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Jasper Pääkkönen

Jasper Pääkkönen

Birthday: 1980-07-15 | Place of Birth: 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.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2026
BLOOD & SWEAT

as    Jon Laine

2025
The Summit Suomi

as    Juontaja

2024
Last Ride

as    Kaapo

2024
Vares X

as    Kyypakkaus

2022
Attack on Finland

as    Markus Tanner

2022
Operation Omerta

as    Max Tanner

2020
The Dark Tower

as    Marten Broadcloak

2020
Da 5 Bloods

as    Seppo Havelin

2018
BlacKkKlansman

as    Felix Kendrickson

2016
Jet Trash

as    Mike

2015
Vares: The Sheriff

as    Kyypakkaus

2013
Heart of a Lion

as    Harri

2012
Naked Harbour

as    Anders

2012
Vares: Gambling Chip

as    Kyypakkaus

2012
Vares: Tango of Darkness

as    Kyypakkaus

2011
Vares: The Kiss of Evil

as    Kyypakkaus

2011
Vares: The Girls of April

as    Kyypakkaus

2011
Vares: Garter Snake

as    Kyypakkaus

2010
Lapland Odyssey

as    Kapu

2010
Moomins and the Comet Chase

as    Muumi (voice)

2009
Hellsinki

as    Korppu

2008
The Subtenant

as    Kikke

2008
Moomin and Midsummer Madness

as    Muumipeikko (voice)

2006
Matti: Hell Is for Heroes

as    Matti

2005
Frozen Land

as    Niko Smolander

2004
Addiction

as    Aleksi

2004
Vares: Private Eye

as    Jarmo