Lauri Asko Antero Sarkola (born September 3, 1945, in

Helsinki Helsinki ( or ; ; sv, Helsingfors, ) is the Capital city, capital, primate city, primate, and List of cities and towns in Finland, most populous city of Finland. Located on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, it is the seat of the region of U ...

) is a Finnish actor and

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. He studied at the Svenska Teaterskolan from 1963 to 1966. He had a long career at the Swedish-speaking Lilla Teatern, where he first starred in 1967–1974 and served as deputy director from 1972 to 1974. In 1974–1981 and 1984–1997, Sarkola was the director of Lilla Teatern. From 1982 to 1985, Sarkola worked as a professor at the

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. He directed the

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from 1998 to 2016. Sarkola has played numerous roles in television, theater and movies. He starred in the lead, author

Algot Untola Algot Untola (28 November 1868 – 21 May 1918) was a Finnish writer and journalist. Untola was born in Tohmajärvi, to the ''Tietäväinen'' family, and his real name was ''Algoth'', but he changed the name to ''Algot Untola''. Untola had many ...

, in the 1980 film ''

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''. Sarkola has acted in both Finnish and Swedish films and acted as a narrator in the Finnish version of

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''. Sarkola has been the chairman of the Finlands Svenska Teaterförbundet 1978–1983, 1985–1986, the chairman of the Centralförbundet för Finlands svenska theater organizer 1983–1988, the Finnish representative of the Nordic Theater and Dance Committee 1988–2000 and the only member of the

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's theater committee. In 2013, Sarkola selected the recipient of the

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for Literature. Sarkola retired from the position of director of the Helsinki City Theater at the end of 2016. In the autumn of 2017, he played the role of

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in Juha Vakkuri's play ''Mannerheim ja saksalainen suudelma'' ("Mannerheim and the German Kiss"). Sarkola has been married twice, of whom he has three children from his first marriage (1978–1984). Since 1990, Sarkola has been married to actress Jonna Järnefelt and they have three children in common.

Selected filmography

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'' (''Tulipää'', 1980) *'' Beyond the Front Line'' (''Framom främsta linjen'', 2004) *'' 1944: The Final Defence'' (''Tali-Ihantala 1944'', 2007) *'' Blackout'' (2008) *'' Bad Family'' (''Paha perhe'', 2010) *'' The Human Part'' (''Ihmisen osa'', 2018)

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* 1945 births Living people Male actors from Helsinki 20th-century Finnish male actors 21st-century Finnish male actors Finnish male film actors Finnish male stage actors Finnish male television actors Academic staff of the University of the Arts Helsinki Pro Finlandia Medals of the Order of the Lion of Finland {{Finland-actor-stub

Selected filmography

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