Jasper Pääkkönen

Jasper Pääkkönen

1980-07-15

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.

Also appears in

BlacKkKlansman

BlacKkKlansman

7.5

Da 5 Bloods

Da 5 Bloods

6.5

Frozen Land

Frozen Land

6.9

Naked Harbour

Naked Harbour

6.0

Hellsinki

Hellsinki

6.4

Attack on Finland

Attack on Finland

5.7

Bad Boys: A True Story

Bad Boys: A True Story

5.7

Lapland Odyssey

Lapland Odyssey

6.5

Vares: The Kiss of Evil

Vares: The Kiss of Evil

5.9

A Rare Grand Alignment

A Rare Grand Alignment

Not yet rated

Vares: Garter Snake

Vares: Garter Snake

5.4

Heart of a Lion

Heart of a Lion

6.6

V2: Dead Angel

V2: Dead Angel

5.6

Matti: Hell Is for Heroes

Matti: Hell Is for Heroes

5.5

Vares: Private Eye

Vares: Private Eye

6.2

Vares: The Girls of April

Vares: The Girls of April

5.3

Vares X

Vares X

Not yet rated

Addiction

Addiction

3.8

Jet Trash

Jet Trash

5.0

Moomins and the Comet Chase

Moomins and the Comet Chase

5.5