Pääru Oja

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

Vikings: Valhalla

Arne Gormsson

Shadow and Bone

Mogens

The Agency: Central Intelligence

Man in Tracksuit / Special Op

Cold Courage

David Vervloet

EnsV

Velts

Valhalla Project

1944

Medic Elmar Säinas

Filmography

Year	Movie	Role
2024	The Shadow	Juhan Liiv
2024	Sad Inheritance	Erik
2023	The Vacationers	Ivo
2023	Faulty Brides	Jaak
2022	Hit Big	Ninja
2020	The Last Ones	Rupi
2020	Goodbye Soviet Union	Uncle Kolja
2020	Dawn of War	Peeter Parik
2020	Look What You Made Me Do
2020	Helene	Priest
2020	Christmas in the Jungle	Andreas
2018	Mihkel	Mihkel
2018	The Riddle of Jaan Niemand	Tiidrik
2018	Between Covers	Ott
2016	The Spy and The Poet	Siim
2015	1944	Medic Elmar Säinas
2013	Kid Detectives and the Secret of the White Lady	Evaristus
	One-Dimensional Man	Bandit

Year	TV Show	Role
2024	Valhalla Project
2024	The Agency: Central Intelligence	Man in Tracksuit / Special Op
2022	Vikings: Valhalla	Arne Gormsson
2021	Shadow and Bone	Mogens
2020	Cold Courage	David Vervloet
2019	EnsV	Velts
2018	Lõks	Alex