Pääru Oja
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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
Credits
Sisu: Road to Revenge (2025)
as Militsioner
Our Erika (2026)
as Jaanus Kuum
Vinski 2 (2026)
Actor
The Kidnapping of a President (2026)
as Colonel Viklund
The Shadow (2024)
as Juhan Liiv
1944 (2015)
as Medic Elmar Säinas
Säde (2017)
as Tristan
Dawn of War (2020)
as Peeter Parik
One-Dimensional Man (2025)
as Bandit
Helene (2020)
as Priest
The Spy and The Poet (2016)
as Siim
Goodbye Soviet Union (2020)
as Uncle Kolja
Hit Big (2022)
as Ninja
Between Covers (2018)
as Ott
Mihkel (2018)
as Mihkel
The Riddle of Jaan Niemand (2018)
as Tiidrik
Sad Inheritance (2024)
as Erik
Look What You Made Me Do (2020)
Actor
The Last Ones (2020)
as Rupi
The Suitors (2026)
as Peeter
The Vacationers (2023)
as Ivo
Christmas in the Jungle (2020)
as Andreas
Kid Detectives and the Secret of the White Lady (2013)
as Evaristus
Faulty Brides (2023)
as Jaak