Markku Peltola was a Finnish actor and musician. He was born in Helsinki

Helsinki

Helsinki is the capital and largest city in Finland. It is in the region of Uusimaa, located in southern Finland, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, an arm of the Baltic Sea. The population of the city of Helsinki is , making it by far the most populous municipality in Finland. Helsinki is...

 and grew up there. He was actively involved in founding and acting with the Telakka Theater in Tampere

Tampere

Tampere is a city in southern Finland. It is the most populous inland city in any of the Nordic countries. The city has a population of , growing to approximately 300,000 people in the conurbation and over 340,000 in the metropolitan area. Tampere is the third most-populous municipality in...

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Peltola is best known for starring opposite Kati Outinen

Kati Outinen

Anna Katriina Outinen is a Finnish actress who has often played leading female roles in Aki Kaurismäki's films.Outinen was born in Helsinki. Having studied under Jouko Turkka during his "reign" of drama studies in Finland, she nevertheless has never been associated with the "turkkalaisuus" school...

 in Aki Kaurismäki

Aki Kaurismäki

-Career:After studying Media Studies at the University of Tampere, Aki Kaurismäki started his career as a co-director in the films of his elder brother Mika Kaurismäki. His debut as an independent director was Crime and Punishment , Dostoyevsky's famous crime story set in modern-day Helsinki...

's Academy Award nominated film from 2002 The Man Without a Past

The Man Without a Past

The Man Without a Past is a 2002 Finnish comedy-drama film directed by Aki Kaurismäki and starring Markku Peltola, Kati Outinen and Juhani Niemelä. It is the second installment in Kaurismäki's Finland trilogy, the other two films being Drifting Clouds and Lights in the Dusk...

. Other films that Peltola has been in include V2 – jäätynyt enkeli, Young Gods

Young Gods (film)

Young Gods , is a 2003 film from Finland. The film centers around a group of Finnish teenagers who begin to make videos of themselves and others having sex...

, Drifting Clouds

Drifting Clouds (film)

Drifting Clouds is a 1996 Finnish film directed by Aki Kaurismäki and starring Kati Outinen, Kari Väänänen and Markku Peltola. The film is the first in Kaurismäki's Finland trilogy, the other 2 films being The Man Without a Past and Lights in the Dusk.- Plot :Ilona Koponen , a head waitress at...

, Jade Warrior

Jade Warrior (film)

According to the MTV3 website, the soundtrack was released on October 11, 2006.- External links :...

and Perhoshäkki.

Since the 1980s, Peltola was the singer and bass guitarist of the Finnish band Motelli Skronkle. He also released two solo albums: Buster Keatonin ratsutilalla, released by Ektro Records

Ektro Records

Ektro Records is an independent label based in Pori, Finland. It is operated by Jussi Lehtisalo who also plays on many of the label's releases. Ektro also operate three smaller imprints, Super Metsä and Full Contact and casette-only Ruton music.Releases:...

 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

Kangasala

Kangasala is a municipality in Finland, next to Tampere. It was founded in 1865. The municipality has a population of and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is ....

, Finland.

Partial filmography

• 1980: Espanjankävijät
• 1994: Take Care of Your Scarf, Tatiana
  Take Care of Your Scarf, Tatiana
  Take Care of Your Scarf, Tatiana , also translated as Take Care of Your Scarf, Tatjana, is a 1994 Finnish/German film directed, produced and co-written by Aki Kaurismäki...
  
  
• 1996: Drifting Clouds
  Drifting Clouds (film)
  Drifting Clouds is a 1996 Finnish film directed by Aki Kaurismäki and starring Kati Outinen, Kari Väänänen and Markku Peltola. The film is the first in Kaurismäki's Finland trilogy, the other 2 films being The Man Without a Past and Lights in the Dusk.- Plot :Ilona Koponen , a head waitress at...
  
  
• 1999: Juha
  Juha (film)
  Juha is a 1999 Finnish film written and directed by Aki Kaurismäki. The film is based on a famous 1911 novel by the Finnish author Juhani Aho marking this as the fourth time the novel was adapted for the screen. The original story takes place in the 18th century but Kaurismäki's remake is set in...
  
  
• 2002: The Man Without a Past
  The Man Without a Past
  The Man Without a Past is a 2002 Finnish comedy-drama film directed by Aki Kaurismäki and starring Markku Peltola, Kati Outinen and Juhani Niemelä. It is the second installment in Kaurismäki's Finland trilogy, the other two films being Drifting Clouds and Lights in the Dusk...
  
  
• 2004: Lasileuka
  Lasileuka
  Lasileuka is a 2004 Finnish short drama film directed by Zaida Bergroth. The film stars Emilia Sinisalo as Marianne.- Plot summary :Teenage Marianne and her little sister live with their alcoholic mother...
  
  
• 2006: Kamome Shokudo
  Kamome Shokudo
  is a 2006 comedy film written and directed by Japanese director Naoko Ogigami, based on a novel by Yōko Mure. The film is set in the Finnish capital Helsinki, and follows a Japanese woman who sets up a diner serving Japanese food in the city, and the friends she makes in the process.Cast members...
  
  
• 2006: Jade Warrior
  Jade Warrior (film)
  According to the MTV3 website, the soundtrack was released on October 11, 2006.- External links :...
  
  
• 2007: Riivaaja
• 2007: V2 – jäätynyt enkeli

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