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Jasper Pääkkönen

Actor

Jasper Pääkkönen

Born July 15, 1980 in Helsinki, Finland28 films

Jasper Pääkkönen (born July 15, 1980) is a Finnish actor and entrepreneur. Pääkkönen became famous in Finland playing Saku Salin in the Finnish television soap opera Salatut elämät (1999–2002) and have since then starred in many #1 Finnish box office hits, including Bad Boys (2003), Matti: Hell Is for Heroes (2006) and Lapland Odyssey (2010).

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He made his international breakthrough role in historical drama television series Vikings (2015-2020) as Halfdan the Black. In March 2019, it was reported that Pääkkönen had been attached to Spike Lee's Netflix original film Da 5 Bloods. A week later, it was announced that Pääkkönen had also landed a major role in the upcoming Black Tower series based on the novels by Stephen King, but the series was subsequently cancelled in early 2020.

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BlacKkKlansman posterFirst watchBlacKkKlansman20187.5as Felix KendricksonColorado Springs, late 1970s. Ron Stallworth, an African American police officer, and Flip Zimmerman, his Jewish colleague, run an undercover operation to infiltrate the Ku Klux Klan.View film

Essential films

Ranked by acclaim and reach
Da 5 Bloods poster6.4Da 5 Bloods2020Lapland Odyssey poster6.5Lapland Odyssey2010Frozen Land poster6.8Frozen Land2005Heart of a Lion poster6.6Heart of a Lion2013Hellsinki poster6.4Hellsinki2009Attack on Finland poster5.6Attack on Finland2021Bad Boys: A True Story poster5.7Bad Boys: A True Story2003

Filmography

28 films as actor
  1. 2024Vares XKyypakkaus
  2. 2023Last RideKaapo
  3. 2023The Unhanged
  4. 2021Attack on FinlandMarkus Tanner
  5. 2020Da 5 BloodsSeppo Havelin
  6. 2020The Dark TowerMarten Broadcloak
  7. 2018BlacKkKlansmanFelix Kendrickson
  8. 2016Jet TrashMike
  9. 2015Vares: The SheriffKyypakkaus
  10. 2013Heart of a LionHarri
  11. 2012Vares: Tango of DarknessKyypakkaus
  12. 2012Vares: Gambling ChipKyypakkaus
  13. 2012Naked HarbourAnders
  14. 2011Vares: Garter SnakeKyypakkaus
  15. 2011Vares: The Girls of AprilKyypakkaus
  16. 2011Vares: The Kiss of EvilKyypakkaus
  17. 2010Lapland OdysseyKapu
  18. 2010Moomins and the Comet ChaseMuumi (voice)
  19. 2009HellsinkiKorppu
  20. 2008The SubtenantKikke
  21. 2008Moomin and Midsummer MadnessMuumipeikko (voice)
  22. 2007V2: Dead AngelDan 'Dante Hell' Hellman
  23. 2006Matti: Hell Is for HeroesMatti
  24. 2005Frozen LandNiko Smolander
  25. 2004Vares: Private EyeJarmo
  26. 2004AddictionAleksi
  27. 2003Bad Boys: A True StoryEero Takkunen
  28. 1988Ihmiselon ihanuus ja kurjuusArvi Hongisto