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Jussi Vatanen
Jussi Vatanen (born 30 January 1978 in Sonkajärvi) is a Finnish actor. He graduated from Theatre Academy Helsinki in 2005 and has since then worked for several Finnish theatres. He became a household name in Finland after joining the cast of a weekly sketch comedy show Putous in its second season in 2011.
Vatanen has also appeared in other television programs and films. In 2010, he was nominated for a Jussi Award for the Best Actor in a Leading Role for his work in a Dome Karukoski film Lapland Odyssey. He has also appeared in films The Unknown Soldier (2017) and Fallen Leaves (2023), for which both he was nominated for Jussi Awards as well.
Vatanen is married to a singer Marika Tuhkala. They have a daughter.
As actor
The Kidnapping of a President
Blue Baby
Vinski 2
Punaista lunta
Summer Is Crazy
Fallen Leaves
Koskinen
Bad Women
Dark Corners
Forest Giant
Unknown Soldier
Lapland Odyssey 3
Off the Map
We Are the Pirates of the Roads
Lapland Odyssey 2
Glass Ceiling
Towards the Day of Doom
The Hijack That Went South
Heart of a Lion
Puolin ja toisin
Fanatics
Dirty Bomb
Risto
Lapland Odyssey
Legend of the Lake Bodom
Kolme suudelmaa
Arrogance