Seppo Sakari Pääkkönen (born 15 June 1957 in

Kuhmo Kuhmo (known as ''Kuhmoniemi'' until 1937) is a town and a municipality in Finland and is located at the south-eastern corner of the Kainuu region. The municipality has a population of () and covers an area of of which is water. The population ...

) is a

Finnish Finnish may refer to: * Something or someone from, or related to Finland * Culture of Finland * Finnish people or Finns, the primary ethnic group in Finland * Finnish language, the national language of the Finnish people * Finnish cuisine See also ...

actor. He is married to Virve Havelin. Their son

Jasper Pääkkönen Joona Jasper Pääkkönen (; born 15 July 1980) is a Finnish film actor and entrepreneur. Following a two-decade-plus career in Finnish movies, Pääkkönen's international breakthrough role came in 2015 in the historical drama television series ...

is also an actor. Pääkkönen played Matti's father in the 2006 film Matti: Hell Is for Heroes, where his real-life son plays his on-screen son. His younger brother

Antti Pääkkönen Antti is a Finnish masculine given name derived from the Greek name ''Andreas''. In Estonia, the variant Anti is more common. It is uncommon as a surname. People with the name include: Given name * Antti Autti (born 1985), Finnish snowboarde ...

is also an actor.

Partial filmography

* ''

Uuno Turhapuro – Suomen tasavallan herra presidentti ''Uuno Turhapuro – Suomen tasavallan herra presidentti'' is a 1992 Finnish comedy film written and directed by Ere Kokkonen. It is the sixteenth film in the Uuno Turhapuro series. Its name translates to "Uuno Turhapuro – the Mister President ...

'' (1990) * ''

Santa Claus and the Magic Drum ''Santa Claus and the Magic Drum'' (original Finnish title: ''Joulupukki ja noitarumpu, '') is a 51 minute long Finnish-Hungarian animation released in 1996. The story is based on a 1995 children's book of the same name by Mauri Kunnas. The movie ...

'' (''Joulupukki ja noitarumpu'', 1996) * ''

Cyclomania ''Cyclomania'' is a 2001 Finnish movie directed and written by Simo Halinen. Three teenage cyclists, two boys and a girl trying to balance friendship, competition and a growing romance. The two good friends K ( Lauri Nurkse) and Eetu ( Tommi Mu ...

'' (2001) * ''

Pelicanman ''Pelicanman'' (Finnish Finnish may refer to: * Something or someone from, or related to Finland * Culture of Finland * Finnish people or Finns, the primary ethnic group in Finland * Finnish language, the national language of the Finnish people ...

'' (''Pelikaanimies'', 2004) * '' Matti: Hell Is for Heroes'' (''Matti'', 2006) * '' V2: Dead Angel'' (''V2 – Jäätynyt enkeli'', 2007) * '' Run Sister Run!'' (''Sisko tahtoisin jäädä'', 2010) * ''

Wildeye ''Wildeye'' ( fi, Kätilö), also known as ''Finland 1944'', is a 2015 Finnish romantic war drama film directed by Antti Jokinen. It is an adaptation of Finnish author Katja Kettu's bestselling 2011 novel ''The Midwife'' (''Kätilö'') set befor ...

'' (''Kätilö'') (2015)

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* 1957 births Living people People from Kuhmo Finnish male film actors {{Finland-actor-stub