Heikki Silvennoinen
Birthday: Born in 1954-04-27 in Sääminki, Finland
Deathday: 2024-12-18
Heikki Johannes Silvennoinen was a Finnish guitarist, singer, songwriter and actor. Silvennoinen began his career with the rock band Tabula Rasa in 1972 but became widely known for the sketch series Kummeli, which began in 1991. Silvennoinen was one of the founding members and worked in the series as both an actor and a scriptwriter. From 2018 to 2023, he worked as a scriptwriter and second lead actor in the police comedy series Kontio & Parmas. Silvennoinen played in the Tabula Rasa from 1972 to 1977, which was one of the best-known representatives of progressive rock in Finland. Although Silvennoinen had been a driving force behind Tabula Rasa, he was more interested in blues-based rock, which he began playing in the 1980s in the bands Frendz, Catwalk and Q.Stone. In the early 1990s Silvennoinen released his first solo album. In the early 2000s, Silvennoinen formed the Finnish blues supergroup SF-Blues as a joint project between Pepe Ahlqvist and Dave Lindholm.
TV Credits
Kummeli
Character: Guest
Kummeli is the name of a Finnish comedy crew formed by Heikki Silvennoinen, Timo Kahilainen and Heikki Hela from Tampere. They are also the heads of Porkkana Ryhmä, the crew's production company. Other famous members have included Olli Keskinen, better known for his on-screen persona Eero Kakko, and Heikki Vihinen who replaced Keskinen in the mid-90s. Kummeli appeared on television between 1991 and 1995. After a successful three-part pilot aired they were given their own show on YLE's channel 2...
Kaverille ei jätetä
Character: Martti Petteri Himanen
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Lihaksia ja luoteja
Character: Pyykkö
Humoristic police series made by Kummeli comedy group. It includes some characters from Kummeli TV-series....
Lääkärit tulessa
Character: Väinö Kärsäkäs
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Jurismia!
Character: Kalervo Kolli
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Kummeli
Character:
Kummeli is the name of a Finnish comedy crew formed by Heikki Silvennoinen, Timo Kahilainen and Heikki Hela from Tampere. They are also the heads of Porkkana Ryhmä, the crew's production company. Other famous members have included Olli Keskinen, better known for his on-screen persona Eero Kakko, and Heikki Vihinen who replaced Keskinen in the mid-90s. Kummeli appeared on television between 1991 and 1995. After a successful three-part pilot aired they were given their own show on YLE's channel 2...
Justimus esittää: Fuck the Police
Character: Iskä
Two friends from a small village chase their dream of becoming world famous gangsta rappers....
Latela
Character: Himself
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Fakta homma
Character: Erkkilä
Fakta homma is a Finnish comedy television series. It first aired on Finnish TV in 1986 and last aired in 1998....
Kummeli esittää: Kontio & Parmas
Character: Otso Kontio
Veteran police lieutenant Kontio will have to work closely with a new partner, a much younger female officer Parmas. Small Town Police Department of Valkeakoski, Finland, will never be the same....
Mankeli
Character: Various Characters
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Koskinen
Character: Kolehmainen
The series follows Inspector Sakari Koskinen and his team in the Violent Crimes Unit as they try to solve murders in a Finnish lakeside city of Tampere....
Movie Credits
The Subtenant
Character: Pauli Bergström
A farce about blackmailing, a kidney transplant operation performed at home, deviants and human relationships....
Kummeli Kultakuume
Character: Elmeri Hautamäki / Kyrpä Jooseppi
Psychiatric patient Elmeri knows about the existence of a gold treasure in Finnish Lapland, hidden there by his late father who somehow managed to capture it from withdrawing German troops on the last days of WW2. His openly gay nurse helps him escape from the mental institution, and the two men slowly find their way up north to reach the gold. On their way, the odd couple meets a cavalcade of even odder characters....
Garbage Prince
Character: Saastamoinen
Jed (19) walks out on his former life, without destination, without explanation, and gets on a train. He ends up by happenstance in a small eastern town in Finland where he soon comes face to face with the daily rigors of independent life. Coping becomes a challenge for him almost to the point of being an obsession. Of all the people in town, Jed seems to constantly run across the prickly and quick-witted Lulu (17). Gradually, without either of them admitting it, their relationship changes from...
Mr. Hayhill and the Lion Wind Vane
Character: Heimo Kakelberg / Ajuri
During the Finnish war, highway robber Jeppe Antinpoika robs the Swedish king's treasure and the bag of precious stones remains hidden for 200 years. City girl Arska arrives on vacation at Herra Heinämäki's farm. Heinämäki's neighbor, the baker Kakelberg, has a haunted house and one evening Arska runs into a mysterious creep. Arska starts solving the riddle of the baker's house with Heinämäki....
Towards the Day of Doom
Character: Monkki Mähönen / Antti / Arvo Hakala / Hesekiel Toukka / Make / Barock / Bill Excalibur
Four stories about Finnish life intersect. In the first one, drum artist Monkki Mähönen arrives for a renovation job at his old band mate's summer villa. Second story revolves around wannabe motorcycle gang and its leader Jouni who are being humiliated at a village shop. Thirdly in the 1960s, a star reporter Erkki "Likasanko" Sysimetsä starts writing a once in a lifetime story about the womanizing of Arvo Hakala, a pipe organ repair man. In the fourth story, a fantasy and sci-fi film director Ku...
Lapland Odyssey 4
Character: Hyönteistutkija
Hunt for the elusive tofu in the Arctic Circle....
Kummeli Stories
Character:
The war between Luxembourg and Finland sets the outline to a set of comedic stories about a rally team, gay couple's fishing trip, two hoodlums' last school days in the spring and a haunted hotel among others....
Rally On!
Character: Seppo 'Sladi' Pesonen
This rollicking sports comedy from Finnish director Markku Polonen follows the exploits of Seppo 'Sladi' Pesonen, an ex-top-tiered race car driver now reduced to instructing students at a driving school. To relieve the monotony of this undesired career, Pesonen builds "Team Susan," a road rally team based at Pekkarinen's Garage in the Finnish countryside. Soon, Sladi's nephew Luumu arrives from Helsinki and learns of the team, his enthusiasm skyrockets and he hops on board with the assist of mec...
Jackpot
Character: Pera Järvelä
Kummelin Jackpot, was released in February 2006. It was about a divorced man portrayed by Silvennoinen, who realises a way to trick himself a jackpot in football betting....
Johtaja Uuno Turhapuro pisnismies
Character: Pertti 'Speedy' Keinonen
Uuno Turhapuro's younger brother Peni arrives in Helsinki. Uuno helps his brother in management duties....
Nyrölä 3
Character:
Summer night, fraying country idyll, motorcycle gang and a murder....
Glass Ceiling
Character: Jukka
Sari works in middle management for a multinational company, and a promotion is within her grasp. She just has to finish her last presentation, break the glass ceiling and make it to the conference room in time....
Laughing Matters
Character: Kale
Recently unemployed and feeling a little bit lost, Maria takes part in stand-up class and ends up on a competition tour for novice comedians....
Ricky Rapper and the Miser from Seville
Character: Old Risto Räppääjä
Ricky Rapper gets a letter from a distant relative who's looking for an heir....
King of Hearts
Character: Harry Orvomaa
The story of Kari Tapio, who sang his way into the hearts of the Finns in the 70's and whose popularity lasted until his death in 2010....
The Year of '85: Rock Your Memories
Character: Iso G
The movie is about the Lokomo laborer, and group of friends that dreams come true and a thirst for fast-paced life that take decades....
Kummeli esittää: Kontio & Parmas
Character: Otso Kontio
Senior officer Otso Kontio has finally hung up his gun and badge and is spending his peaceful retiment days at his cabin. The peace is broken when his old partner Auni Parmas brings news about the destruction threatening the municipality of Valkeakoski....
Talvipihan joulu
Character: Roimola
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Joulukalenteri: Talvipihan joulu
Character: Roimola
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