Kari Hietalahti
Birthday: Born in 1964-09-13 in Savonlinna, Finland
Deathday: Alive
TV Credits
Parasta aikaa
Character: Erkki ”Eki” Heinonen
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Ihmisten puolue
Character: Topi-Petteri Saikkonen
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Pasila
Character: Rauno Repomies (Voice)
Jefferson Anderson is a Finnish animated sitcom. The computer-animated series portrays a satirical view of daily events in Helsinki at a police precinct in the suburb of Pasila. The series is made by members of the same team that made the award-winning series The Autocrats, a political animated satire. In 2007, the Finnish Broadcasting Company sent Pasila to compete for the Rose d'Or....
Vintiöt
Character:
Vintiöt is a Finnish television comedy and sketch series that ran on the MTV3 channel beginning in 1994....
Nyrkki
Character: Kyösti Saarnio
During the 1950s, Helsinki was the focal point of the Cold War, as global powers and their intelligence agencies coalesced in the small neutral country that stood between the East and the West. Shadow Lines is an international spy thriller that follows a secret intelligence team whose mission is to defend the independence of Finland no matter the cost....
Kummeli esittää: Kontio & Parmas
Character: verotarkastaja
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....
Varjo vain
Character: Veikko Peemi
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Big Bang
Character: Pitsa-kuski
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Downshiftaajat
Character: Henkilöstöpäällikkö
A successful thirtysomething couple find themselves at a financial dead end; they are faced with an extreme lifestyle change to pay for their debts. The luxury lifestyle ends when they are forced to move into a rented apartment in the suburbs. But to their friends, they hold up a facade and explain it all with downshifting....
Downshiftaajat
Character: Pasi Korvenhaka
A successful thirtysomething couple find themselves at a financial dead end; they are faced with an extreme lifestyle change to pay for their debts. The luxury lifestyle ends when they are forced to move into a rented apartment in the suburbs. But to their friends, they hold up a facade and explain it all with downshifting....
Putous
Character: Juri Kakka / Various
Finnish sketch comedy television show....
Kotikatu
Character: Harri Pesonen
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Kimmo
Character: Jyrki Nissinen
The name of the person is a thirtysomething, work shy and relaxed Kimmo....
Karuselli
Character: various
About a country that is slowly but surely changing. The independent stories in the series depict the familiar and infuriatingly sweet bubbles in which Finns live. The combination of true and absurd world is a topical and insightful description of Finland....
Roba
Character: Sergent Arto Mäkelä
A new captain comes to take over the police station. Old behaviors and installed management will be questioned and put into debate. Police drama that tells the life of the policemen of the station of Roba, in the south of Helsinki. Winner of the Venla award for the best drama series in 2013....
Justimus esittää: Duo
Character: Rehtori
Samu and Joona are an inseparable couple, each other's only friends. They don’t leave each other in the lurch, even if they run the risk of getting fired from school or a badge in their buttocks. In fact, the boys are so intertwined that they are willing to do anything to be together. Like breaking into the principal’s office, lapping at millionaires, escaping half-brother Mark from the grenade, or being buried alive....
JugiStyle
Character:
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Kylmäverisesti sinun
Character: Pekka Järvinen
Kylmäverisesti sinun (Sincerely Yours in Cold Blood) is a Finnish true crime drama television series. All episodes are based on real life cases. The show follows Helsinki central police department investigator Veli Miettinen and lawyer Mira Kataja as they tackle with personal life problems and try to keep their relationship purely professional....
Etsijät
Character: Venni
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Karppi
Character: Louhivuori
When Sofia Karppi, a detective in her 30's who is trying to get over her husband's death, discovers the body of a young woman on a construction site, she triggers a chain of events that threatens to destroy her life again....
Rakastuin mä luuseriin
Character: Sotilas
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Keisari Aarnio
Character: Jari Aarnio
When Jari Aarnio was younger, he was honored as ‘Police Officer of the Year’, and quickly became Chief of the Narcotics Squad. The Squad boasted quick results and flashy confiscations. Aarnio’s reputation as a hero cop grew when he used a pair of garden sheers to diffuse a grenade which was tossed into his backyard by a vengeful criminal. Now, the hero cop is in prison, serving a maximum sentence. King Liar follows how Aarnio’s abuse of power was discovered through hard work and persistent inves...
Sipoon herttua
Character: Pasi Kovalainen
Duke of Sipoo is a comedy about corruption and family man, Pasi Kovalainen, who has built his empire mostly by questionable means. Kovalainen himself doesn't think he's a criminal, but a average man trying to make a living and a victim of bureaucracy. Prosecutor takes interests in his actions and puts two criminal investigators to investigate everything he does, planning to catch him even for something small and get him put behind bars. At the same time, one reporter and group of other people w...
Justimus esittää: Kuuma peruna
Character: Uimavalvoja
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Pasila 2.5 - The Spin-Off
Character: Rauno Repomies (voice)
An animated comedy about police officers at one of the biggest police stations in Helsinki. Personal characters fight against domestic crimes like the way they see it best. In addition they face current phenomena such as the “Guugelheim project” and children’s talent shows “Who wants to be the next orphan millionaire”....
Rikospoliisi ei laula
Character: Eduskunnan turvapäällikkö
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Ihmebantu
Character:
Ihmebantu is a Finnish black humor sketch show....
Ivalo
Character: Arttu Hamari
During a routine search of an old cabin in the remote and wintery back country, Finnish policewoman, Nina Kautsalo, discovers two dead prostitutes, with a third still fighting for her life. The ensuing investigation takes a surprise twist when an extremely rare and deadly virus is discovered in the surviving woman’s bloodwork. When the Finnish Bureau of Investigation takes over the case, German virologist, Thomas Lorenz is called in to assist in identifying and containing the virus. Set within ...
Mies joka kuoli
Character: Asko
Jaakko, a mushroom entrepreneur, finds out too late that he has been fatally slow-poisoned by persons unknown. He sets out to find the culprits before he dies....
Jarno ja minä
Character: Kimpinen
An underdog challenges an unbeatable champion of motorcycle Grand Prix championships series in the early 70s, a time when even an amateur could win, but only by seriously risking his life on the track....
Ivalo
Character: Hamari
During a routine search of an old cabin in the remote and wintery back country, Finnish policewoman, Nina Kautsalo, discovers two dead prostitutes, with a third still fighting for her life. The ensuing investigation takes a surprise twist when an extremely rare and deadly virus is discovered in the surviving woman’s bloodwork. When the Finnish Bureau of Investigation takes over the case, German virologist, Thomas Lorenz is called in to assist in identifying and containing the virus. Set within ...
Studio Impossible
Character:
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Ihmebantu
Character: Various
Ihmebantu is a Finnish black humor sketch show....
Movie Credits
Ganes
Character: Hurme
Remu grew up in modest conditions. He dropped out from schoold during his teen age years and is making career as a small time criminal. His family's destiny is about to come true, and it's going to be the usual: jail, alcoholism and violent death. After learning about rock music Remu learns to play drums and pushes himself into different bands. His first time in jails interrupts his music career, but after being released he starts his own band; Hurriganes....
Man Exposed
Character: Tumppi
A story of a priest, who considers himself as a rebel is suddenly asked to run for bishop of Turku....
Hellsinki
Character: Kari
In the mid-1960s, three small-time Finnish bootleggers seize control of their Helsinki neighborhood's black-market liquor business....
The Unhanged
Character: Romeo Giulietta
The Finland of the future has gone mad. A bored young woman, Viola, gets a brilliant idea. She decides to fool the infamous Lone Rider and his sidekick Tonto. Viola makes a wanted poster of herself, and assumes the identity of a highwayman named Gonzales. Viola/Gonzales surrenders to a quirky bandit duo, who now believe they will be well rewarded for bringing this outlaw to authorities. As the pair is taking Gonzales to the gallows, they get lost in the desert. A day's journey turns into an adve...
Matti: Hell Is for Heroes
Character: Hammer
Four Olympic gold medals, seven World Championship titles, four World Cup tour championships, and forty six World Cup circuit victories. Once his career as a professional athlete ended however, the other side of his personality emerged into public view in all of its vulgarity. An alcohol dependency, several marriages accompanied by numerous marital problems, petty crime, uncontrolled acts of violence, and greedy hangers-on....
V2: Dead Angel
Character: Kullervo 'Kulli' Visuri
The tough Detective Vares, get hired by a friend accused of murdering a girl. His job is to find the real killer, but people aren't talking. Before he can get traction another homicide takes place- and things move toward a dire conclusion....
Vares: Private Eye
Character: Tetsuo Sinkkonen
On the trail of a woman, Vares finds himself caught up with underworld characters who are on the trail of hidden millions....
Kummeli Kultakuume
Character: Kulokoski
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....
Rollo and the Spirit of the Woods
Character: Riitasointu
Hairy and rowdy creatures called rolleys sail to a land inhabited by more peace-loving elves. When the rolleys arrive to the elf village, they scare the elves away and settle down in the village. One of the elves, Milli, a brave elf girl, returns to the village to make a peace with the rolleys. The rolleys do not warm to Milli's peace proposal, but she becomes friends with a rolley called Rölli. It becomes their mission to solve the conflict between the elves and the rolleys....
Home Sweet Home
Character: Raivostuneen Härkösen ääni puhelimessa (voice)
A story of one unlucky man's descent into disaster, a dramatic, human-destiny thriller with contemporary social undertones....
Lapland Odyssey
Character: Kittilän runkkari 2
Lapland Odyssey is a comedy about Janne, a man from Lapland in northern Finland, a man who has made a career out of living on welfare. Inari, his girlfriend, is tired of Janne's incapability of getting a grip on life, Janne wasn't even able to buy a digital TV box that Inari had given money for. Inari gives an ultimatum: a digital box needs to arrive by dawn or she leaves. Janne sets out into the night with his two friends to find a box. On their way to the city of Rovaniemi, Janne and his frien...
Esa ja Vesa – auringonlaskun ratsastajat
Character: Konstaapeli Paananen
Computer professional Vesa Rajala rushes to home from a work trip because his wife Sanna is leaving for Greece with her new lover, Georgios from next door....
The South
Character: Travel Guide
A comedy of crime, romance and deception played out against the background of a vacation under the Mediterranean sun....
Romanovin kivet
Character: Ahma
This action packed Finnish thriller tells the tale of two friends who get their revenge against the millionaire who double-crossed them. Patrick and Tony are hired by the wealthy gambler to steal the priceless Romanov stones, Russian jewels. They do it, but almost lose their lives when he double-crosses them. They turn around and get revenge, his money, his wife, and his daughter....
Body of Water
Character: Koskela
Julia is a young lawyer who has been in conflict with her father for a long time. Her mother seems a bit insane, and Julia thinks that he is partially responsible for this. She has also split with the father of her son and tries to escape all these concerns by working hard. On a new case, she is brought back to the house near the lake where she was raised to help a group of environmentalists to protect its natural beauty against the industrial project of a power company. But by doing so she has ...
Niko 2: Little Brother, Big Trouble
Character: Armas (voice)
Set right before Christmas, young reindeer Niko must deal with his mother's remarriage and his being tasked with looking after his little stepbrother....
The Hijack That Went South
Character: Aarno Lamminparras
Aarno Lamminparras hijacked an airplane with a gun in 1978. A true story....
Never Alone
Character: Arno Anthon
1942. The State of Finland has formed an alliance with Nazi Germany. An elderly man single-handedly tries to stop a secret attempt by the Finnish State Police to hand over Jewish refugees directly to the Gestapo....
Tom of Finland
Character: Sahlin
Touko Laaksonen, a decorated officer, returns home after a harrowing and heroic experience serving his country in World War II, but life in Finland during peacetime proves equally distressing. He finds peace-time Helsinki rampant with persecution of the homosexual and men around him even being pressured to marry women and have children. Touko finds refuge in his liberating art, specialising in homoerotic drawings of muscular men, free of inhibitions. His work – made famous by his signature ‘Tom ...
Bubble
Character: Mies baarissa
16-year-old Eveliina accidentally sees her mother kissing another woman. Fearing her parents' divorce, she decides to intervene, by any means and without permission. In her opinion, the best way to destroy her mother's extramarital affair and bring her parents back together is a teenage daughter in trouble. Thus, Eveliina gets herself in trouble as many ways as she can. Along the way, the lives of a few others are at stake. Still, Eveliina guards her plan to the last, and the adults have their o...
Boy Upside Down
Character: Joonas Varala
A Finnish dramedy about an 11-year-old boy dealing with the loss of his parents....
On Thin Ice
Character: Sporttidivarin myyjä
Temporarily homeless Jarna is in the deepest trouble of his life. Debtors have come to collect old drug debts and Jarna is given 24 hours to pay up, setting off a frantic, amphetamine fueled battle against time. Manic speed, fear of killers on his tail, paranoia and self-loathing over old wrongs eventually lead to a traffic accident. Jarna can no longer escape, his pace slows and he is on the verge of giving up. The moment has come when a near-lifetime of running must come to an end....
Lovers & Leavers
Character: Markus, juustomyyjä
This movie is about Iiris Vaara. She turns 30 and meets young director Marko. All dreams come true but does Marko share her dreams?...
Lapland Odyssey 4
Character: Kittilän runkkari
Hunt for the elusive tofu in the Arctic Circle....
Lapland Odyssey 2
Character: Kittilän runkkari 2
It’s been three years since we last met Janne and Inari. Since then, they’ve had a daughter named Lumi. Janne and his friends experience a new adventure, this time on an autumn night. The boys go to a party but end up chasing Lumi who has disappeared. Meanwhile, Inari enjoys a girls-night-out and has an adventure of her own....
The Novelist
Character: Sonni Moilanen
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Super Furball
Character: Principal
Emilia is a suburban kid. She goes to school, lives with her Mom and sometimes her Dad, and her life couldn’t be more ordinary. But one day Emilia’s pet hamster bites her finger. Emilia gets a secret superpower to transform into Super Furball, who can fly and solve problems with her superpowers. At the same time, the herrings in the nearby Baltic Sea bay are screaming for help because of poisoned water. As the Super Furball, Emilia takes it upon herself to fix the situation and finds ways to be ...
The Human Part
Character: Kimmo Hienlahti
Pekka Malmikunnas is a bankrupt, penniless man, who has convinced his family that he is still the CEO of a large IT company. Maintaining this façade in order to save face has become something of a full-time job for him. When Pekka’s parents unexpectedly come for a visit, he throws a lavish family dinner party in order to dispel any doubts. The soirée is a success until Pekka’s god-daughter gets run over by a car. The reckless driver becomes a mutual enemy for the family. The driver tries to aton...
Linnan juhlat
Character: Itsemurhaaja
In 2017 Finland celebrates 100 years of independence. The famous philosopher Bruno is curing his writers' block in Lapland, when he gets an invitation to the President's Grand Ball in Helsinki. The railway systems are frozen and he misses the only plane, but the Laplander Jallu agrees to drive him 1200 km (745 miles) south....
Helsinki Mansplaining Massacre
Character: Make
One woman’s desperate struggle to survive a horde of men with frail egos, who just want to explain everything to her. But the biggest horror may be closer to her than she thinks....
Rikos & rakkaus
Character: Arkadi Arhipov
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Heavysaurs: The Movie
Character: Iivari
Heavysaurs is a partly-animated, live-action family adventure about two kids who find five funny dinosaur creatures that love to eat and play rock music. When the creatures are taken into captivity, their rescue takes the kids on an exciting adventure full of challenges and surprises....
Yöjuna
Character: humalainen häirikkö
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Mestari
Character: Tarpio
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The Potato Venture
Character: Kalevi
A young Start-up entrepreneur tries to start importing potato to 17th century Finland. The new class of bourgeoisie is emerging and shaking up the stagnant spirit of the era. But nobody believes in potato, and the Turnip-Sellers Guild decides to squash the disturbance caused by the young entrepreneurs. In the end, the bumpy road of potatoes grows into mythical proportions....
The Flight Before Christmas
Character: Armas / Tervas / Puhelintonttu (voice)
A young reindeer named Niko dreams about flying like his father, whom he has never met. Despite constant teasing from others, he sneaks out of his home valley to take flying lessons from Julius, a flying squirrel....
Niko 2: Little Brother, Big Trouble
Character: Armas / Tervas (voice)
Set right before Christmas, young reindeer Niko must deal with his mother's remarriage and his being tasked with looking after his little stepbrother....
Eila
Character: Kai Pylkkänen
A cleaning woman decides to sue the state for illegal discharge....
The Tough Ones
Character: Aune
The Tough Ones tells a story of two friends who have a hard time finding their place in the society. Antti and Jussi are released from jail. While they were doing time for bank robbery, the third man involved in the robbery, the one who was not convicted, has become a policeman. He tries to help his friends to settle into the small town in Pohjanmaa, but the boys start a black market liquor business instead. The road seems to lead back to the jail....
Bad Boys: A True Story
Character: Kiosk Vendor
The story bases on four Finnish brothers, nicknamed 'the Eura Daltons' who received nation-wide notoriety for tearing gas pumps apart when they needed cash....
Super Furball Saves the Future
Character: Rehtori
To save the world, Super Furball has to save the bees. In order to do so, the heroic guinea pig has to redeem the biggest bully in school....
Promise
Character: Ville
The film tells about members of Finnish women's Lotta Service during the Second World War through the eyes of three young women....
Young Gods
Character: Taavi's father
Taavi,the enigmatic 18-year-old lead, has just inherited his long-deceased wealthy parents home and estate. It is high school graduation and Taavi's birthday, and after his fiends greet him au natural and are arrested, Taavi invites his friends to the mansion for a wild party. Taavi lives with a recording camera to his eye, a machine that allows his to keep interpersonal distance from everyone. Among his friends are Jere who considers himself a woman's man, Markus (who appears the well-adjusted ...
Sibelius
Character: Eino Leino
Director Timo Koivusalo point of view about life of classical music composer Jean Sibelius, who is a national composer of Finland....
The Longest Day
Character: Jani
Midsummer in Sweden; somewhere above the Arctic Circle. Many curious stories unfold in a small Finnish-speaking village, while the sun never sets....
Satan in the House
Character: Vaatemyyjä
Woman unexpectedly meets Satan in her attic....
Towards the Day of Doom
Character: Mälli
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...
The Bouncer
Character: Neighbor
A night club bouncer gets disgusted of all the violence and repression of the weak he is seeing. He has to act to protect the victims....
Love Records
Character: Harry Orvomaa
The rise and fall of Love Records record label in 1960s and 1970s Finland....
Once Upon a Time in the North
Character: Vallesmanni
19th century drama set on the plains of Ostrobothnia, western Finland, which are controlled by groups of knife-wielding thugs, the toughs. Traditionally, the first-born son inherits everything, so when Esko – a bum and a gang leader – learns that his father will leave the Välitalo estate to his younger and exemplary brother, all hell breaks loose....