# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/matti-pellonpaa
# Generated: 2026-08-13T22:04:49.622Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/matti-pellonpaa"
name: "Matti Pellonpää"
slug: "matti-pellonpaa"
description: "Matti Pellonpää 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."
tagline: "Finnish actor (1951–1995)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Matti-Pellonp%C3%A4%C3%A4-1990.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1951-03-28"
deathDate: "1995-07-13"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           50.58
  momentum:             0.1106853980417199
  historical:           17.81883333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0671231/"
    handle:    "nm0671231"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.novision.fi/matti.html"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/1685810"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%AA%D9%8A_%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%88%D9%86%D8%A8%D8%A7"
    title: "ماتي بيلونبا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%AA%D9%89_%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%88%D9%86%D8%A8%D8%A7"
    title: "ماتى بيلونبا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matti_Pellonp%C3%A4%C3%A4"
    title: "Matti Pellonpää"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matti_Pellonp%C3%A4%C3%A4"
    title: "Matti Pellonpää"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matti_Pellonp%C3%A4%C3%A4"
    title: "Matti Pellonpää"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matti_Pellonp%C3%A4%C3%A4"
    title: "Matti Pellonpää"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matti_Pellonp%C3%A4%C3%A4"
    title: "Matti Pellonpää"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%AA%DB%8C_%D9%BE%D9%84%D9%88%D9%86%D9%BE%D8%A7"
    title: "متی پلونپا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matti_Pellonp%C3%A4%C3%A4"
    title: "Matti Pellonpää"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matti_Pellonp%C3%A4%C3%A4"
    title: "Matti Pellonpää"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matti_Pellonp%C3%A4%C3%A4"
    title: "Matti Pellonpää"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9E%E3%83%83%E3%83%86%E3%82%A3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9A%E3%83%AD%E3%83%B3%E3%83%91%E3%83%BC"
    title: "マッティ・ペロンパー"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nds.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matti_Pellonp%C3%A4%C3%A4"
    title: "Matti Pellonpää"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matti_Pellonp%C3%A4%C3%A4"
    title: "Matti Pellonpää"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matti_Pellonp%C3%A4%C3%A4"
    title: "Matti Pellonpää"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%BF%D1%8F%D1%8F%2C_%D0%9C%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%82%D0%B8"
    title: "Пеллонпяя, Матти"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matti_Pellonp%C3%A4%C3%A4"
    title: "Matti Pellonpää"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%AA%DB%8C_%D9%BE%DB%8C%D9%84%D9%88%D9%86%D9%BE%D8%A7"
    title: "متی پیلونپا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%A9%AC%E8%92%82%C2%B7%E4%BD%A9%E9%BE%99%E5%B8%95"
    title: "马蒂·佩龙帕"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/72161983-4e74-4e08-adef-2980398cf7fa"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1351575"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/4826"
    title: "Matti Pellonpää"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump