
Birthday:
12-19-1957
Deathday:
09-13-2016 (58 years)
Birthplace:
Helsinki, Finland
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Vares: Private Eye
Act like Jari 'Hillosilmä' Munck
event2004 star_border 6.2
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On the trail of a woman, Vares finds himself caught up with underworld characters who are on the trail of hidden millions.
The Hijack That Went South
Act like Komisario Merivaara
event2013 star_border 5.4
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Aarno Lamminparras hijacked an airplane with a gun in 1978. A true story.
Hellsinki
Act like Uki
event2009 star_border 6.4
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In the mid-1960s, three small-time Finnish bootleggers seize control of their Helsinki neighborhood's black-market liquor business.
Producing Adults
Act like Doctor
event2004 star_border 5.2
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Longtime couple Venla and Antero come to a serious impasse. After years with Antero, Venla wants to start a family, but her boyfriend, worried that parenthood will stifle his speed-skating career, secretly gets a vasectomy. Determined to have a child, Venla seeks help from a female fertility doctor, a decision that breeds new possibilities for the prospective mother when she falls in love with the doctor.
MP – minä pelkään
Act like Father
event1982 star_border 5.5
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In the near future, an out-of-control military drill shatters the peace of a family spending their summer vacation. War appears to be breaking out – or are the shocking events just a fabrication of the protagonists’ imagination?
Frozen Land
Act like Kauppias
event2005 star_border 6.9
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When a schoolteacher is sacked, he projects his bad mood at his troubled teenage son. The son, in turn, buys a CD player from a pawnshop with counterfeit money. This starts a chain reaction of misery as every victim projects his problems on to another person.
The Mine
Act like Jussin appiukko
event2016 star_border 6.8
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A young and ambitious civil servant Jussi finds himself being in charge of the environmental permit of a huge nickel and uranium mine in Northern Finland. The Talvivaara mine, led by a charismatic globe trotting visioner Pekka Perä is introducing an entirely new method of collecting minerals whilst creating jobs in one of the poorest areas in Scandinavia. Jussi slowly discovers that he has been led astray by several people and that the new method has serious downsides he did not forsee. The mine is causing environmental hazards that are being hushed down. A new application for another permit is brough to his table by the same mine. Along with the application comes an interesting job offer and a chance of a new beginning. Jussi has to decide whether he will play along and if so, with whom.
8-Ball
Act like Poliisipäällikkö
event2013 star_border 6
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8-Ball tells the story of single mother Pike who, having just been released from prison, is trying to start her life anew. When her former boyfriend Lalli comes back from abroad, it opens a window into a past that Pike wants to put behind her.
Freakin' Beautiful World
Act like Esa, Papun isä
event1997 star_border 5.4
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The Helsinki-based teenagers Ippe, Papu and Mia have become entangled in drug circles. Their problems get even worse when violent dealer Kalle starts blackmailing the indebted Ippe.
Pearls and Pigs
Act like Ukko
event2003 star_border 6.2
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When their bootlegging father ends up in jail, four twenty-something brothers need money to pay his debts to local crooks. Next, their 9-year-old half-sister is dumped on their doorstep by her prostitute mother. A karaoke set helps reveal that the little girl is quite a singer, just as a talent contest for children is coming up on national television offering more than enough money to the winner.
Routasydän
Act like Uuttu
event1993 star_border 6
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In this gloomy scenario about Finland's upcoming membership in the European Union, the country has become a poor peripheral area plagued by energy shortages and civil wars. Escaping the city to his summer cottage with his children and a lady next door, a divorced university teacher is forced to pick up a young delirious woman from the roadside. He soon falls in love with her, only to find out she is a sought-after deserter from a violent guerilla army.
i + i
Act like Hannu
event1981
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An experimental student film about failure and existential anxiety relating to student life.
Suuri illusioni
Act like Hart
event1985 star_border 2.3
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Based on the book "Suuri Illusioni" by finnish writer Mika Waltari.
8 Days to Premiere
Act like Risto
event2008 star_border 4.5
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A love story set in the world of theater. Romeo and Juliet is to be the season's grand premiere. Noora, the female lead in the play, breaks her leg at the kickoff party, and Laura, an actress who due to her debilitating stage fright has ended up as the prompter for the play, gets a chance of a lifetime. There are 8 days to the premiere.
A Long Hot Summer
Act like Jimi's Father
event1999 star_border 6.6
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The story of a rock band "Kalle Päätalo" in the 1980s.
The Good Son
Act like Hannu
event2011 star_border 4.8
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When his mother takes a shine to a man at a party, a young man begins to lose his grip on reality.
Niskavuori
Act like Poika-Nieminen
event1984 star_border 6.4
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Ilona, a young elementary school teacher, arrives in Hämäläiskylä . He and Aarne, the host of Niskavuori, who is frustrated with his marriage, fall in love. The relationship becomes a public secret. Aarne's wife Martta, who owns half of Niskavuori, wants to hold on to her husband until the last. For Liskisa, the matriarch of Niskavuori, the most important thing is the reputation and honor of the family.
Romanovin kivet
Act like Marco
event1993 star_border 5.2
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This action packed Finnish thriller tells the tale of two friends who get their revenge against the millionaire who double-crossed them. Patrick and Tony are hired by the wealthy gambler to steal the priceless Romanov stones, Russian jewels. They do it, but almost lose their lives when he double-crosses them. They turn around and get revenge, his money, his wife, and his daughter.
Pimeys odottaa
Act like Matti Mäki
event1985 star_border 3.5
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Matti Mäki is a young man who gets involved with a corrupt police man seeking proof that his wife, a night club singer, is cheating on him in this film noir style thriller.
Sincerely Yours in Cold Blood
Act like Rafu (2 ep.)
event2000 star_border 7.3
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Kylmäverisesti sinun (Sincerely Yours in Cold Blood) is a Finnish true crime drama television series. All episodes are based on real life cases. The show follows Helsinki central police department investigator Veli Miettinen and lawyer Mira Kataja as they tackle with personal life problems and try to keep their relationship purely professional.
Scene of the Crime
Act like Rane (1 ep.)
event1970 star_border 6.2
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Tatort is a long-running German/Austrian/Swiss, crime television series set in various parts of these countries. The show is broadcast on the channels of ARD in Germany, ORF in Austria and SF1 in Switzerland.
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