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Jasper Pääkkönen
Jasper Pääkkönen (born July 15, 1980) is a Finnish actor and entrepreneur. Pääkkönen became famous in Finland playing Saku Salin in the Finnish television soap opera Salatut elämät (1999–2002) and have since then starred in many #1 Finnish box office hits, including Bad Boys (2003), Matti: Hell Is for Heroes (2006) and Lapland Odyssey (2010).
He made his international breakthrough role in historical drama television series Vikings (2015-2020) as Halfdan the Black. In March 2019, it was reported that Pääkkönen had been attached to Spike Lee's Netflix original film Da 5 Bloods. A week later, it was announced that Pääkkönen had also landed a major role in the upcoming Black Tower series based on the novels by Stephen King, but the series was subsequently cancelled in early 2020.
As actor
Vares X
The Unhanged
Last Ride
Attack on Finland
Da 5 Bloods
The Dark Tower
BlacKkKlansman
Jet Trash
Vares: The Sheriff
Heart of a Lion
Vares: Tango of Darkness
Vares: Gambling Chip
Naked Harbour
Vares: The Girls of April
Vares: The Kiss of Evil
Vares: Garter Snake
Lapland Odyssey
Moomins and the Comet Chase
Hellsinki
Moomin and Midsummer Madness
The Subtenant
V2: Dead Angel
Matti: Hell Is for Heroes
Frozen Land
Addiction
Vares: Private Eye
Bad Boys: A True Story
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