Jasper Pääkkönen
Actor
- Born
- July 15, 1980 (age 46) · Helsinki, Finland
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
BlacKkKlansman
August 9, 2018
Da 5 Bloods
June 12, 2020
Lapland Odyssey
October 15, 2010
Attack on Finland
November 19, 2021
Heart of a Lion
October 18, 2013
Frozen Land
January 14, 2005
Hellsinki
January 9, 2009
Naked Harbour
February 3, 2012
Bad Boys: A True Story
January 17, 2003
Addiction
January 16, 2004
Matti: Hell Is for Heroes
January 13, 2006
Vares: Private Eye
July 23, 2004
Acting28
- 2024Vares X as Kyypakkaus
- 2023Last Ride as Kaapo
- 2023The Unhanged
- 2021Attack on Finland as Markus Tanner
- 2020Da 5 Bloods as Seppo Havelin
- 2020The Dark Tower as Marten Broadcloak
- 2018BlacKkKlansman as Felix Kendrickson
- 2018Jet Trash as Mike
- 2015Vares: The Sheriff as Kyypakkaus
- 2013Heart of a Lion as Harri