Jussi Vatanen
Acting
1978-01-30 · Sonkajärvi, Finland
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.
Filmography
TheatersRed Snow
2026 · Movie
TheatersBlue Baby
2026 · Movie
TheatersThe Kidnapping of a President
2026 · Movie
Vinski 2
2026 · Movie
Summer Is Crazy
2025 · Movie
Etsijät
2023 · Series
Fallen Leaves
2023 · Movie
Siege 55
2023 · Series
The Man Who Died
2022 · Series
Koskinen
2022 · Movie
Bad Women
2022 · Movie
Lakeside Murders
2021 · Series
Dark Corners
2021 · Movie
Putous Allstars
2020 · Series
Forest Giant
2020 · Movie
Man in Room 301
2019 · Series
Unknown Soldier
2018 · Series
Marcians
2017 · Series
Unknown Soldier
2017 · Movie
Lapland Odyssey 3
2017 · Movie
Downshifters
2016 · Series
Pitääkö olla huolissaan?
2016 · Series
Off the Map
2016 · Movie
Lapland Odyssey 2
2015 · Movie
Glass Ceiling
2015 · Movie
We Are the Pirates of the Roads
2015 · Movie
Towards the Day of Doom
2014 · Movie
Puolin ja toisin
2013 · Movie
Heart of a Lion
2013 · Movie
The Hijack That Went South
2013 · Movie
Kimmo
2012 · Series
Fanatics
2012 · Movie
Risto
2011 · Movie
Dirty Bomb
2011 · Movie
Tauno Tukevan sota
2010 · Series
Lapland Odyssey
2010 · Movie
Alamaailma Trilogia
2010 · Series
Putous
2010 · Series
Legend of the Lake Bodom
2006 · Movie
Kolme suudelmaa
2006 · Movie
Uudisraivaaja
2006 · Series
Kotikatu
1995 · Series
Arrogance
Movie