Risto Pekka Kaskilahti is a Finnish actor.

Kaskilahti has worked in the Helsinki City Theatre since 2001, but he came to the public's attention as a regular competitor on Se on siinä

Se on siinä

Se on siinä was a Finnish humorous television sports quiz show shown on Sunday nights on YLE TV2 from 2001 to 2009. It was awarded the Venla-award for the best entertainment program voted by TV-viewers....

, a humorous sports quiz show, of which screenwriter he has also been. He has also portrayed in several movies and TV-series.

In 2005, Kaskilahti was awarded his second Telvis

Telvis

Telvis is a Finnish television award presented by the Katso magazine equivalent to the American Emmy Award. As of 2006, Telvis has been awarded 44 times , making it the oldest television award in Finland...

-prize. When performing on Elixir, a Finnish sports-focused TV-show, he trained with the official Finnish cross-country skiing team. Occasionally a weatherman for the channel Four news

Nelonen

Nelonen is a Finnish commercial TV channel. It started out as Helsinki's local television channel PTV in 1989 on the HTV cable network, which name was changed first to PTV4 and then to Nelonen. It started on June 1, 1997. Nelonen, in Finnish, means the glyph of the number four. The channel is...

, Kaskilahti has also acted in various plays at the Helsinki City Theatre, e.g. Viivi & Wagner

Viivi & Wagner

Viivi & Wagner is a somewhat absurdist Finnish newspaper comic strip drawn by Jussi "Juba" Tuomola.The titular main characters are Viivi, a Finnish woman in her twenties, and Wagner, a mature male pig. Wagner is fully anthropomorphic and sentient, yet still considers himself a pig instead of a human...

 and a Beauty and the Beast

Beauty and the Beast

Beauty and the Beast is a traditional fairy tale. The first published version of the fairy tale was a rendition by Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot de Villeneuve, published in La jeune américaine, et les contes marins in 1740...

 musical.

Risto Kaskilahti is married to actress Sari Puumalainen having two daughter, Saara and Siiri, with her.

Filmography

• Takalinjan Takana  (2010)
• Blackout  (2008)
• Raja 1918 (2007)
• Riemukas Robinsonin perhe (voice) (2007)
• Ice Age: The Meltdown
  Ice Age: The Meltdown
  Ice Age: The Meltdown, also known as Ice Age 2: The Meltdown or simply as Ice Age 2, is the 2006 sequel to the 2002 computer-animated film Ice Age. It was produced by Blue Sky Studios for 20th Century Fox, and premiered in Belgium on March 1, 2006...
  
   (voice) (2006)
• Saippuaprinssi
  Saippuaprinssi
  Saippuaprinssi is a 2006 Finnish romantic comedy film directed by Janne Kuusi starring Mikko Leppilampi and Pamela Tola. Aleksi Bardy wrote the script.-Cast:*Pamela Tola .... Ilona*Mikko Leppilampi .... Kalle/Antero...
  
   (2006)
• Tahdon asia (2005)
• Saunavuoro
  Saunavuoro
  Saunavuoro is a Finnish TV comedy show, similar to The Fast Show or Smack the Pony in the UK. It was shown on YLE TV1 in 2004.Saunavuoro is themed to look like it was filmed in the 1960s...
  
   (2004)
• Kansankynttilät
• Sibelius (2003)
• Klassikko (2001)
• Seitsemän (2001)
• Parhaat vuodet (2000)
• Hylätyt talot, autiot pihat (2000)
• Lakeuden kutsu (2000)
• Satumaa – Unto Monosen elämä ja tangot (1999)
• Johtaja Uuno Turhapuro – pisnismies (1998)
• Hämähäkkihuijaus (1998)
• Konstan koukkuja (1998)
• Siivoton juttu (1997)
• Aatamin poika
  Aatamin poika
  Aatamin poika is a 1996 Finnish TV film drama lasting 45 minutes. The TV short film was directed and written by Heikki Veijola starring Meri Nenonen...
  
   (1996)
• Ottaako sydämestä? (1995)
• Peltiheikit (1995)
• Viimeiset siemenperunat
• Kun piru tuli polkupyörällä sepän tölliin ja sepän vaimo sai uuden nenän (1993)
• Tuntemattomalle jumalalle (1993)
• Hobitit (1993)
• Joulukalenteri (1993)
• Rölli – hirmuisia kertomuksia (1991)
• Paukavartti (early 90s)
• Yötyö (1988)

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