Pääru Oja (born 16 May 1989) is an Estonian stage, film, voice, and television actor. Early life and education 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. Career Stage Following his graduation from the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre, Pääru Oja began an engagement at the Estonian Drama Theatre in Tallinn, where he is still currently employed. Some of Oja's more memorable roles at the Estonian Drama Theatre to date have been: Juhani, in Aleksis Kivi's Seven Brothers (2012) Dennis Dutton, in David Hare's The Vertical Hour (2012) T. Stedman Harder, in Eugene O'Neill's A Moon for the Misbegotten (2012) Silbe, in Andrus Kivirähk's Kevadine Luts (2012) Philip, in Lyle Kessler's Orphans (2013) Willem, in Tõnu Õnnepalu's Vennas (2014) Billy, in Nina Raine's Tribes (2014) Olav, in Mika Keränen's Kuldne Lurich (2014) Alyosha Karamazov, in Fyodor Dostoyevsky's The Brothers Karamazov (2015) Young Actor, in Michel Houellebecq's The Map and the Territory (2015) Boy, in Tõnu Õnnepalu's Mäed (2016) Nikolai Ivanov, in Anton Chekhov's Ivanov (2017) Piiri Leo, in Madis Kõiv and Aivo Lõhmus' Põud ja vihm Põlva kihelkonnan nelätõistkümnendämä aasta suvõl (2019) Oja has also appeared performed as Franz in Jaan Kruusvall's at the Saueaugu Theatre in Ohtla in 2011, and as Alexander Herzen in Tom Stoppard's The Coast of Utopia at the Tallinn City Theatre in 2013. Film Pääru Oja's first film appearance was in the role of Kristjan in the 2010 short Ei oska filmi teha, directed by Hardi Keerutaja and featuring Mikk Jürjens and Viire Valdma. Over the next few years, he appeared in a number of other film shorts. In 2013, he made his feature-length film debut in the small role of Evaristus