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Timo Lavikainen
Timo Lavikainen (born 1972) is a Finnish actor. He lives in Joensuu Joensuu (; krl, Jovensuu; ) is a city and municipality in North Karelia, Finland, located on the northern shore of Lake Pyhäselkä (northern part of Lake Saimaa) at the mouth of the Pielinen River (''Pielisjoki''). It was founded in 1848. Th .... Filmography References * External links * 1972 births Living people Finnish male actors {{Finland-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Actor
An actor or actress is a person who portrays a character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. The analogous Greek term is (), literally "one who answers".''Hypokrites'' (related to our word for hypocrite) also means, less often, "to answer" the tragic chorus. See Weimann (1978, 2); see also Csapo and Slater, who offer translations of classical source material using the term ''hypocrisis'' ( acting) (1994, 257, 265–267). The actor's interpretation of a rolethe art of actingpertains to the role played, whether based on a real person or fictional character. This can also be considered an "actor's role," which was called this due to scrolls being used in the theaters. Interpretation occurs even when the actor is "playing themselves", as in some forms of experimental performance art. Formerly, in ancient Greece and the medieval world, and in England at the time of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joensuu
Joensuu (; krl, Jovensuu; ) is a city and municipality in North Karelia, Finland, located on the northern shore of Lake Pyhäselkä (northern part of Lake Saimaa) at the mouth of the Pielinen River (''Pielisjoki''). It was founded in 1848. The population of Joensuu is (), and the economic region of Joensuu has a population of 115,000. It is the largest city in Finland. The nearest major city, Kuopio in North Savonia, is located to the west. From Joensuu, the distance to Lappeenranta, the capital of South Karelia, is along Highway 6. As is typical of cities in Eastern Finland, Joensuu is monolingually Finnish. Along with Kuopio, Joensuu is one of major urban, economic, and cultural hubs of Eastern Finland. Joensuu is a student city with a subsidiary of the University of Eastern Finland, which has over 20,000 enrolled students, and a further 4,000 students at the Karelia University of Applied Sciences. Heraldry The explanation of the coat of arms of Joensuu reads: ”shie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pitkä Kuuma Kesä
''A Long Hot Summer'' ( fi, Pitkä kuuma kesä) is a 1999 Finnish rock comedy film written and directed by Perttu Leppä. It was the most popular youth film of the 1990s in Finland. The film, set in 1980, tells the story of a fictional rock band called Kalle Päätalo. Due to the film's popularity, the band started to tour around the country. Cast * as Paavo "Patu" Taskinen, the manager and lyricist of the band Kalle Päätalo * as Noora, the driver of Kalle Päätalo * as Jukka Lajunen, the singer of Kalle Päätalo * Timo Lavikainen as Kukkonen, the drummer of Kalle Päätalo * Konsta Hiekkanen as Jimi, the guitarist of Kalle Päätalo * Olli Sorjonen as Kakkonen, the bassist of Kalle Päätalo * Aino Seppo as Patu's mother * Niina Stützle as Sanna, Patu's sister * Toni Wirtanen Toni Juhana Wirtanen (born 4 April 1975, in Heinola, Finland) is a Finnish musician, best known as the vocalist, guitarist and songwriter for the rock band Apulanta. Wirtanen is also known for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Helmiä Ja Sikoja
''Helmiä ja sikoja'' ( en, Pearls and Pigs) is a 2003 Finnish comedy film directed and written by Perttu Leppä, and starring Mikko Leppilampi and Laura Birn. Plot When the Hirvonen brother's (Läde, Timo, Ruho and Poju) bootlegging father ends up in jail, his sons need money to pay his debts to local crooks. The brothers suddenly get a new family member when their stepsister, Saara, moves in with them. Soon they find out Saara has an outstanding singing voice and the boys come up with an idea to send her to a child star contest. To train the girl a former child star, a current pub rose, is employed. Reviews Cast *Mikko Leppilampi – Läde *Laura Birn – Laura *Amanda Pilke – Saara * Unto Helo – Timo *Timo Lavikainen – Ruho * Konsta Hiekkanen – Poju * Pekka Valkeejärvi – Ukko *Outi Mäenpää – Saaran mutsi (Saara's mother) *Antti Reini – Lauran miesystävä (Laura's boyfriend) *Antti Virmavirta – Sika * Tomi Salmela – Limppu *Sakari Kuosmanen – Lehikoin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Koirankynnen Leikkaaja
''Dog Nail Clipper'' (Finnish: ''Koirankynnen leikkaaja'') is a 2004 Finnish film directed by Markku Pölönen and starring Peter Franzén and Taisto Reimaluoto. The film is an adaptation of Finnish author Veikko Huovinen's 1980 novel of the same name. In spite of low profits, the film was critically acclaimed receiving positive reviews and winning several major film awards. ''Dog Nail Clipper'' was the most successful film at the 2005 Jussi Awards winning in five categories including Best Film, Best Actor, and Best Direction. Plot Mertsi (Peter Franzén) is an intelligent young Finnish soldier fighting against the Soviet Union in World War II. During a battle in 1941, Mertsi is shot in the head and sustains substantial brain damage that leaves him unable to cope with the demands of a normal life. Two of his friends, Eetvi (Taisto Reimaluoto) and Ville ( Ahti Kuoppala), try to help him by getting him employed at their places of work so that they can keep an eye on him. But both job ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
8 Päivää Ensi-iltaan
8 (eight) is the natural number following 7 and preceding 9. In mathematics 8 is: * a composite number, its proper divisors being , , and . It is twice 4 or four times 2. * a power of two, being 2 (two cubed), and is the first number of the form , being an integer greater than 1. * the first number which is neither prime nor semiprime. * the base of the octal number system, which is mostly used with computers. In octal, one digit represents three bits. In modern computers, a byte is a grouping of eight bits, also called an octet. * a Fibonacci number, being plus . The next Fibonacci number is . 8 is the only positive Fibonacci number, aside from 1, that is a perfect cube. * the only nonzero perfect power that is one less than another perfect power, by Mihăilescu's Theorem. * the order of the smallest non-abelian group all of whose subgroups are normal. * the dimension of the octonions and is the highest possible dimension of a normed division algebra. * the first number ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
