Matti Pellonpää
Matti Pellonpää (March 28, 1951 in Helsinki – July 13, 1995 in Vaasa) was an award-winning Finnish actor and a musician. He rose to international fame with his roles in both Aki Kaurismäki's and Mika Kaurismäki's films; particularly being a regular in Aki's films, appearing in 18 of them.
He started his career in 1962 as a radio actor at the Finnish state-owned 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 Jarmusch's 1991 film Night on Earth.
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| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 6.031 |
| Birthday | 1951-03-28 |
| Place of Birth | Helsinki, Finland |
| Also Known As | Tino Sandos, Martti Pellonpää, |
1986
Shadows in Paradise
7.297/362
Nikander, a rubbish collector and would-be entrepreneur, finds his plans for success dashed when his business associate dies. One evening, he meets Il...
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Shadows in Paradise
1988
Ariel
7.098/320
After the coal mine he works at closes and his father commits suicide, a Finnish man leaves for the city to make a living but there, he is framed and...
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Ariel
1991
Night on Earth
7.531/864
An anthology of 5 different cab drivers in 5 American and European cities and their remarkable fares on the same eventful night.
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Night on Earth
1994
Leningrad Cowboys Meet Moses
5.803/38
After years of fame and misfortune in Mexico, the members of the Leningrad Cowboys decide to return to their native village. Their former manager Vlad...
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Leningrad Cowboys Meet Moses
1989
Leningrad Cowboys Go America
6.895/162
The Leningrad Cowboys, a group of Siberian musicians, and their manager, travel to America seeking fame and fortune. As they cross the country, trying...
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Leningrad Cowboys Go America
1982
The Worthless
6.159/22
Manne, Harri, and Ville Alfa are rootless twenty-somethings in search of purpose for their banal lives. After Manne steals a priceless painting from a...
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The Worthless
1992
La Vie de Bohème
7.52/127
Three penniless artists become friends in modern-day Paris: Rodolfo, an Albanian painter with no visa, Marcel, a playwright and magazine editor with n...
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La Vie de Bohème
1991
Zombie and the Ghost Train
7.1/16
Antti "Zombie" Autiomaa does two things well: play the bass guitar and drink. After several months' sleeping on the streets of Istanbul, he returns to...
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Zombie and the Ghost Train
1983
Crime and Punishment
6.833/69
In Helsinki, an ex-law student turned slaughterhouse worker commits a senseless crime that catapults him into loneliness. Only a woman who accidentall...
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Crime and Punishment
1994
Take Care of Your Scarf, Tatjana
6.671/70
Two Finnish men agree to drive an Estonian woman and a Russian woman to a harbor.
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Take Care of Your Scarf, Tatjana
1989
Dirty Hands
5.3/10
A political drama set in the fictional country of Illyria between 1943 and 1945, the story is about the assassination of a leading politician. The cou...
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Dirty Hands
1990
Dolly and Her Lover
5.8/4
Detective Karisto releases Auno 'Räpsy' Pirilä from prison, who in turn has to calve his childhood friend Börje from criminal activities. Alcoholic Do...
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Dolly and Her Lover
1986
Kuningas lähtee Ranskaan
4.5/4
A new ice age is coming to England. All energy sources have been depleted and despair is taking over the earth. The young king decides to use his last...
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Kuningas lähtee Ranskaan
1989
Cha Cha Cha
6.7/7
A lawyer pays a visit to Matti Ojanperä, a bum living under a bridge in the Helsinki harbour, to inform him that he is about to inherit an American au...
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Cha Cha Cha
1999
L.A. Without a Map
5.9/49
An aspiring Hollywood actress, on a visit to a charming North England town, has a brief fling with the town undertaker, who also writes obituaries for...
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L.A. Without a Map
1991
Moonlight Sonata II: The Street Sweepers
4.577/13
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Moonlight Sonata II: The Street Sweepers
1985
Viimeiset rotannahat
5.3/3
Anssi Mänttäri’s low-budget movies with their intimate content have become classics. In this black comedy that takes place in Helsinki in summer the m...
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Viimeiset rotannahat
1995
Iron Horsemen
6/1
Bad Trip, a biker who has been freshly inducted into a gang, flees from them after stealing one of their bikes.
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Iron Horsemen
1985
Calamari Union
6.808/65
A group of men all called Frank—except for one named Pekka—have had enough of life in their working-class neighborhood, so they set off for a better e...
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Calamari Union
1970
Akseli and Elina
6.375/8
A former Red Rebellion leader returns home after being imprisoned for his participation in the Finnish Civil War, but soon finds out that wartime mind...
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Akseli and Elina
1987
Hamlet Goes Business
6.595/42
When Hamlet discovers his father’s deceased body, he finds himself pulled into a power struggle as his scheming uncle attempts to secure a monopoly on...
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Hamlet Goes Business
1990
Kiljusen herrasväen uudet seikkailut
4/4
That Kiljunen familys sets out find their two missing family members, who have been sent to Tampere by the Matalamäki boarding school for retraining d...
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Kiljusen herrasväen uudet seikkailut
1993
The Last Border
4.231/13
One man's quest for revenge in a post-apocalyptic world
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The Last Border
1984
The Clan: Tale of the Frogs
6.6/7
Young Alex Sammako has seen his brothers defy the law in a series of deeds that first land them in jail, and then, after they escape and return to the...
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The Clan: Tale of the Frogs
1984
Rakkauselokuva
4/2
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Rakkauselokuva
1977
Viimeinen savotta
5.625/8
Follows the life of a pauper child Vike Nilonpoika from the early 1900's to the 1960s. During this time he works as a lumberjack in Lapland after run...
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Viimeinen savotta
1984
Kello
4/4
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Kello
1984
Aikalainen
3/1
A Finnish adaptation of Notes from Underground by Fyodor Dostoevsky.
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Aikalainen
1985
Ylösnousemus
5.5/2
A man fakes his own suicide in order to see how his close ones react.
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Ylösnousemus
1962
The Boys
6.962/26
When Continuation War started in Summer 1941, German soldiers arrived to Oulu. With their charm they conquered women and town boys. Finnish boys commu...
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The Boys
1975
Kesän maku
3/2
Liisa, a young nurse returns to a remote island where she has spent the summer leaves in her youth. She soon gets to know some of the regular residen...
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Kesän maku
1981
Pedon merkki
4.6/7
Set during the Second World War in the Finnish war zone.
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Pedon merkki
1983
Regina ja miehet
0/0
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Regina ja miehet
1983
Huhtikuu on kuukausista julmin
4/4
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Huhtikuu on kuukausista julmin
1986
Näkemiin, hyvästi
6/1
When a new man appears in Tuula's life, Jorma does not tolerate the idea and begins to yearn back for his ex-wife. They drift into a situation where b...
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Näkemiin, hyvästi
1979
Ruskan jälkeen
4/2
It follows a year in the life of a family in the North-Eastern part of Finland. From the gloomy days of winter to the Mid Summer wedding festivities.
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Ruskan jälkeen
1976
Antti Puuhaara
7/1
In 17th-century Pohjola, young Antti Puuhaara is looking for himself, because he has grown up with no knowledge of his childhood. Two actors, the trag...
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Antti Puuhaara
1986
Rocky VI
5.713/68
Not to be confused with any of the sequels to Sylvester Stallone's classic Oscar-winning Rocky, this short film from Finnish filmmaker Aki Kaurismäki...
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Rocky VI
2011
Bohemian Eyes
6.7/3
Documentary about the life of Finnish actor Matti Pellonpää.
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Bohemian Eyes
1981
The Liar
6.313/16
Talkative, hyperactive young drifter Ville Alfa goes around Helsinki, basically trying to borrow money from friends and strangers by means of an inces...
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The Liar
1984
Marked
5.8/7
Irma Auer (Satu Silvo) is a former call-girl, trying to distance herself from the past. In a séance she is told to be 'marked for death', and is after...
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Marked
1982
Jackpot 2
5.1/14
Three young people, two boys and a girl, meet on a Friday evening in an urban post-disaster setting which has brought Helsinki to ruins. The boys' sol...
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Jackpot 2
1994
Pieniä valheita
2.7/3
The relationship between a priest's wife and the renovator crackles with passion. While the rectory terrace is being restored, there is a triangular d...
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Pieniä valheita
2013
Bluesia Pieksämäen asemalla
4.6/5
Juice Leskinen & Grand Slam live set recorded in 1988.
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Bluesia Pieksämäen asemalla
1989
Kumma juttu
0/0
A group of kids goes on an adventure to help their scientist friend.
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Kumma juttu
1969
Finnish Frustrations
0/0
Dances are ending. Last chance for women and men to find someone. Special prize at Tampere Film Festival 1970.
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Finnish Frustrations
1989
Paper Star
4.6/5
Anna Kelanen is an ex-model, who just has been released from prison. She thinks back on her life, when she was a rather successful model, and on the t...
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Paper Star
1993
Sutki
0/0
Finnish comedy.
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Sutki
1981
Kauhea murhamies Lalli
0/0
TV play about the legend of Lalli.
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Kauhea murhamies Lalli
1983
Onnentyttö
1/1
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Onnentyttö
1978
Päivä ennen
4/1
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Päivä ennen
1992
Where Is Musette?
0/0
Documentary filmed on-set during the making of Aki Kaurismaki's "La vie de Boheme"
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Where Is Musette?
1993
Chaplinesque
0/0
Musical tale of a happy man, whose happiness the Fur King tried to buy.
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Chaplinesque
1986
Päätepysäkki
2/1
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Päätepysäkki
1984
Se minun töistäni - Matti Pellonpää
0/0
Matti Pellonpää (1951-1995) was one of the most talented Finnish actors of his generation. In Eero Tuomikoski's documentary, we meet Pellonpää in 1984...
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