Jasper Pääkkönen

Personal Info

Known For Actor

Gender Male

Birthday 1980-07-15 (44 years old)

Place of Birth Helsinki, Finland

Jasper Pääkkönen

Biography

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

Actor

2024
Vares X

as Kyypakkaus

2022
Operation Omerta

as Max Tanner

2021
Attack on Finland

as Max Tanner

2020
Da 5 Bloods

as Seppo Havelin

2018
BlacKkKlansman

as Felix Kendrickson

2018
2016
Jet Trash

as Mike

2015
Vares: The Sheriff

as Kyypakkaus

2013
2013
Vikings

as Halfdan the Black

2012
2012
Vares: Gambling Chip

as Kyypakkaus

2012
Naked Harbour

as Anders

2011
Vares: Garter Snake

as Kyypakkaus

2011
2011
2010
2010
2009
Hellsinki

as Korppu

2008
The Subtenant

as Kikke

2008
Moomin and Midsummer Madness

as Muumipeikko (voice)

2007
V2: Dead Angel

as Dan 'Dante Hell' Hellman

2005
Frozen Land

as Niko Smolander

2004
2004
Addiction

as Aleksi

2003
Bad Boys: A True Story

as Eero Takkunen

2003
Irtiottoja

as Johnny

1999
Secret Lives

as Saku Salin

1988

Producer

2021
Attack on Finland

as Executive Producer