Actor
Jussi Vatanen
Born January 30, 1978 in Sonkajärvi, Finland27 films
Jussi Vatanen (born 30 January 1978 in Sonkajärvi) is a Finnish actor. He graduated from Theatre Academy Helsinki in 2005 and has since then worked for several Finnish theatres. He became a household name in Finland after joining the cast of a weekly sketch comedy show Putous in its second season in 2011.
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Vatanen has also appeared in other television programs and films. In 2010, he was nominated for a Jussi Award for the Best Actor in a Leading Role for his work in a Dome Karukoski film Lapland Odyssey. He has also appeared in films The Unknown Soldier (2017) and Fallen Leaves (2023), for which both he was nominated for Jussi Awards as well.
Vatanen is married to a singer Marika Tuhkala. They have a daughter.
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First watchUnknown Soldier20177.4as KoskelaThe film follows Finnish army machine gun company in Continuation War against Soviet Union, 1941–1944. Based on Väinö Linna's best selling novel Tuntematon Sotilas (The Unknown Soldier)…View filmEssential films
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Filmography
27 films as actor- TBAArroganceOssi
- 2026Red Snow
- 2026Blue BabyKari
- 2026The Kidnapping of a PresidentJaeger colonel Eero Kuussaari
- 2026Vinski 2Karppinen
- 2025Summer Is CrazySamppa
- 2023Fallen LeavesHolappa
- 2022KoskinenTohtori Jokinen
- 2022Bad WomenMarko
- 2021Dark CornersZaney
- 2020Forest GiantPasi Kauppi
- 2017Unknown SoldierKoskela
- 2017Lapland Odyssey 3Janne
- 2016Off the MapVaittinen
- 2015Lapland Odyssey 2Janne
- 2015Glass CeilingMika
- 2015We Are the Pirates of the RoadsKulta-Pete
- 2014Towards the Day of DoomJulle Rekola
- 2013Puolin ja toisinRauno
- 2013Heart of a LionKulmala
- 2013The Hijack That Went SouthPerämies Calle Snock
- 2012FanaticsTuukka Tiensuu
- 2011RistoAgentti
- 2011Dirty BombJali
- 2010Lapland OdysseyJanne
- 2006Legend of the Lake BodomCop on Duty
- 2006Kolme suudelmaatarjoilija