Pääru Oja
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.
Acting
TV
Shadow and Bone
as Mogens
2021
TV
Vikings: Valhalla
as Arne Gormsson
2022
Movie
Sisu: Road to Revenge
as Militsioner
2025
TV
The Agency
as Man in Tracksuit / Special OP
2024
Movie
1944
as Medic Elmar Säinas
2015
Movie
Goodbye Soviet Union
as Uncle Kolja
2020
Movie
Dawn of War
as Peeter Parik
2020
Movie
Helene
as Priest
2020
Movie
The Shadow
as Juhan Liiv
2024
Movie
The Last Ones
as Rupi
2020
Movie
Hit Big
as Ninja
2022
TV
Cold Courage
as David Vervloet
2020
Movie
Mihkel
as Mihkel
2018
Movie
The Spy and The Poet
as Siim
2016
Movie
The Vacationers
as Ivo
2023
Movie
Kid Detectives and the Secret of the White Lady
as Evaristus
2013
Movie
The Riddle of Jaan Niemand
as Tiidrik
2018
Movie
Christmas in the Jungle
as Andreas
2020
TV
Valhalla Project
2024
Movie
Faulty Brides
as Jaak
2023
Movie
Look What You Made Me Do
2020
Movie
One-Dimensional Man
as Bandit
2025
Movie
Our Erika
as Jaanus Kuum
2026
TV
Lõks
as Alex
2018
