
Acting
Community Rating
5.5
TMDB estimate
Born
July 15, 1980 (age 45)
Born in
Helsinki, Finland
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.

BLOOD & SWEAT
as Jon Laine
2026

The Summit Suomi
as Juontaja
2025

Vares X
as Kyypakkaus
2024

Last Ride
as Kaapo
2023

The Unhanged
2023

Operation Omerta
as Max Tanner
2022

Operaciones Especiales: Europa
2022

Attack on Finland
as Markus Tanner, Executive Producer
2021

Da 5 Bloods
as Seppo Havelin
2020
The Dark Tower
as Marten Broadcloak
2020

BlacKkKlansman
as Felix Kendrickson
2018

Haapasalon Suomi
as Self
2018

Jet Trash
as Mike
2016

Vares: The Sheriff
as Kyypakkaus
2015

Heart of a Lion
as Harri
2013

Vikings
as Halfdan the Black
2013

Vares: Tango of Darkness
as Kyypakkaus
2012

Vares: Gambling Chip
as Kyypakkaus
2012

Naked Harbour
as Anders
2012

Vares: Garter Snake
as Kyypakkaus
2011