [now Harju County, Estonia]
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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.

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Known For

Sisu: Road to Revenge
Sisu: Road to Revenge

2025

as Militsioner

The Shadow
The Shadow

2024

as Juhan Liiv

The Kidnapping of a President
The Kidnapping of a President

2026

as Colonel Viklund

1944
1944

2015

as Medic Elmar Säinas

Our Erika
Our Erika

2026

as Jaanus Kuum

Mihkel
Mihkel

2018

as Mihkel

Vinski 2
The Riddle of Jaan Niemand
Helene
Helene

2020

as Priest

Hit Big
Hit Big

2022

as Ninja

The Last Ones
The Last Ones

2020

as Rupi

Goodbye Soviet Union
Goodbye Soviet Union

2020

as Uncle Kolja

Dawn of War
Dawn of War

2020

as Peeter Parik

The Spy and The Poet
The Vacationers
The Vacationers

2023

as Ivo

One-Dimensional Man
One-Dimensional Man

2025

as Bandit

The Suitors
The Suitors

2026

as Peeter

Faulty Brides
Faulty Brides

2023

as Jaak

Christmas in the Jungle