Jasper Pääkkönen
Known For
Acting
Born
1980-07-15 in Helsinki, Finland
Biography
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.
Most Known For
Vikings
as Halfdan the Black
Secret Lives
as Saku Salin
BlacKkKlansman
as Felix Kendrickson
Bad Boys: A True Story
as Eero Takkunen
Vares: Gambling Chip
as Kyypakkaus
Frozen Land
as Niko Smolander
Matti: Hell Is for Heroes
as Matti
Vares: The Sheriff
as Kyypakkaus
Da 5 Bloods
as Seppo Havelin
Jet Trash
as Mike
The Subtenant
as Kikke
Vares: Tango of Darkness
as Kyypakkaus
Lapland Odyssey
as Kapu
Operation Omerta
as Max Tanner
Vares X
as Kyypakkaus
Attack on Finland
as Markus Tanner
The Unhanged
Moomins and the Comet Chase
as Muumi (voice)
Irtiottoja
as Johnny
Vares: Private Eye
as Jarmo