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Aliases: No known aliases

Gender: Male

Place of birth: Helsinki, Finland

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Movie Involvements: 19

TV Involvements: 5


Most Famous Work

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.

Most Famous Work

Vikings
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8

Vikings

(2013) Halfdan the Black
Secret Lives
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5

Secret Lives

(1999) Saku Salin
Da 5 Bloods
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7

Da 5 Bloods

(2020) Seppo Havelin
Attack on Finland
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6

Attack on Finland

(2021) Max Tanner
Naked Harbour
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6

Naked Harbour

(2012) Anders
Heart of a Lion
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7

Heart of a Lion

(2013) Harri
Frozen Land
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7

Frozen Land

(2005) Niko Smolander
V2: Dead Angel
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6

V2: Dead Angel

(2007) Dan 'Dante Hell' Hellman

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
2023 N/A
2022 Max Tanner
2021 Max Tanner
2020 Seppo Havelin
2018 Felix Kendrickson
Self
2016 Mike
2015 Kyypakkaus
2013 Harri
Halfdan the Black
2012 Kyypakkaus
Kyypakkaus
Anders
2011 Kyypakkaus
Kyypakkaus
Kyypakkaus
2010 Kapu
Muumi (voice)
2009 Korppu
2008 Kikke
Muumipeikko (voice)
2007 Dan 'Dante Hell' Hellman
2006 Matti
2005 Niko Smolander
2004 Jarmo
Aleksi
2003 Johnny
Eero Takkunen
1999 Saku Salin
1988 Arvi Hongisto
Year Character Movie/Tv

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