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.
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Full filmography
- Vikings (2013) as Halfdan the Black
- Secret Lives (1999) as Saku Salin
- BlacKkKlansman (2018) as Felix Kendrickson
- Da 5 Bloods (2020) as Seppo Havelin
- BLOOD & SWEAT (2026) as Jon Laine
- Irtiottoja (2003) as Johnny
- Attack on Finland (2021) as Markus Tanner
- Last Ride (2023) as Kaapo
- Operation Omerta (2022) as Max Tanner
- Frozen Land (2005) as Niko Smolander
- Jet Trash (2016) as Mike
- Naked Harbour (2012) as Anders
- Heart of a Lion (2013) as Harri
- Bad Boys: A True Story (2003) as Eero Takkunen
- Operaciones Especiales: Europa (2022)
- Matti: Hell Is for Heroes (2006) as Matti
- Vares X (2024) as Kyypakkaus
- The Dark Tower (2020) as Marten Broadcloak
- Moomins and the Comet Chase (2010) as Muumi (voice)
- Hellsinki (2009) as Korppu
- Vares: The Kiss of Evil (2011) as Kyypakkaus
- Lapland Odyssey (2010) as Kapu
- The Unhanged (2023)
- V2: Dead Angel (2007) as Dan 'Dante Hell' Hellman