Jasper Pääkkönen
Actor
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.
Filmography
Da 5 Bloods
as Seppo Havelin 2020
Lapland Odyssey
as Kapu 2010
Heart of a Lion
as Harri 2013
Attack on Finland
as Markus Tanner 2021
Frozen Land
as Niko Smolander 2005
Hellsinki
as Korppu 2009
Naked Harbour
as Anders 2012
Bad Boys: A True Story
as Eero Takkunen 2003
Addiction
as Aleksi 2004
Matti: Hell Is for Heroes
as Matti 2006
Vares: Private Eye
as Jarmo 2004
V2: Dead Angel
as Dan 'Dante Hell' Hellman 2007
Vares: Garter Snake
as Kyypakkaus 2011
Vares: The Girls of April
as Kyypakkaus 2011
Vares: The Kiss of Evil
as Kyypakkaus 2011
Vares: Gambling Chip
as Kyypakkaus 2012