
Joutseno, Finland
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. Pajala's 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 Pajala's father Erkki Pajala (1929–1992) was also an actor. He had one daughter from his first marriage to actress Aino Seppo.

as Make

as Taisto Kasurinen
1988

as Kuvaaja
1991

as Make
1987
as Jami
1986

as Rosencranz
1987

1986

as Konstaapeli
1988
as Hakala
1985

as Wrestler
1992

as Työtön
1997

as Uhri
1986

as Paavo
1985
as Wrestler
1992

as Työtön
1997

as Hotel Clerk
1992

as Wrestler
1992

as Taisto Kasurinen
1988

as Rosencranz
1987
as Raino
1987

as Make
1987

1986
as Jami
1986

as Artilleryman
1986

as Uhri
1986

as Paavo
1985
as Kuvaaja
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