Turo Pajala (16 November 1955 − 28 February 2007) was a Finnish actor.
Pajala played the leading role as an unemployed coal miner Taisto Kasurinen in an Aki Kaurismäki film Ariel, and won the Bronze St. George award for Best Actor at the 16th Moscow International Film Festival. He also played many supporting roles in films and on television.
Pajala's personal life took a downturn after Ariel, when he withdrew from the public eye. He made his final film appearance in 1998 in a Joona Tena film Kulkurin taivas. His final work in television came in 2007 with the role of a Christmas tree salesman in a television series Taivaan tulet.
Turo Pajala's father Erkki Pajala (1929–1992) was also an actor. He had one daughter from his first marriage to actress Aino Seppo.
1997
as Työtön
1992
as Hotel Clerk
1992
as Wrestler
1991
as Kuvaaja
1988
as Konstaapeli
1988
as Taisto Kasurinen
1987
as Rosencranz
1987
as Raino
1987
as Make
1986
1986
as Jami
1986
as Artilleryman
1985
as Paavo