Petri Poikolainen

Birthday: 1975-06-26

Place of Birth: Pieksämäki, Finland

Biography: Petri Poikolainen (born 1975 in Pieksämäki) is a Finnish actor. He graduated from the Helsinki Theatre Academy in 2000 and worked as an actor for eight years before becoming blind and getting MS (multiple sclerosis). Poikolainen played the lead role in Teemu Nikki's film The Blind Man Who Did Not Want to See Titanic (2021) for which he got a Jussi Award for the Best Actor in 2022.

Movies

A Northern Boy

1973. Simppa lives a simple life in a dilapidated shack with his adoptive father, Aapi, and his dog ...

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The Blind Man Who Did Not Want to See Titanic

Jaakko and Sirpa have never met face to face, but talk on the phone every day. When Jaakko hears new...

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Snot and Splash: The Mystery of Disappearing Holes

Snot and Splash travel to their grandmother's house in the small town of Mouthwash for a winter holi...

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