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.
Addiction
(Aleksi)
Bad Boys: A True Story
(Eero Takkunen)
Hellsinki
(Korppu)
Matti: Hell Is for Heroes
(Matti)
V2: Dead Angel
(Dan 'Dante Hell' Hellman)
Vares: The Girls of April
(Kyypakkaus)
Vares: The Kiss of Evil
(Kyypakkaus)
Vares: Private Eye
(Jarmo)
Frozen Land
(Niko Smolander)
Vares: Garter Snake
(Kyypakkaus)
Lapland Odyssey
(Kapu)
Vares: Tango of Darkness
(Kyypakkaus)
Vares: Gambling Chip
(Kyypakkaus)
Heart of a Lion
(Harri)
The Unhanged
Vares: The Sheriff
(Kyypakkaus)
A Rare Grand Alignment
(Kaapo)
Vares X
(Kyypakkaus)
Jet Trash
(Mike)
BlacKkKlansman
(Felix Kendrickson)
Moomins and the Comet Chase
(Muumi (voice))
Da 5 Bloods
(Seppo Havelin)
Naked Harbour
(Anders)
Attack on Finland
(Markus Tanner)
Moomin and Midsummer Madness
(Muumipeikko (voice))
Ihmiselon ihanuus ja kurjuus
(Arvi Hongisto)
The Subtenant
(Kikke)
The Dark Tower
(Marten Broadcloak)
Vikings
(Halfdan the Black)
Secret Lives
(Saku Salin)
Haapasalon Suomi
(Self)
Operation Omerta
(Max Tanner)
Irtiottoja
(Johnny)
The Summit Suomi
(Juontaja)
Operaciones Especiales: Europa
BLOOD & SWEAT