Pirkka-Pekka Petelius
Personal Info
Known For Actor
Gender Male
Birthday 1953-05-31 (71 years old)
Place of Birth Alatornio, Finland
Pirkka-Pekka Petelius
Biography
Pirkka-Pekka Petelius (born 31 May 1953) is a Finnish actor, director, producer, screenwriter and politician. He has also released six records as a singer. He is a member of the Green League and was elected to the Finnish parliament in the 2019 election with 6,331 personal votes, but is not a member of the parliament any more. Petelius's breakthrough was in Yleisradio's sketch series Velipuolikuu (1983), which he wrote and also acted in. The popularity gained by the series started Petelius's career as one of the most well-known comedians in Finland. He gained immense popularity due to his work in the sketch series Pulttibois (and its sequel, Manitbois) with Aake Kalliala. Despite being known as a comedian Petelius has also acted in several more serious roles in films and television, especially in the recent years. He played Hietanen in Rauni Mollberg's The Unknown Soldier (1985). Other significant films have been e.g. Aki Kaurismäki's Hamlet Goes Business (1986), Åke Lindman's Lapin kullan kimallus (1999) and Peter Lindholm's Drakarna över Helsingfors (2001). He also provided the Finnish voice of Timon in Leijonakuningas (The Lion King) (1994). Description above from the Wikipedia article Pirkka-Pekka Petelius, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Actor
as Pääministeri Laavakuru
as Kapteeni Kaarna
as Kaarna
as Pekka
as Lääkäri
as Ruuskanen
as Toivo Kärki
as Raimo Laamanen
as Jouni
as Lääkäri
as Rampe
as Taneli Lokka
as Levy-yhtiön pomo
as Poliisi
as Elias Kaski
as Notary Kustaa
as Eino Salmelainen
as potilas Kuronen ("Rovasti")
as Kenraaliluutnantti Airo
as Busse
as Teppo
as Henrik Bexar
as Veisterä
as Tapio Rautakoura
as Nils Lepistö
as Ilmari Lätti, parturi
as Teukka
as Kauppias Karhunen
as Risto Tuohi
as Valokuvaaja
as Kenraali Björkstam
as Tapio Rautakoura
as Isännöitsijä
as Keijo
as Veksi
as Jouni
as Purkka-Pekka Putelius
as DC Härkönen
as Raymond Mäkinen
as Näremäki
as Pentti Tömisevä
as Will
as Slick
as Erkki Nyysteen / Postiljooni Uutela / Naema-Aslak / Valtte / Leo / Napoleon
as Hamlet
as various
as Heikki "Hese" Nurmi
as Jeremia
as Hietanen
as Frank
as Various Characters
as Jon's friend
as Vartija
as Virkamies
as Nilla Peuransurma
as Sotapoliisi
Writer
as Idea
as Writer
as Writer
as Writer
as Script Consultant