Jussi Vatanen
Birthday: 1978-01-30
Place of Birth: Sonkajärvi, Finland
Biography: Jussi Vatanen (born 30 January 1978 in Sonkajärvi) is a Finnish actor. He graduated from Theatre Academy Helsinki in 2005 and has since then worked for several Finnish theatres. He became a household name in Finland after joining the cast of a weekly sketch comedy show Putous in its second season in 2011. Vatanen has also appeared in other television programs and films. In 2010, he was nominated for a Jussi Award for the Best Actor in a Leading Role for his work in a Dome Karukoski film Lapland Odyssey. He has also appeared in films The Unknown Soldier (2017) and Fallen Leaves (2023), for which both he was nominated for Jussi Awards as well. Vatanen is married to a singer Marika Tuhkala. They have a daughter.
Movies
Dirty Bomb
Mirccu has a dream job as the PR coordinator of a record company. When her boss, the music mogul Mar...
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Fanatics
A buddy comedy about a fanatic small town football supporter who falls in love with a perfect girl, ...
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Lapland Odyssey
Lapland Odyssey is a comedy about Janne, a man from Lapland in northern Finland, a man who has made ...
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Koskinen
In the middle of the summer holidays, the body of a drowned man with ligature marks on his wrists is...
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The Hijack That Went South
Aarno Lamminparras hijacked an airplane with a gun in 1978. A true story....
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Heart of a Lion
Neo-Nazi falls in love with a woman who has a black son and finds himself fighting with conflicting ...
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Fallen Leaves
In modern-day Helsinki, two lonely souls in search of love meet by chance in a karaoke bar. However,...
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Towards the Day of Doom
Four stories about Finnish life intersect. In the first one, drum artist Monkki Mähönen arrives for ...
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We Are the Pirates of the Roads
The Rosvola family – The Robbersons drive around the country in their pirate car robbing bypassing c...
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Lapland Odyssey 2
It’s been three years since we last met Janne and Inari. Since then, they’ve had a daughter named Lu...
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Unknown Soldier
The film follows Finnish army machine gun company in Continuation War against Soviet Union, 1941–194...
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Summer Is Crazy
After the bankruptcy of their fine dining restaurant, the Eerolas are stuck in the seaside village o...
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Off the Map
Career woman finds out that her boyfriend is living a secret double life. She finds a bag of money a...
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Lapland Odyssey 3
In the third instalment of the franchise, Janne embarks on an epic hike, a journey of self-discovery...
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Dark Corners
Jack Strachan, a shady ex-sports star in hiding out in Norway, is stalked by a mysterious woman he c...
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Forest Giant
Pasi returns to his childhood town, asked to reconfigure the local plywood factory. With a child on ...
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Glass Ceiling
Sari works in middle management for a multinational company, and a promotion is within her grasp. Sh...
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Legend of the Lake Bodom
The Legend of Bodom is a figment of the imagination, but it takes place in a land that once existed ...
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Puolin ja toisin
An asphalt contractor, who has sacrificed his life to make a profit, finds himself in a financial de...
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Bad Women
Johanna, the hostess of the parish house, does her utmost to ensure that everything goes according t...
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Kolme suudelmaa
A comedy about lecturer Sakkas, who devotes himself to history in order to find meaning in the world...
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The Kidnapping of a President
In October 1930, a group of officers belonging to the Finnish army's top leadership decided, after a...
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Blue Baby
A specialist nurse is given responsibility for a baby boy with a serious heart condition in the midd...
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Vinski 2
The town of Hömpstad is once again under threat from criminals and Vinski's help is needed. When the...
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Risto
The beloved actor Risto gets paralyzed - quadriplegiac - in a studio accident. The accident brings h...
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