Markku Tapani Toikka (born 5 April 1955 in

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, Finland) is a

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stand-up comedian and actor. His acting roles include "Rahikainen" in Aki Kaurismäki's ''

Crime and Punishment ''Crime and Punishment'' ( pre-reform Russian: ; post-reform rus, Преступление и наказание, Prestupléniye i nakazániye, prʲɪstʊˈplʲenʲɪje ɪ nəkɐˈzanʲɪje) is a novel by the Russian author Fyodor Dostoevsky. ...

'' and "Pekka" in another Aki Kaurismäki film '' Calamari Union''. In Calamari Union, Pekka appears for most of the film to gibber in English in an apparent

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delusion about his days as a soldier of fortune. This viewer interpretation is subverted towards the end of the movie, as a group of Latin American freedom fighters wreak their vengeance by shooting him like a dog. As a stand-up comic, his shtick has largely been that of the balding middle aged man going through an

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. He lives in Helsinki with his wife, Ulla-Maija, and two children, son Toivo Toikka, who plays in band called "Security" and acts in amateur movies, and daughter named Tuuli.

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1955 births Living people People from Somero Finnish male actors {{Finland-actor-stub