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Jasper Pääkkönen

Actor | * 07/15/1980 (43) | Helsinki (Finland)
Joona Jasper Pääkkönen (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈjoːnɑ ˈjɑsper ˈpæːkːønen]; born 15 July 1980) is a Finnish film actor. Following a two-decade-plus career in Finnish movies, Pääkkönen's international breakthrough role came in 2015 in the historical drama television series Vikings (2016–2018; 2020) as Halfdan the Black. His next roles were in Spike Lee's comedy-drama film BlacKkKlansman (2018) and in the war drama film Da 5 Bloods (2020). ()
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Jasper Pääkkönen 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.

Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Crime | Action

Known for these Movies & Shows

Colorado 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. ...

BlacKkKlansman

R

2018 | 3.8/5 | 2h 15min
Comedy, Crime, Drama, History
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Neo-Nazi falls in love with a woman who has a black son and finds himself fighting with conflicting feelings. ...

Heart of a Lion

Certification unknown

2013 | 3.4/5 | 1h 39min
Drama
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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 ...

Frozen Land

Certification unknown

2005 | 3.4/5 | 2h 7min
Drama
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The adventures of Ragnar Lothbrok, the greatest hero of his age. The series tells the sagas of Ragnar's band of Viking brothers and his family, as he rises to become King of the Viking tribes. As well ...

Vikings

TV-14

2013 | 4.0/5 | 44min per episode
Action & Adventure, Drama, War & Politics, Documentary
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Awards & Nominations for Jasper Pääkkönen

Jussi Award for Best Supporting Actor
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Movies with Jasper Pääkkönen as Actor(24)

as Max Tanner2021 Attack on Finland
as Seppo Havelin2020 Da 5 Bloods
as Felix Kendrickson2018 BlacKkKlansman
as Mike2016 Jet Trash
as Kyypakkaus2015 Vares - The Sheriff
as Harri2013 Heart of a Lion
as Kyypakkaus2012 Vares: Tango of Darkness
as Anders2012 Naked Harbour
as Kyypakkaus2012 Vares: Gambling Chip
as Kyypakkaus2011 Vares - The Kiss of Evil
as Kyypakkaus2011 Vares: Garter Snake
as Kyypakkaus2011 Vares: The Girls of April
as Kapu2010 Lapland Odyssey
as Muumi (voice)2010 Moomins and the Comet Chase
as Korppu2009 Hellsinki
as Kikke2008 The Subtenant
as Muumipeikko (voice)2008 Moomin and Midsummer Madness
as Dan 'Dante Hell' Hellman2007 V2: Dead Angel
as Matti2006 Matti: Hell Is for Heroes
as Niko Smolander2005 Frozen Land
as Aleksi2004 Addiction - When Nothing Is Enough
as Jarmo2004 Vares: Private Eye
as Eero Takkunen2003 Bad Boys
as Arvi Hongisto1988 Ihmiselon ihanuus ja kurjuus

TV Shows/Series with Jasper Pääkkönen as Actor(3)

as himself2018 Haapasalon Suomi
as Halfdan the Black2013 Vikings
as Saku Salin1999 Secret Lives

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Citizenship: Finland
Born: Tuesday, 07/15 1980 (July) in Helsinki (Finland) (current age: 43 years + 279 days)
Zodiac sign: Cancer (Chinese zodiac sign: Monkey)
Languages: Finnish (FI)
Educated at: Kallio Upper Secondary School, Owings Mills High School
Other names for Jasper Pääkkönen (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Joona Jasper Pääkkönen"
Jasper Pääkkönen frequently works together with these people:
Markus Selin (15x, Crew)
Jukka Helle (13x, Crew)
Matti Onnismaa (9x, Actor)
Reijo Mäki (8x, Crew)
Juha Veijonen (7x, Actor)
Maria Järvenhelmi (7x, Actress)
Pini Hellstedt (7x, Crew)
DJ Slow (6x, Crew)
Mika Karttunen (6x, Crew)
Kari Hietalahti (6x, Actor)
Antti Nikkinen (6x, Crew)
Tristan McConnell (4x, Cast)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:12129, Added: 05/06/2018, Last updated: 04/13/2024