Jyrki Kovaleff
Birthday: Born in 1954-01-02 in Tampere, Finland
Deathday: 2009-11-03
TV Credits
Viimeiset siemenperunat
Character: Karttunen
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Pimennys
Character: Laitosmies Salmén
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Lääkärit tulessa
Character: Sulo Könttä
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Fakta homma
Character: Homeopaatti Vaittinen
Fakta homma is a Finnish comedy television series. It first aired on Finnish TV in 1986 and last aired in 1998....
Painajainen
Character: Kauppias
An amnesiac uncovering horrifying secrets about his life....
Putkinotko
Character: Aapeli Muttinen
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Movie Credits
Here, Beneath the North Star
Character: Aadolf Heino
Täällä Pohjantähden alla is based on the book with the same title. It is a story of the little village. The movie starts in the 1890's and it ends to the Finnish civil war in 1918. Story concentrates around a tenant farmer family, although it gives us a good look at the society at whole. While the class struggle depends, people of the village are driven to bloody civil war....
Mestari
Character: Sarin isä
Eero Tyrni, a reporter for Iltapäivä newspaper, is in Austria doing a story on ski jumper Teemu Kimpilä. Kimpilä's jumps fail and he disappears from the scene. Left behind are his third wife Sari, his sponsors, the Ski Association, and the Finnish people. Tyrni is tasked with finding out where Kimpilä disappeared to....
Quest for a Heart
Character: Riitasointu (voice)
When the most mischievous resident of Rolli Village befriends a beautiful elf girl, the hopelessly mismatched pair embarks on a magical adventure to save the Forest of Elves by traveling to the Land of Winter and recovering the mythical magical heart in this animated tale of wonder for the entire family....
Vääpeli Körmy ja marsalkan sauva
Character: Jantunen
The colonel's wife's tin pints need to be cleaned up, and Sergeant First Class Körmy tasks two privates to do so....
Viu-hah hah-taja
Character: Orvaskesi / Psykiatri Pehmeäkoff
The invisible UFO men Giljotin and Orvaskesi land on Earth and take on the appearance of the first people they encounter, Mr. Tossavais and psychiatrist Pehmeäleff. The eccentric professor takes the alien devices he has found to his laboratory, where one of the components ends up with Joona Maaperä, a manager suffering from stress, causing him to behave strangely....
Haluan rakastaa Peter
Character: humalainen Ruotsin-laivalla
A middle aged widower Sanna has emigrated to Sweden after her husband's death . She lives in Linköping with her two children and works in the local library. During one of the lectures held for the immigrants in the library, she meets doctor Peter Mackus and starts exchange letters. Quite soon they fall in love....
Ihmiselon ihanuus ja kurjuus
Character: Johtaja ravintolassa
Two young lovers, Anna and Martti, are split apart but are reunited many years later when their lives have changed considerably. Anna is a war widow; Martti a writer, is married, and has five children....
Farewell, Mr. President
Character: Cop at the Hospital
Asko Mertanen is a waiter who is very interested in shooting. He gets fed up how the things are run in Finland, so he thinks that the best way to change them is to shoot the Finnish president....
Vääpeli Körmy ja etelän hetelmät
Character: Kersantti
The Minister of Defence asks sergeant Körmy to take part in operation, where the United States and Russia are to hand over their nuclear weapons launch equipment and codes to neutral Finland....
Ruskan jälkeen
Character: Asko Mäkinen
It follows a year in the life of a family in the North-Eastern part of Finland. From the gloomy days of winter to the Mid Summer wedding festivities....
Vääpeli Körmy ja vetenalaiset vehkeet
Character: Kersantti Jantunen
Sergeant Friman is developing an automatic submarine detector that piques the interest of both, Swedish and Russian spies....
Mommilan veriteot 1917
Character: Eino Valtonen
On the eve of the Finnish Civil War, the film follows the last days of Alfred Kordelin, the richest man in Finland....
Pedon merkki
Character: Tiedotusupseeri
Set during the Second World War in the Finnish war zone....
Viimeiset rotannahat
Character:
Anssi Mänttäri’s low-budget movies with their intimate content have become classics. In this black comedy that takes place in Helsinki in summer the main character (played by Mänttäri himself) jumps from one bar and bed to the next. Especially vulgar black humour....
Uunon huikeat poikamiesvuodet maaseudulla
Character: Poliisi
This prequel to the other Uuno Turhapuro movies tells the story of Uuno's birth and childhood....
Uuno Turhapuro herra Helsingin herra
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Uuno is working as campaign manager of a president candidate but accidentally Uuno himself becomes the president of Finland....
Hei kliffaa hei
Character: Naurava lakimies
The film is based on characters from the Mänttien TV-asema sketches featured on the Spede Show....
Viimeinen savotta
Character: Vikke Nilo
Follows the life of a pauper child Vike Nilonpoika from the early 1900's to the 1960s. During this time he works as a lumberjack in Lapland after running away from the despotic master. He soon becomes familiar with hookers, card hustlers and alcohol....
Puhallus
Character: Björkstrand
The company's regional manager has had enough of the fast pace of business and the frivolous patterns. He leaves the office sauna for a booze run at the behest of his boss. Drunk and driving his own car, even he doesn't have to. The situation becomes a thrilling chase that ends in a breathalyzer test and all-round relief as things fall into place. The booze run becomes a turning point in the life of the group's regional manager....
Uuno Epsanjassa
Character:
Uuno Turhapuro is searching for a job and takes a correspondence course in tour guiding. Eventually he gets a job in a small travel agency and takes a group of Finnish tourists to Marbella, Spain. Unfortunately Uuno's father-in-law Tuura is in the group, too, with his wife and daughter, Uuno's wife Elisabet. Tuura tries to get a signature to an important paper from a minister who's having a holiday in the area. Meanwhile, Uuno just relaxes and enjoys the sun....
Uuno Turhapuro armeijan leivissä
Character: Brun
Uuno is forced to complete his mandatory military service when it is revealed that he only spent one day in the army in his youth. As is typical of the Turhapuro series his family and friends become closely tied in with these events. His friends Härski Hartikainen and Sörsselssön return to the army for a refresher course and by chance Uuno's father-in-law, Councillor Tuura is made the Finnish Defence Minister. In one of the most memorable scenes, Uuno's wife, Elisabeth, dresses as Uuno and subst...
Professori Uuno D.G. Turhapuro
Character: Olutkuski
Uuno is unemployed and his friends try to arrange a job for him. With his imagination, though, and the help of Härski Hartikainen (Spede Pasanen), he somehow manages to avoid all work, until he becomes what he has always dreamt of being - a film star. Uuno's father-in-law has other plans for his occupation, though: since Uuno knows the Dandelion, he has potential for a professor of botany....
Uuno Turhapuro muuttaa maalle
Character: Pankinjohtaja
Uuno's father-in-law councillor Tuura moves to the country with his wife and daughter Elisabeth. Uuno joins them when it turns out Tuura's mansion is on the construction site of a new road. Tuura however is set on preventing this....
Uuno Turhapuro kaksoisagentti
Character:
Uuno Turhapuro reads guide books to learn how to be an orchestra conductor and a secret agent. Meanwhile, his father in law hatches a complicated scheme to finally get rid of Uuno....
Harbour Brothers
Character: Havas
Finland in the 50s saw a time where boats from all over the world docked in the harbor city of Kotka. In addition to transporting goods, the sailors brought with them another import: jazz, swing and blues. A tale of music-loving, fearless and passionate young men decide to open Fennia, a jazz bar. Soon Fennia achieves legendary status and the men; the Harbour Brothers, play their music and hold court like emperors....
Piilopirtti
Character: turisti
Two middle-aged friends make a wager: no drinking, smoking, overeating, gambling, cursing, armchair sports or women for a month....