47 Finnish male actors

Jouko Ahola is a Finnish former strongman, power-lifter and actor.

Ior Bock was a Swedish-speaking Finnish tour guide, actor, mythologist and eccentric. Ior Bock was a colourful media personality and became a very popular tour guide at the island fortress of Suomenlinna, where he worked from 1973 to 1998.

Tony Christian Halme was a Finnish politician, athlete, author, actor, and singer. He was a member of the Finnish Parliament from 2003 to 2007, representing the True Finns party as an independent politician. Halme was also known by the pseudonym Viikinki, which he used while appearing in Gladiaattorit, a Finnish version of the TV game show Gladiators, in the 1990s. He was also a professional wrestler best known for his appearances with Catch Wrestling Association (CWA), New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) and World Wrestling Federation (WWF) under the ring name Ludvig Borga; a mixed martial artist and the first fighter from the Nordic countries to ever compete in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC); and a professional boxer who held the Finnish heavyweight title.

Jari Juhani Halonen is a Finnish film and theatre director, writer and occasional actor. Known as a controversial and outspoken person, his films, such as Lipton Cockton in the Shadows of Sodoma (1995) and Joulubileet (1996), have garnered a cult following while also having been met with mixed reception by critics.

Pasi (Basilius) Jääskeläinen was a Finnish actor, singer, playwright and kantele player. He was one of the first recorded Cuplé singers in Finland. In addition he was one of the first artists to produce recordings in Finland, as previously they had been made in places like Saint Petersburg. Jääskeläinen recorded dozens of songs from 1904 until 1911.

Timo Jurkka is a Finnish actor, the son of actor Sakari Jurkka.

Risto Pekka Kaskilahti is a Finnish actor.

Tero Kaukomaa is a Finnish film producer and the winner of the 'Producer of the Year Award' in 2012 from Suomen Elokuvatuottajien Keskusliitto for Iron Sky.

Heikki Kinnunen is a Finnish actor, who became well known in the beginning of the 1970s in the comedy program Ällitälli. Kinnunen was known specially for his roles in comedy films and -series. He has played the leading role in Vääpeli Körmy films and appeared in five Uuno Turhapuro films.

Timo Johannes Koivusalo is a Finnish actor, director, writer, columnist, composer and musician. His most successful film to date was Rentun Ruusu, which debuted in the movie theaters in 2001.

Tommi Korpela is a Finnish actor. He has won the Jussi Award for Best Actor all together three times - a feat that has been accomplished by only two Finnish actors before him: Lasse Pöysti and Tauno Palo.

Esko Kovero is a Finnish actor. He is best known as Ismo Laitela in the Finnish soap opera Salatut elämät (1999–), but he has also appeared in movies and the theatre.

Sakari Jyrki Kuosmanen is a Finnish singer and actor, born in Helsinki. He has recorded several solo albums and has also done work with Sleepy Sleepers and Leningrad Cowboys. He appeared as himself on the Finnish television series Aaken ja Sakun kesäkeittiö in 1999.

Janne Tapio Kuusi is a Finnish television and film director, screenwriter, producer and occasional actor.

Mauno Arnold Kuusisto, was a popular Finnish vocalist and opera singer (tenor), as well as an actor.

Tor Börje Lampenius was a Finnish actor, director and singer. He made an extensive career in the Swedish Theatre in Helsinki. His most notable roles included the lead role in Death of a Salesman and the role of Freddy in the Finnish version of the musical My Fair Lady. Lampenius has recorded a number of hits and starred in movies both in Finland and in Sweden. In 2000, Lampenius was granted, by the Organization of Finnish Theatres, the Badge of the Golden Federation.

Jarno Juhani "Jarppi" Leppälä is a Finnish stunt performer and a member of the stunt group The Dudesons. In Finland, he also goes by the nickname "No Thumb".

Kalle Lindroth is a Finnish musician, actor and television host. He is the lead singer of the rock band Smak, formed in 2001. As an actor Lindroth appeared in the television series Kotikatu, and as a host in Summeri and Bumtsibum.

Vesa-Matti "Vesku" Loiri is a Finnish actor, musician and comedian, best known for his role as Uuno Turhapuro, whom he portrayed in a total of 20 movies between the years 1973 and 2004.

Tane Aleksanteri ”Aleksi” Mäkelä is a Finnish film director and occasional actor. He is best known for having directed several popular films such as Häjyt (1999), Matti (2006) and Vares – yksityisetsivä (2004). During his career, he has also worked for television.

Jarmo Mäkinen is a Finnish actor.

Erik Kristian “Eeki” Mantere was a Finnish musician that became famous in the 1970s as Viktor Kalborrek, soloist of the band Hullujussi. After Hullujussi disbanded in 1976, Mantere continued to perform as Viktor Kalborrek until the new millennium, albeit mainly in restaurants, department stores and TV programs. Playing a character that strongly resembled Kalborrek, he acted in the Seppo Huunonen movie The Hair from 1974. In 1989, he played Kalborrek in a supporting role in the Visa Mäkinen film Screws on Loose. In the Juha Tapaninen movie, the Iskelmäprinssi from 1991, Mantere dropped the Kaborrek act and played an Italian fashion guru.

Petr "Pekka" Milonoff is a Finnish theatre- and film director and an actor of Russian, German and Swedish ancestry. His sons Juho and Eero are also actors. Juho's twin brother Tuomas works with lights, electricity and filming in TV sets.

Esko Nikkari was a prolific Finnish actor who made more than 70 appearances on film and television. He was born in Lapua, and made his screen debut in 1974 in the movie Karvat.

Reino Nordin is a Finnish actor and musician who is known for starring in films such as Young Gods, Ganes and Purge. Nordin has released three solo albums and also two albums with his band Reino & The Rhinos. His sister is singer Siiri Nordin and his grandmother is Outi Heiskanen.

Hannu-Pekka Parviainen, nicknamed HP, is a Finnish snowboarder, stunt performer, and member of the stunt group The Dudesons.

Pertti Olavi "Spede" Pasanen was a Finnish film director and producer, comedian, and inventor. During his career he directed, wrote, produced or acted in about 50 movies and participated in numerous TV productions, including the comedy Spede Show and the game-show Speden Spelit. Much of his more commercial work was in collaboration with Vesa-Matti Loiri and Simo Salminen. Pasanen's films and TV shows, often made quickly and on a low budget, usually received little critical recognition but were popular among Finnish audiences from the 1960s onwards. He was the owner of his own film production company, Filmituotanto Spede Pasanen Ky.

Markku Peltola was a Finnish actor and musician. He was born and grew up in Helsinki. He was actively involved in founding and acting with the Telakka Theater in Tampere.

Lasse Erik Pöysti was a Finnish actor, director, theatre manager and writer. He was born in Sortavala.

Matti Helge Ranin was a Finnish actor.

Jukka "Jugi" Rasila is a Finnish actor and voice actor.

Simo Veli Atte Salminen was a Finnish comic-actor best known for his many performances in movies and television shows by Spede Pasanen, usually playing his sidekick in some fashion.

Ville-Veikko Salminen was a Finnish film, television, stage actor and director. He was one of the founders of the acting companies for both Yleisradio and Mainostelevisio. He is best remembered for his roles in the films of Spede Pasanen, often playing a handsome, suave womanizer - but also had an extensive career in films and TV outside his films.

Tenho Saurén was a Finnish actor and comic.

Heikki Johannes Silvennoinen is a Finnish musician and an actor. He was a guitarist and a songwriter in several notable Finnish bands in the 1970s and 1980s, and has also recorded solo albums. He is best known in Finland as a member of comedy group Kummeli, which started a television show in 1991.

Jan-Christian Söderholm is a Finnish actor. He graduated as Master of Arts in Theatre and Drama at the Theatre Academy of Finland in 2003. He has been working in several Finnish and Swedish speaking theatre and movie productions in Finland.

Martti Juhani Suosalo is a Finnish actor and singer.

Henry Per-Erik Theel, also known by his pseudonym Heikki Hovi, was one of the most prominent Finnish singers during the 1940s and the 1950s, though he continued to perform until the late 1980s. His most famous songs are inclusive of "Syyspihlajan alla", "Liljankukka", "Hiljaa soivat balalaikat" and "Satumaa" ("Fairyland"). Theel has participated in more than five-hundred songs and roles throughout his career. Theel also performed as an actor in at least five films.

Markku Tapani Toikka is a Finnish stand-up comedian and actor.

Jani Petteri Toivola is a Finnish actor, dancer and politician. He studied in HB Acting Studio, New York City in 1999–2002. He has performed in several dance works, television series and plays. Toivola is also openly gay. His father is Kenyan and mother Finnish.

Timo Torikka is a Finnish actor. He graduated from the Theatre Academy of Finland in 1982, after which he has worked both on the stage and onscreen. One of his most well known parts is the role of Pentti Saari in Pekka Parikka's film Talvisota. He also acted in two episodes of French television series Maigret with Bruno Cremer.

Markku Juhani ”Mato” Valtonen is a Finnish actor, musician and entrepreneur. Valtonen has been a member of the Finnish band Sleepy Sleepers since 1975 and the Leningrad Cowboys since 1989.

Jussi Vatanen is a Finnish actor.

Jukka Jalmari Virtanen was a Finnish entertainer and author. He worked as both a film and television director, actor and host. He was also an accomplished songwriter. Starting originally as a newspaper columnist, Virtanen began his television career in the 1950s and his film career in the 1960s.

Ville Virtanen is a Finnish actor.

Timo Vuorensola is a Finnish film director and actor. He has directed Star Wreck movies Star Wreck V: Lost Contact, and Star Wreck: In the Pirkinning, created by Samuli Torssonen. Vuorensola plays Lieutenant Dwarf in the films, and directed the film Iron Sky. He is also the lead vocalist and co-founder of dark industrial band Älymystö.

André Wickström is a Finland Swedish comedian and actor, performing in both the Swedish and the Finnish language.