Markku Peltola
Markku Peltola (12 July 1956 – 31 December 2007) was a Finnish actor and musician. He was born and grew up in Helsinki. He was actively involved in founding and acting with the Telakka Theater in Tampere. • Illustration — Telakka Theatre, Tampere, of which Peltola was a founding member Peltola is best known for starring opposite Kati Outinen in Aki Kaurismäki's Academy Award-nominated film from 2002 The Man Without a Past.
Markku Peltola

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- Name
- Markku Peltola
- Born
- 12 July 1956
- Birthplace
- Helsinki, Finland
- Died
- 31 December 2007
- Place of death
- Kangasala, Finland
- Nationality
- Finland
- Occupation
- actor · guitarist · singer · audio engineer · composer · musician
- Fields
- rock music
- Languages
- Finnish
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Markku Peltola (12 July 1956 – 31 December 2007) was a Finnish actor and musician. He was born and grew up in Helsinki. He was actively involved in founding and acting with the Telakka Theater in Tampere. • Illustration — Telakka Theatre, Tampere, of which Peltola was a founding member Peltola is best known for starring opposite Kati Outinen in Aki Kaurismäki's Academy Award-nominated film from 2002 The Man Without a Past.
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Markku Peltola (1956–2007) was an actor, audio engineer and composer, among other activities, of Finnish nationality. The actor was born in Helsinki and died in Kangasala.
The work spans rock music. Languages used include Finnish.
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Other films that Peltola featured in include V2 – jäätynyt enkeli, Young Gods, Drifting Clouds, Kamome Shokudo, Jade Warrior and Perhoshäkki. He also released two solo albums: Buster Keatonin ratsutilalla, released by Ektro Records in 2003 and Buster Keaton tarkistaa idän ja lännen at the beginning of 2006. Peltola died in the early hours of 31 December 2007 at his home in Kangasala, Finland.
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• Name — Markku Peltola • Born — 12 July 1956 • Birthplace — Helsinki, Finland • Died — 31 December 2007 • Place of death — Kangasala, Finland • Years Active — 1980 – 2007
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• Year — Title — Role — Notes • 1980 — Espanjankävijät — Sulo Paaso • 1981 — Valehtelija • 1982 — The Archer — Akin olinpaikan kertova nuori — Uncredited • 1992 — Tuhlaajapoika — Makkonen • 1992 — Papukaijamies — Kummajainen • 1993 — Harjunpää ja kiusantekijät — Risto Kullervo Kilpua, peeper 'Lasinaama' • 1994 — Take Care of Your Scarf, Tatiana • 1996 — Drifting Clouds — Lajunen • 1996 — Merisairas — Pony-tailed sailor • 1997 — Mustasilmä-Susanna ja lepakkoluolan aarre — Max • 1998 — Armon aika — Mies torilla • 1999 — Juha — Autonkuljettaja • 1999 — Sen täytyy tapahtua — Luke • 2002 — The Man Without a Past — M • 2002 — Ten Minutes Older: The Trumpet — (segment "Dogs Have No Hell") • 2003 — Kohtalon kirja — Tiedemies • 2003 — Hymypoika — Samin isä • 2004 — Lasileuka — Mies ravintolassa — Short • 2004 — Vares: Private Eye — Luusalmi • 2005 — Eläville ja kuolleille — Principal of Music School • 2005 — Lupaus — Matti • 2006 — Kamome Shokudo — Matti • 2006 — Jade Warrior — Berg • 2007 — V2 – jäätynyt enkeli — Luusalmi • 2007 — Riivaaja — Short • 2008 — Mina olin siin. Esimene arest • 2013 — Kalervo Palsa ja kuriton käsi — Isä / Intiaanipäällikkö / Kreivi Buharin — (final film role)
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Markku Peltola died at Kangasala.
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