Jussi Vatanen
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.
| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 0.4712 |
| Birthday | 1978-01-30 |
| Place of Birth | Sonkajärvi, Finland |
| Also Known As |
2011
Dirty Bomb
3.8/9
Mirccu has a dream job as the PR coordinator of a record company. When her boss, the music mogul Martin threatens to fire her, she is forced to find h...
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Dirty Bomb
2012
Fanatics
5.4/16
A buddy comedy about a fanatic small town football supporter who falls in love with a perfect girl, only to notice that his dream-girl supports the wr...
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Fanatics
2010
Lapland Odyssey
6.4/99
Lapland Odyssey is a comedy about Janne, a man from Lapland in northern Finland, a man who has made a career out of living on welfare. Inari, his girl...
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Lapland Odyssey
2022
Koskinen
5/2
In the middle of the summer holidays, the body of a drowned man with ligature marks on his wrists is recovered from Tammerkoski river. The investigati...
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Koskinen
2013
The Hijack That Went South
5.6/23
Aarno Lamminparras hijacked an airplane with a gun in 1978. A true story.
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The Hijack That Went South
2013
Heart of a Lion
6.6/76
Neo-Nazi falls in love with a woman who has a black son and finds himself fighting with conflicting feelings.
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Heart of a Lion
2023
Fallen Leaves
7.124/733
In modern-day Helsinki, two lonely souls in search of love meet by chance in a karaoke bar. However, their path to happiness is beset by obstacles – f...
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Fallen Leaves
2014
Towards the Day of Doom
5.4/23
Four stories about Finnish life intersect. In the first one, drum artist Monkki Mähönen arrives for a renovation job at his old band mate's summer vil...
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Towards the Day of Doom
2015
We Are the Pirates of the Roads
4.7/7
The Rosvola family – The Robbersons drive around the country in their pirate car robbing bypassing cars of their sweets, extra food and consumer goods...
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We Are the Pirates of the Roads
2015
Lapland Odyssey 2
5.6/35
It’s been three years since we last met Janne and Inari. Since then, they’ve had a daughter named Lumi. Janne and his friends experience a new adventu...
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Lapland Odyssey 2
2017
Unknown Soldier
7.4/218
The film follows Finnish army machine gun company in Continuation War against Soviet Union, 1941–1944. Based on Väinö Linna's best selling novel Tunte...
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Unknown Soldier
2025
Summer Is Crazy
5/5
After the bankruptcy of their fine dining restaurant, the Eerolas are stuck in the seaside village of Nauvo with no clear plan for the future. In the...
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Summer Is Crazy
2016
Off the Map
5.6/11
Career woman finds out that her boyfriend is living a secret double life. She finds a bag of money and decides to make a run for it. She is accompanie...
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Off the Map
2017
Lapland Odyssey 3
5.2/19
In the third instalment of the franchise, Janne embarks on an epic hike, a journey of self-discovery. His dreams of a tranquil retreat into nature are...
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Lapland Odyssey 3
2021
Dark Corners
3.8/4
Jack Strachan, a shady ex-sports star in hiding out in Norway, is stalked by a mysterious woman he cannot identify who closely resembles his murdered...
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Dark Corners
2020
Forest Giant
7/17
Pasi returns to his childhood town, asked to reconfigure the local plywood factory. With a child on the way with his upper-class wife, Pasi sees an op...
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Forest Giant
2015
Glass Ceiling
2/1
Sari works in middle management for a multinational company, and a promotion is within her grasp. She just has to finish her last presentation, break...
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Glass Ceiling
2006
Legend of the Lake Bodom
4.2/9
The Legend of Bodom is a figment of the imagination, but it takes place in a land that once existed - between East and West, on the front lines of the...
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Legend of the Lake Bodom
2013
Puolin ja toisin
5/1
An asphalt contractor, who has sacrificed his life to make a profit, finds himself in a financial dead-end. The ever gentle-minded road engineer Rauno...
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Puolin ja toisin
2022
Bad Women
6.2/6
Johanna, the hostess of the parish house, does her utmost to ensure that everything goes according to plan. There is no room for error. The last thing...
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Bad Women
2006
Kolme suudelmaa
5.7/3
A comedy about lecturer Sakkas, who devotes himself to history in order to find meaning in the world. What happens when a man's frozen heart begins to...
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Kolme suudelmaa
2026
The Kidnapping of a President
0/0
In October 1930, a group of officers belonging to the Finnish army's top leadership decided, after a night of drinking, to kidnap Finland's retired fi...
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The Kidnapping of a President
2026
Blue Baby
0/0
A specialist nurse is given responsibility for a baby boy with a serious heart condition in the middle of nurses’ strike. She is left balancing betwee...
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Blue Baby
2026
Vinski 2
0/0
The town of Hömpstad is once again under threat from criminals and Vinski's help is needed. When the criminals manage to steal the invisibility powder...
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Vinski 2
2011
Risto
4.2/6
The beloved actor Risto gets paralyzed - quadriplegiac - in a studio accident. The accident brings him massive financial compensation and a flood of s...
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