Pääru Oja
Acting

Pääru Oja

May 16, 1989 (36 years old) Tallinn, Harju County, Estonian SSR, USSR [now Estonia]

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.

Known For

Sisu: Road to Revenge

Sisu: Road to Revenge

2025 • Movie

Vikings: Valhalla

Vikings: Valhalla

2022 • TV

The Agency: Central Intelligence

The Agency: Central Intelligence

2024 • TV

Shadow and Bone

Shadow and Bone

2021 • TV

The Shadow

The Shadow

2024 • Movie

EnsV

EnsV

2019 • TV

Movie Credits (21)

Acting

2025

Sisu: Road to Revenge

as Militsioner

2024

The Shadow

as Juhan Liiv

2026

Säärane mulk

as Peeter

2015

1944

as Medic Elmar Säinas

2016

The Spy and The Poet

as Siim

2023

Faulty Brides

as Jaak

2022

Hit Big

as Ninja

2018

Mihkel

as Mihkel

2020

Helene

as Priest

2025

One-Dimensional Man

as Bandit

2020

Look What You Made Me Do

2026

The Kidnapping of a President

as Colonel Viklund

2020

Dawn of War

as Peeter Parik

2020

The Last Ones

as Rupi

2013

Kid Detectives and the Secret of the White Lady

as Evaristus

2023

The Vacationers

as Ivo

2024

Sad Inheritance

as Erik

2018

The Riddle of Jaan Niemand

as Tiidrik

2020

Goodbye Soviet Union

as Uncle Kolja

2020

Christmas in the Jungle

as Andreas

TV Credits (7)

Acting

2022

Vikings: Valhalla

as Arne Gormsson

8 episodes

2024

The Agency: Central Intelligence

as Man in Tracksuit / Special Op

2 episodes

2021

Shadow and Bone

as Mogens

2 episodes

2019

EnsV

as Velts

1 episodes

2020

Cold Courage

as David Vervloet

8 episodes

2018

Lõks

as Alex

16 episodes

2024

Valhalla Project

6 episodes

Personal Info

Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
May 16, 1989 (36 years old)
Place of Birth
Tallinn, Harju County, Estonian SSR, USSR [now Estonia]
Popularity
0.4

Career Stats

21
Movies
7
TV Shows