Actor info
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Name :
Jasper Pääkkönen
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Born :
July 15, 1980 in Helsinki, Finland (46 years old)
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Known for :
Acting
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Gender :
Male
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Film career :
28 films (1988–2024)
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Biography
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). 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.
Notable films
- Vares X (2024) as Kyypakkaus
- Last Ride (2023) as Kaapo
- Da 5 Bloods (2020) as Seppo Havelin
- BlacKkKlansman (2018) as Felix Kendrickson
- Ihmiselon ihanuus ja kurjuus (1988) as Arvi Hongisto
