Jussi Vatanen
Acting
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.
Born: January 30, 1978 · Sonkajärvi, Finland
Filmography (23)
Fallen Leaves
2023
The Man Who Died
2022
Bad Women
2022
Forest Giant
2020
Man in Room 301
2019
Unknown Soldier
2018
Marcians
2017
Unknown Soldier
2017
Lapland Odyssey 3
2017
Off the Map
2016
Lapland Odyssey 2
2015
We Are the Pirates of the Roads
2015
Towards the Day of Doom
2014
Heart of a Lion
2013
The Hijack That Went South
2013
Kimmo
2012
Fanatics
2012
Risto
2011
Dirty Bomb
2011
Lapland Odyssey
2010
Putous
2010
Legend of the Lake Bodom
2006
Kotikatu
1995