Name
Jasper Pääkkönen
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1980-07-15 (46 years old)
Place of Birth
Helsinki, Finland
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.
Known For
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Four African-American Vietnam veterans return to Vietnam. They are in search of the remain...
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The reception for Finland's Independence Day is rudely interrupted when the presidential p...
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The story bases on four Finnish brothers, nicknamed 'the Eura Daltons' who received nation...
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The Finland of the future has gone mad. A bored young woman, Viola, gets a brilliant idea....
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Jussi Vares falls in love with a beautiful brunette - only to lose her in a horrible way. ...
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Lapland Odyssey is a comedy about Janne, a man from Lapland in northern Finland, a man who...
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Four Olympic gold medals, seven World Championship titles, four World Cup tour championshi...
- 2004 Addiction as Aleksi
- 2003 Bad Boys: A True Story as Eero Takkunen
- 2009 Hellsinki as Korppu
- 2006 Matti: Hell Is for Heroes as Matti
- 2007 V2: Dead Angel as Dan 'Dante Hell' Hellman
- 2011 Vares: The Girls of April as Kyypakkaus
- 2011 Vares: The Kiss of Evil as Kyypakkaus
- 2004 Vares: Private Eye as Jarmo
- 2005 Frozen Land as Niko Smolander
- 2011 Vares: Garter Snake as Kyypakkaus
- 2010 Lapland Odyssey as Kapu
- 2012 Vares: Tango of Darkness as Kyypakkaus
- 2012 Vares: Gambling Chip as Kyypakkaus
- 2013 Heart of a Lion as Harri
- 2023 The Unhanged
- 2015 Vares: The Sheriff as Kyypakkaus
- 2023 Last Ride as Kaapo
- 2024 Vares X as Kyypakkaus
- 2016 Jet Trash as Mike
- 2018 BlacKkKlansman as Felix Kendrickson
- 2010 Moomins and the Comet Chase as Muumi (voice)
- 2020 Da 5 Bloods as Seppo Havelin
- 2012 Naked Harbour as Anders
- 2021 Attack on Finland as Markus Tanner
- 2008 Moomin and Midsummer Madness as Muumipeikko (voice)
- 1988 Ihmiselon ihanuus ja kurjuus as Arvi Hongisto
- 2008 The Subtenant as Kikke
- 2020 The Dark Tower as Marten Broadcloak
- 2013 Vikings ( 23 episodes ) as Halfdan the Black
- 1999 Secret Lives ( 90 episodes ) as Saku Salin
- 2018 Haapasalon Suomi ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2022 Operation Omerta ( 4 episodes ) as Max Tanner
- 2003 Irtiottoja ( 4 episodes ) as Johnny
- 2025 The Summit Suomi ( 15 episodes ) as Juontaja
- 2022 Operaciones Especiales: Europa ( 4 episodes )
- 2026 BLOOD & SWEAT ( 8 episodes ) as Jon Laine
- 2026 Topi Borgin elokuvakerho ( 1 episode )
