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Matti Pellonpää is a Actor and Gaffer Finlandais born on 28 march 1951 at Helsinki (Finlande)
Matti Pellonpää (28 March 1951 in Helsinki – 13 July 1995 in Vaasa) was a 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.
His private life melded seamlessly with his acting work. He was considered a natural bohemian, and a genuine everyman without ego. He frequently used his own life as a basis for his acting, eschewing wardrobe provided, acting in his own clothes. He had a tattoo of Snoopy on his left bicep.
Pellonpää was the frontman for the band Peltsix (1989–1995). Peltsix gained cult following with its tragic, and at the same time, comic songs. Peltsix's songs were composed by Pale Saarinen, Kari Makkonen and Jukka Haikonen.
Matti Pellonpää died of a heart attack on 13 July 1995 at the age of 44.
In 1996, Pellonpää was one of the people commemorating 100 years of Finnish Cinema on a stamp.
A Finnish documentary film Boheemi elää/Bohemian Eyes on Pellonpää's life was made in 2011 (directed by Janne Kuusi).
Au début des années 1980, il entame une longue collaboration avec les frères Aki et Mika Kaurismäki. Après sa mort, le portrait de Pellonpää apparaît régulièrement dans les films d'Aki Kaurismäki.
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Matti Pellonpää
Nationality Finlande
Birth 28 march 1951 at Helsinki (Finlande)
Death 13 july 1995 (at 44 years) at Vaasa (Finlande)
Birth 28 march 1951 at Helsinki (Finlande)
Death 13 july 1995 (at 44 years) at Vaasa (Finlande)
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.
His private life melded seamlessly with his acting work. He was considered a natural bohemian, and a genuine everyman without ego. He frequently used his own life as a basis for his acting, eschewing wardrobe provided, acting in his own clothes. He had a tattoo of Snoopy on his left bicep.
Pellonpää was the frontman for the band Peltsix (1989–1995). Peltsix gained cult following with its tragic, and at the same time, comic songs. Peltsix's songs were composed by Pale Saarinen, Kari Makkonen and Jukka Haikonen.
Matti Pellonpää died of a heart attack on 13 July 1995 at the age of 44.
In 1996, Pellonpää was one of the people commemorating 100 years of Finnish Cinema on a stamp.
A Finnish documentary film Boheemi elää/Bohemian Eyes on Pellonpää's life was made in 2011 (directed by Janne Kuusi).
Biography
Il commence sa carrière en 1962 comme acteur de drames radiophoniques sur la radio d'État YLE. Durant les années 1970, il se produit comme acteur amateur dans de nombreux théâtres, tout en suivant des cours à l'académie de théâtre finlandaise, d'où il sort diplômé en 1977.Au début des années 1980, il entame une longue collaboration avec les frères Aki et Mika Kaurismäki. Après sa mort, le portrait de Pellonpää apparaît régulièrement dans les films d'Aki Kaurismäki.
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L.A. Without a Map (1999)
, 1h47Directed by Mika Kaurismäki
Origin France
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors David Tennant, Vinessa Shaw, Jean-Pierre Kalfon, Julie Delpy, Vincent Gallo, Monte Hellman
Roles Rodolfo (archive footage) (uncredited)
Rating59%
While visiting a Northern English city, Barbara (Vinessa Shaw), an aspiring Hollywood actress, has a fling with the town undertaker Richard (David Tennant), who also writes obituaries for the local paper and has written one unpublished novel, Uzi Suicide. Barbara returns home, where she works as a waitress at a Japanese restaurant. She brags about the handsome writer she met while away. Unfortunately, Richard follows her to Hollywood.
Drifting Clouds (1996)
, 1h36Directed by Aki Kaurismäki
Origin Finlande
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes Cooking films
Actors Kati Outinen, Kari Väänänen, Markku Peltola, Sakari Kuosmanen, Elina Salo, Outi Mäenpää
Roles Enfant sur la photo
Rating75%
Ilona Koponen (Kati Outinen), a head waitress at Dubrovnik restaurant, is married to Lauri (Kari Väänänen), a tram driver. The couple live in a small, modestly furnished apartment in Helsinki. As they both come home from work late one night, Lauri surprises Ilona with a new television which he purchased on store credit. There is a short discussion between the two regarding their ability to meet their financial obligations but they agree that the TV payments are manageable.
Leningrad Cowboys Meet Moses (1994)
, 1h32Directed by Aki Kaurismäki
Origin Finlande
Genres Comedy, Adventure, Musical
Actors Matti Pellonpää, Kari Väänänen, André Wilms, Mato Valtonen, Aki Kaurismäki
Roles Moses / Vladimir
Rating56%
Picking up where Leningrad Cowboys Go America left off, the band has settled in Mexico after charting a top ten hit there. However, many band members become alcoholics spending most of their day drinking tequila. Before long, more than half of the band members have died from excessive drinking. The surviving members have, in the mean time, become naturalized Mexicans, complete with mustaches, Mexican wardrobe but with their pompadours still intact.
, 1h2Directed by Aki Kaurismäki
Origin Finlande
Genres Comedy, Romance
Themes Transport films, Films about automobiles, Road movies
Actors Kati Outinen, Matti Pellonpää, Mato Valtonen, Elina Salo
Roles Reino
Rating71%
Valto (Mato Valtonen) lives with his mother, who runs a clothing business. Valto is seen sewing clothes for his mother at the beginning of the film. When he discovers the coffee has run out, and his mother refuses to make him new one right away, he locks his mother in a cupboard, steals her money and goes out. Valto finds Reino (Matti Pellonpää), who has been fixing Valto’s car. They then go on a road trip with no apparent destination. With music coming out of a in-car vinyl player of Valto’s car and Reino’s story about how he got into some legal trouble after he punched someone, the two seemingly enjoy the road trip. This is a typical Kaurismäki’s ordinary-scene-made-interesting moment.
La Vie de Bohème (1992)
, 1h40Directed by Aki Kaurismäki
Origin France
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romance
Actors Matti Pellonpää, André Wilms, Kari Väänänen, Jean-Pierre Léaud, Évelyne Didi, Christine Murillo
Roles Rodolfo
Rating75%
Marcel (André Wilms) is an impoverished Parisian poet and playwright who is evicted from his extremely modest room after he is unable to pay rent for it. While roaming the streets of Paris, he meets Rodolfo (Matti Pellonpää), a painter from Albania who is almost equally poor and is in the country illegally. They quickly discover they are kindred spirits since they both share the same love for art without much regard for their worldly well-being. The two eventually make another friend in Schaunard (Kari Väänänen), an Irish composer who is now renting Marcel's former room. The three friends help each other in the daily struggle to survive by sharing whatever little money they have among each other in order to maintain a basic and simple standard of living.
Night on Earth (1991)
, 2h9Directed by Jim Jarmusch
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy
Themes Transport films, Films about the labor movement, Films about automobiles
Actors Gena Rowlands, Winona Ryder, Roberto Benigni, Lisanne Falk, Béatrice Dalle, Armin Mueller-Stahl
Roles Mika
Rating76%
As evening falls, tomboy cabby Corky (Winona Ryder) picks up Hollywood executive Victoria Snelling (Gena Rowlands) from the airport, and as Corky drives, Victoria tries to conduct business over the phone. Despite their extreme differences socially, the two develop a certain connection. Sometime during the ride Victoria, who is evidently a talent scout or casting director, discovers that Corky would be ideal for a part in a movie she is casting, but Corky rejects the offer, as she has plans to become a mechanic.
Zombie and the Ghost Train (1991)
, 1h28Directed by Mika Kaurismäki
Genres Drama, Comedy, Musical
Actors Matti Pellonpää, Mato Valtonen, Halil Ergün, Kari Väänänen
Roles Harri
Rating71%
Leningrad Cowboys Go America (1989)
, 1h18Directed by Aki Kaurismäki
Origin Finlande
Genres Comedy, Musical theatre, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Transport films, Musical films, Road movies
Actors Matti Pellonpää, Kari Väänänen, Jim Jarmusch, Sakari Kuosmanen, Mato Valtonen
Roles Vladimir (Manager)
Rating69%
The Leningrad Cowboys, a band with foot-long quiff hairstyles and long Winklepicker shoes to match, are seeking success in Siberia, but nobody seems to like their music, except for the mute village idiot, Igor (Kari Väänänen). Thwarted by a lack of local commercial potential, they are encouraged to move to America, for people will "buy anything" there. They depart for New York, bringing with them a band member who had frozen the previous night while practicing outside.
Ariel (1988)
, 1h13Directed by Aki Kaurismäki
Origin Finlande
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Crime, Animation, Romance
Themes Transport films, Road movies
Actors Turo Pajala, Susanna Haavisto, Matti Pellonpää, Miki Hirano, Megumi Hayashibara, Esko Nikkari
Roles Mikkonen
Rating74%
À la suite de la fermeture de la mine où travaillent Taisto Kasurinen et son père, ce dernier se suicide et Taisto part pour Helsinki avec la voiture décapotable léguée par son père. En route, on l'agresse et lui vole toutes ses économies. Il survit en travaillant au noir comme manutentionnaire sur le port et rencontre une jeune femme avec un enfant. Il cherche vainement du travail et retrouve un de ses agresseurs qu'il poursuit et c'est lui qui est emprisonné pour agression à main armée. En prison, il commence à rêver de quitter le pays pour une vie nouvelle. Il s'évade avec son compagnon de cellule mais les choses ne vont pas comme il voulait.
Hamlet Goes Business (1987)
, 1h26Directed by Aki Kaurismäki
Origin Finlande
Genres Drama, Comedy
Themes Films about families, Théâtre, Political films, Films based on plays, Films based on works by William Shakespeare, Films about royalty
Actors Pirkka-Pekka Petelius, Kati Outinen, Esko Salminen, Elina Salo, Esko Nikkari, Kari Väänänen
Roles Guard
Rating68%
Une adaptation contemporaine du Hamlet de Shakespeare où l'intrigue, relativement bien respectée mais traitée avec l'humour à froid du réalisateur, est transposée dans le cadre d'une grande entreprise familiale.
Shadows in Paradise (1986)
, 1h14Directed by Aki Kaurismäki
Origin Finlande
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romance
Actors Matti Pellonpää, Kati Outinen, Sakari Kuosmanen, Esko Nikkari, Mato Valtonen, Aki Kaurismäki
Roles Nikander
Rating74%
Nikander est éboueur. Il tombe amoureux d'Ilona, employée de supermarché. Ilona qui va se faire licencier vole la caisse du supermarché et ne sait trop qu'en faire. Afin d'éviter les ennuis, Nikander va la replacer discrètement à sa place. La liaison entre Nikander et Ilona est difficile : ils se séparent. Mais Nikander aime Ilona et il part à sa reconquête.
Calamari Union (1985)
, 1h22Directed by Aki Kaurismäki
Origin Finlande
Genres Drama, Comedy
Actors Sakari Kuosmanen, Matti Pellonpää, Pirkka-Pekka Petelius, Markku Toikka, Mato Valtonen, Kari Väänänen
Roles Frank
Rating69%
Calamari Union tells the story of sixteen men, all called Frank (inspired by Frank Armoton) apart from one man called Pekka. Collectively the Franks and Pekka are unhappy with life in Kallio, a working-class district of Helsinki, and decide to move to Eira, an upper-class district, imagining it to be unspoiled. In fact the two districts are not very far apart, but the journey across the city takes on epic proportions, as each of the men falls by the wayside through marriage, work or death.
The Contemporary (1984)
Genres Drama
Actors Kati Outinen, Matti Pellonpää, Markku Lehmuskallio
Rating47%
The Clan: Tale of the Frogs (1984)
, 1h35Directed by Mika Kaurismäki
Genres Drama, Comedy, Action, Crime, Romance
Actors Antti Litja, Kari Väänänen, Matti Pellonpää, Lasse Pöysti, Esko Nikkari, Veijo Pasanen
Roles Ritsari
Rating65%
Crime and Punishment (1983)
, 1h33Directed by Aki Kaurismäki
Origin Finlande
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Markku Toikka, Esko Nikkari, Matti Pellonpää
Roles Nikander
Rating70%
Une adaptation du roman Crime et Châtiment de Fiodor Dostoïevski.