
Birthday:
07-23-1977
(47 years)
Birthplace:
Helsinki, Finland
Biography
Pekka Strang is a Finnish actor and ex-artistic director of Helsinki City Theatre, where he worked 2005-2014. He is best known for his roles in Kites Over Helsinki (2001), Tom of Finland (2017) and Dogs Don't Wear Pants (2019).
Strang graduated from Helsinki Theatre Academy in 2001.
Strang graduated from Helsinki Theatre Academy in 2001.
Read morearrow_drop_down
Their works
- Release swap_vert
- Title swap_vert
- Ratings swap_vert
close
Death Is a Problem for the Living
Act like Risto
event2023 star_border 6.4
top_panel_open
The cheapest drivers in the hearse business, gambling addict Risto Kivi and his friend Arto Niska, an 85% brainless man, have found themselves in a situation where everything has gone wrong and a fresh start is needed.
Snot and Splash: The Mystery of Disappearing Holes
Act like Migrén Junior
event2024 star_border 5.9
top_panel_open
Snot and Splash travel to their grandmother's house in the small town of Mouthwash for a winter holiday. Once there, they discover that everything is a little off in what used to be a very ordinary town. The strangest thing is that holes are disappearing from the town. Snot and Splash set out to investigate and manage to get on the trail of a local dentist, Migrén Junior. However, the investigation is in danger of failing when messy Snot and diligent Splash get into an argument with each other. How can Mouthwash be restored and the holes put back in place if the boys can't work together? The only way to restore the world is for the brothers to work together.
The Last Kingdom: Seven Kings Must Die
Act like Anlaf
event2023 star_border 7.2
top_panel_open
In the wake of King Edward's death, Uhtred of Bebbanburg and his comrades adventure across a fractured kingdom in the hopes of uniting England at last.
Producing Adults
Act like Miro
event2004 star_border 5.2
top_panel_open
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.
The World Champion
Act like Fischer
event2021 star_border 6.5
top_panel_open
Some sporting victories are about more than just claiming a title. Some of them go down in history. The film follows the most dramatic and legendary showdown in the history of chess – the match between Anatoly Karpov, then world champion, and Viktor Korchnoi, a recent emigrant from the USSR. In this battle between two outstanding chess players, a duel of personalities under immense psychological pressure, the stakes are incomprehensibly high.
The Summer Book
Act like Mr. Malander
event2025 star_border 7
top_panel_open
The story of the relationship between Sophia, an eight-year-old girl who is growing up fast, and her grandmother, who is nearing the end of her life. They are spending time together with Sophia’s father, at the family summer house on a tiny unspoiled island in the Gulf of Finland. All three are coming to terms with the recent death of Sophia’s mother in very different ways.
The Grump: In Search of an Escort
Act like Larsson
event2022 star_border 6.4
top_panel_open
Grump's life follows the same familiar routines: spring is here and the early potato harvest is ripening. But Grump crashes his beloved Ford Escort and the car has to be scrapped. A new, modern vehicle is no match for quality and the nearest Escort, a 1972 model, can be found in Germany. When the Grumps's sons refuse to help, he must travel to Germany alone.
Not Withholding Anything from You
event2024
top_panel_open
How do artists view their own work? How does actor Esko Salminen immerse himself in his roles, how does the writer/director Saara Turunen create a whole new world for the stage, and why does musician PK Keränen pick up his guitar time and time again? Is creativity a conscious or subconscious process, a pleasure or a compulsion? Veikko Aaltonen’s documentary takes us straight into the heart of creativity with artists from different fields and generations. Celebrating the various forms of passion and creative work, the film presents a compelling case for the significance of art.
Tom of Finland
Act like Touko Laaksonen / Tom of Finland
event2017 star_border 6.7
top_panel_open
Touko Laaksonen, a decorated officer, returns home after a harrowing and heroic experience serving his country in World War II, but life in Finland during peacetime proves equally distressing. He finds peace-time Helsinki rampant with persecution of the homosexual and men around him even being pressured to marry women and have children. Touko finds refuge in his liberating art, specialising in homoerotic drawings of muscular men, free of inhibitions. His work – made famous by his signature ‘Tom of Finland’ – became the emblem of a generation of men and fanned the flames of a gay revolution.
Kites Over Helsinki
Act like Dani Bexar
event2001 star_border 4.9
top_panel_open
Epic tale about two generations of men in a wealthy Finnish family, spanning from the 1960s all the way through the early 1990s. The father has achieved his position as director of the family business through marrying the heiress. Their eldest son Dani, hoped to succeed his father, succumbs to drugs while pursuing a career in rock music. Younger Riku grows up under the shadow of his more talented big brother and slowly drifts into the late 1980s, noticing then how many of his friends have managed to take advantage of the economic upswing.
The Ceiling
Act like Tuomas
event2018 star_border 6
top_panel_open
On the brink of divorce a middle aged man, Olavi, retreats to his cabin by the lake. After a few days he finds that the ceiling has come down making him unable to stand up straight. His friend Tuomas arrives and insists that something has to be done whereas Olavi is content with the limited space.
95
Act like Johannes
event2017 star_border 4.5
top_panel_open
Set in the final weekend of the year 1995 Ice Hockey World Championships, 95 tells through overlapping stories why Finland became a ice hockey world champion and how it affected the whole nation.
Hayflower, Quiltshoe and the Rubens Brothers
Act like Sorkkarauta-Salonen
event2017 star_border 6
top_panel_open
When Kattilakoski family goes on a week-long Summer vacation to a rented cottage, the local police constables Bigbelly and Stronglass are joyful. Finally one week of peace! Their joy doubles when they win a rent-free summer cottage for one week. What they don't know is, that these two cottages are next to each other! When the truth comes out, the constables are forced to masquerade themselves to remain incognito. Unfortunately their alter egos, artistic Rubens brothers, become an instant hit for Mother Kattilakoski. Hayflower and Quiltshoe have instant doubts about Rubens; they must be escaped bandits instead. The girls set to prove their theory.
Ragged Life of Juice Leskinen
Act like Harri Rinne
event2018 star_border 6
top_panel_open
Juice Leskinen was a singer, songwriter, poet, lyricist, folk artist – the father figure of Finnish rock lyrics. The most important factor of Juice's life was his love life. Everything else – booze, lyrics and fame – came as its by-product. The movie tells the story of love professional, of a man who felt deeply and extremely sensitively, but wounded many people, including himself.
Helsinki Mansplaining Massacre
Act like Jonne
event2018 star_border 5.5
top_panel_open
One woman’s desperate struggle to survive a horde of men with frail egos, who just want to explain everything to her. But the biggest horror may be closer to her than she thinks.
A Chamber Play
Act like Tobias
event2018
top_panel_open
The psychoanalyst Helena receives a new patient, Alice. But the story Alice is telling gets uncomfortably close to Helena's own life.
Dogs Don't Wear Pants
Act like Juha
event2019 star_border 6.9
top_panel_open
Juha has lost his wife in an accident. Years after, he still feels numb and unable to connect with people. Meeting Mona, a dominatrix, changes everything.
Play God
Act like Self
event2011 star_border 7
top_panel_open
Play God is a humorous documentary that neither apologizes nor whines but simply recounts, with brutal honesty, the story of a failed splatter film project.
We're Not Here
Act like Anton
event2019 star_border 1
top_panel_open
When tragedy interrupts their secret seaside tryst, the prospect of going public brings two men to a standoff.
Naked Harbour
Act like Lauri
event2012 star_border 6
top_panel_open
Naked Harbour is a movie about Finnish love in the year 2011. It is a story about people who seek love and acceptance at any cost. During one winter week all its characters face something irreversible.
Yellow Sulphur Sky
Act like Alex Rabell
event2021 star_border 6.8
top_panel_open
In his youth, the author Frej has already found a deep connection and passion with an upper-class girl, Stella Rabell, that has lasted between them through the decades. When Stella's older brother Alex falls victim to a stabbing attack, Frej begins to reminisce about the events of decades past. Frej's memories from the bright 1970s to the present day are filled with love, jealousy, betrayal, life and death.
Memory of Water
Act like Major Bolin
event2022 star_border 5.5
top_panel_open
Centuries in the future, world's freshwater supplies are running out. Wars are waged over water, and China rules over Europe, including the Scandinavian Union. Far in the north, young woman, Noria, is learning to become a Tea Master, like her father. Tea Masters alone know the location of hidden water sources, including the natural spring that Noria’s father tends, which once provided water for her whole village. After her father dies, the military moves in to watch over the village -- and Noria. Refusing to give in her freshwater spring, Noria digs in deeper into her family’s secret. Within the Tea Masters’ books, she finds information that the government’s power is based on lies, that there still might be fresh water left for everyone. She risks her own life and sets out on a dangerous journey to find out if this is true.
Lost Boys
Act like Narrator (Voice)
event2020 star_border 6.2
top_panel_open
Lost Boys tells the true, undisguised story of what happened ten years ago, after group of friends continued their eternal afterparty following the success of their movie premiere, Reindeerspotting: Escape From Santaland, which depicted group of drug users from Rovaniemi, Finland. The partying ends when friends of Joonas goes missing and Jani dies violently in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Joonas takes his camera and sets out to find out what happened to his friend. Was it all about drugs, women and money or do the traces lead somewhere deeper?
The Jonsson Gang
Act like Henrik Adlerstierna
event2021 star_border 4.4
top_panel_open
Following a failed heist, Charles-Ingvar ‘Sickan’ Jonsson ends up in prison. Once released, his gang have become law-abiding citizens and Sickan has to continue on his own. Crime broker Anita tasks him with a simple burglary, but it turns out to be something a lot bigger than Sickan thought it was. Now he needs the help of his past accomplices to carry out the most difficult heist in the history of the gang.
Hyvää joulua
Act like Isä
event2015
top_panel_open
Merry Christmas is a comical interpretation of the traditional Christmas gospel set in a modern-day Helsinki
Armi Alive!
Act like Director
event2015 star_border 4.6
top_panel_open
Armi Ratia is the woman behind the legendary design company Marimekko and a worldwide celebrity. A theatre company has taken on the task of trying to portray the life and work of this complex person. The sets mainly consist of the well-known patterns that we all have grown to love. Armi is a brave, risk-taking businesswoman and her passion for her company repeatedly takes its toll on her employees, finances and family. The company grows while Armi's personal life is shaken by suicide attempts and turbulence. In Armi Alive!, Oscar-nominated film producer and director Jörn Donner portrays a fascinating woman with fervent ideas about the new Finnish man, her company, fabrics and clothes.
Simo Times Three
Act like Anders
event2012 star_border 5.5
top_panel_open
A caper comedy about two friends, Simo and Lasse, who try to earn their living as burglars. But now there's also Baby Simo.
We Are the Pirates of the Roads
Act like Vilja's father
event2015 star_border 4.7
top_panel_open
The Rosvola family – The Robbersons drive around the country in their pirate car robbing bypassing cars of their sweets, extra food and consumer goods. Life changes for the Rosvolas when they accidentally kidnap 10-year-old Vilja, a diligent school girl. Will Vilja succeed in escaping or will she become friends with the Rosvolas´ children Hele (12 years) and Kalle (9 years)? We are the Pirates of the Roads is a funny and crazy adventurous road movie for children.
Attack on Finland
Act like Karhu #34 Airport
event2021 star_border 5.7
top_panel_open
The reception for Finland's Independence Day is rudely interrupted when the presidential palace is attacked and the state leadership is taken hostage. Max Tanner of the Security Police is appointed as a negotiator in the hostage crisis, that unfolds as part of a bigger plan to undermine European security.
Colorado Avenue
Act like Dåhli-Johan
event2007 star_border 4.8
top_panel_open
In the early 1900s, emigrant Hanna returns from Colorado to Finland. In America she was known as Dollar-Hanna, but in Finland she has to endure the Civil War and live through the prohibition. Hanna's independent spirit will guide her.
The Knocking
Act like Mikko
event2023 star_border 5.5
top_panel_open
Three adult siblings return to their childhood home, where their parents were allegedly murdered many years ago. Their plan is to get the house and estate ready to be sold but an evil force tries to prevent them from doing so.
The Exalted
Act like Agner
event2024
top_panel_open
Renowned German organist Anna discovers her Latvian husband's involvement in a corruption scandal, shaking the foundation of their life together. Can she come to terms with this new reality about her husband?
Off the Meter
Act like Artist
event2005
top_panel_open
A taxi driver picks up an artist who wants to get to the shore.
Succékväll med Janne Grönroos
Act like Self - Guest (1 ep.)
event2021
top_panel_open
A fast-paced talk show with unexpected stories and competitive guests.
Succékväll med Janne Grönroos is a humorous and fast-paced talk show where guests tell fun and different stories from their lives. The show also offers odd competitions and the country's top artists perform. Add some crazy surprises and Succekväll’s world-class husband with Maja Mannila and you have all the ingredients for just that, a successful night.
Mister8
Act like Juho (8 ep.)
event2021 star_border 9
top_panel_open
There are enough love and surprises in Maria's relationships. And no wonder, because she has a different man for each day of the week. Maria meets Juho and falls in love, but unfortunately there are not eight days in a week.
Kimmo
Act like Lääkäri (1 ep.)
event2012 star_border 7.9
top_panel_open
The name of the person is a thirtysomething, work shy and relaxed Kimmo.
The Good and the Bad News
Act like Himself (1 ep.)
event2012 star_border 6
top_panel_open
The Good and the Bad News is a Finnish comedy panel game television show airing on channel Nelonen on Wednesday evenings.
Codename: Annika
Act like Raimo Korpi (6 ep.)
event2023 star_border 6.2
top_panel_open
Finnish art fraud investigator, Emma, goes undercover to infiltrate an auction house in Stockholm to investigate the firm’s connection to a notorious money launderer known as Blanko. To go undetected, Emma chooses the cover identity Annika, a hot-headed socialite who lives for wild parties, drugs and alcohol and is the opposite of the cool, calm, and collected Emma. By adopting this wild persona, doors begin to open to the hidden world of high-class art fraud. However, becoming Annika means Emma must confront memories from her past that she has tried to forget.
The Activists
Act like Waldemar Tunzelman (3 ep.)
event2019
top_panel_open
The Activists follows the years from 1899 to 1906 when Finland as an independent nation started to form. At the center stage are young restless souls who operate against the backdrop of the phenomena of the time: deep social divisions, political intrigue, fierce proclamations and people’s movements that get out of control. Activists portrays what happens when people lose faith in society’s capability to deal with conflict.
Duke of the Suburbs
Act like Jani Gustafsson (26 ep.)
event2018 star_border 6
top_panel_open
Duke of Sipoo is a comedy about corruption and family man, Pasi Kovalainen, who has built his empire mostly by questionable means. Kovalainen himself doesn't think he's a criminal, but a average man trying to make a living and a victim of bureaucracy. Prosecutor takes interests in his actions and puts two criminal investigators to investigate everything he does, planning to catch him even for something small and get him put behind bars. At the same time, one reporter and group of other people want his head on a plate too.
The Man Who Died
Act like Sami (6 ep.)
event2022 star_border 6
top_panel_open
Jaakko, a mushroom entrepreneur, finds out too late that he has been fatally slow-poisoned by persons unknown. He sets out to find the culprits before he dies.
Berlin Station
Act like Cedrik (1 ep.)
event2016 star_border 7.2
top_panel_open
A contemporary spy series that follows Daniel Miller, an undercover agent at the CIA station in Berlin, Germany.
Bäckström
Act like Toivonen (12 ep.)
event2020 star_border 6
top_panel_open
Murder investigator Evert Bäckström is convinced that crimes have been committed when a women's cranium is found on an island in the archipelago. But his investigation is countered by the police chief and when the woman's identity is clarified, the entire investigation is turned upside down.
Show more expand_more
keyboard_double_arrow_down