Samuli Edelmann
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Samuli Casimir Edelmann (born 21 July 1968 in Pori
, Finland
) is a Finnish
actor
and singer.
.
Edelmann's latest film, Riisuttu mies, debuted 15 September 2006. In this film, he plays a priest by the name of Antti Pitkänen.
In addition to movies, he has also acted in the TV series
Vintiöt
and Irtiottoja. He has also dubbed numerous series and movies, e.g., Tanoshii Moomin Ikka (TV series)
and the part of Shrek in the movie of the same name.
In 2011 he will appear in Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol in a role which a Finnish news paper Ilta-Sanomat has described as "significant".
; the song, however, did not become the Finnish entry that year. He sang a duet with Sani from Aikakone
in 1995 called "Tuhannen yötä", which was one of the most successful songs that year. Edelmann has also sung duets with Mikko Kuustonen
, Laura Närhi
, Cata Mansikka-aho, Mari Rantasila and Irina Björklund
. Some of Edelmann's other songs include "(Sinä olet) Aurinko", which is commonly known as Ihana valo, "Kaikki tahtoo" and "Karavaanari".
Edelmann has also published an album by the name of Vaiheet, which has songs that his father, Toni Edelmann, has composed for texts by Hesse
, Goethe, Shakespeare
and Denisov
.
Edelmann has been awarded three Emma awards: New Male Artist of the Year and two Artist of the Year awards. His three platinum and three gold albums make him one of Finland's best-selling male artists.
Chart positions (Finnish Albums Chart) taken from the book Sisältää hitin (Finnish Chart History since 1972) and from finnishcharts.com. Album certification awards information taken from from IFPI (International Federation of the Phonographic Industry) Finland's site
Outi (1990)
Lasihelmi / Aika vie kulkijaa (1990)
Rakkaus saa laulamaan / Viimeinen yö (1991)
Peggy (1991) - Airplay #1
Pienestä kii (1991) - Airplay #1
Paratiisilinnut (1991) - Airplay #6
Viimeinen kesä (1992) - Top 50 #39
Prinssikerjäläinen (1992)
Sinun silmiesi tähden (1992) - Top 50 #33, Airplay #8
Veljenmalja (1992) - Top 50 #14
Yön valot (1992) - Top 50 # 13, Airplay #5
Pahat kielet (1993)
Oma planeetta (duet with Janita
) (1993) - Top 50 #3, Airplay # 1 Ihana ilta (1994) - Top 50 #2, Airplay #1
(Sinä olet) aurinko (1994) - Finnish Singles Chart #5, Top 50 #1, Airplay #1
Palava pää (1994) - Top 50 #4, Airplay #6
Sinun kanssasi / Postikortti (1994)
In Un Altro Mondo (1994) [Promo]
Tuhat yötä (duet with Sani
) (1995) - Finnish Singles Chart #1, Top 50 # 1, Airplay # 1 Valoista kirkkain (1995) - Top 50 #2, Airplay # 1
Sinusta lauluni teen (1995) - Top 50 # 31
Yöjuna (1996) - Top 50 #42
Armaan läheisyys (1997) - Top 50 #19
Huilunsoittaja (1997) - Top 50 # 48
Sonetti 18 (duet with Sani
) (1997) Olen luonasi sun (duet with Sani
) (1998) - Top 50 #2, Airplay #1 Mä jaksan odottaa / Peggy (1998)
Levottomat (duet with Cata Mansikka-aho) (2000) - Top 50 #6, Airplay #3
Kaikki tahtoo (2001) - Top 50 #4, Airplay #1
Sininen sointu (2001) - Top 50 #6, Airplay #3
Lokki ja mä (duet with Mari Rantasila) (2001) - Top 50 #43
Karavaanari (2001) - Top 50 #39
Juhlat alkakoon (2001)
Enkelten tuli (2003) - Top 50 #2, Airplay #1
Mun sydämellä on kypärä (2003) - Top 50 #15
Välillä (2003) - Top 50 #36
Pitkä kuuma kesä (2003)
Veli älä jätä (duet with Mikko Kuustonen
) (2004) - Top 50 #18, Airplay #4 Kirkossa (2005)
Amalia (2006) - Top 50 #22, Airplay #3
Ruma mies (2006) - Top 50 #14, Airplay #7
Samat kukat (2006)
Älä polta mua karrelle (2007) - Top 50 #35
Peltoniemen Hintriikan surumarssi (2008)
Suojelusenkeli (Maan korvessa kulkevi lapsosen tie) (2008)
Jos sä tahdot niin (duet with Jippu) (2009) - Finnish Singles Chart #1, Finnish Download Chart #1, Airplay #3
Pimeä onni (duet with Jippu) (2010) - Finnish Singles Chart #17, Finnish Download Chart #15, Airplay #3
Joo, joo, mä rakastan sua (duet with Jippu) (2011)
Ei mitään hätää (2011) - Finnish Singles Chart #8, Finnish Download Chart #8, Airplay #2
Se viimeinen (2011) - Airplay #10
All charts refer to Finnish Charts. Chart positions from Finnish Singles Chart (Top 20 Singles), Rumba Magazine's Top 50 Hits Chart (Top 50 Hits) (which was published until 2007), Finnish Download Chart (Top 30 Download) and Music Control's Finnish Airplay Chart (Top 20/Top 100).
Pori
Pori is a city and municipality on the west coast of Finland. The city is located some from the Gulf of Bothnia, on the estuary of the Kokemäenjoki river, which is the largest in Finland. Pori is the most important town in the Satakunta region....
, Finland
Finland
Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...
) is a Finnish
Finland
Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...
actor
Actor
An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...
and singer.
Family and career
Samuli Edelmann is the son of actress Marja-Leena Kouki and composer Toni Edelmann. Edelmann has two children, Venla and Ilmari, with his wife Laura Tuomarila. In the spring of 2006, Samuli Edelmann and his family moved to MaltaMalta
Malta , officially known as the Republic of Malta , is a Southern European country consisting of an archipelago situated in the centre of the Mediterranean, south of Sicily, east of Tunisia and north of Libya, with Gibraltar to the west and Alexandria to the east.Malta covers just over in...
.
Actor
Edelmann graduated from the Theatre Academy of Finland in 1991. Before he graduated, he had already acted in the three movies: Talvisota and two Vääpeli Körmy movies. His role of Vähy in the movie Veturimiehet heiluttaa in 1992, however, was what shot him to fame. Some of his other well-known roles include Patrick in Romanovin kivet (1993), Jussi Murikka in Häijyt (1999), Roope in Levottomat (2000), Aki in Minä ja Morrison (2001) and Tomppa in Rööperi.Edelmann's latest film, Riisuttu mies, debuted 15 September 2006. In this film, he plays a priest by the name of Antti Pitkänen.
In addition to movies, he has also acted in the TV series
Television program
A television program , also called television show, is a segment of content which is intended to be broadcast on television. It may be a one-time production or part of a periodically recurring series...
Vintiöt
Vintiöt
Vintiöt is a Finnish television comedy and sketch series that ran on the MTV3 channel beginning in 1994.-Cast:The show featured a cast of well-known Finnish actors, including Samuli Edelmann, Santeri Kinnunen, Niko Saarela, Janus Hanski, Jussi Chydenius, Kari Hietalahti and Juha Veijonen...
and Irtiottoja. He has also dubbed numerous series and movies, e.g., Tanoshii Moomin Ikka (TV series)
Tanoshii Moomin Ikka (TV series)
is the third anime TV series adaptation loosely based on the books by the Finnish illustrator and writer Tove Jansson. It was produced in 1990-91 by TV Tokyo, Telescreen Japan Inc., Finlands Broadcasting YLE and Telecable Benelux B.V.....
and the part of Shrek in the movie of the same name.
In 2011 he will appear in Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol in a role which a Finnish news paper Ilta-Sanomat has described as "significant".
Singer
Edelmann shot to fame as a singer in 1991 with his song "Pienestä kii". The same year, his song, "Peggy", was a candidate for the Eurovision Song ContestEurovision Song Contest
The Eurovision Song Contest is an annual competition held among active member countries of the European Broadcasting Union .Each member country submits a song to be performed on live television and then casts votes for the other countries' songs to determine the most popular song in the competition...
; the song, however, did not become the Finnish entry that year. He sang a duet with Sani from Aikakone
Aikakone
Aikakone was a Finnish pop music group active in 1995–1998 and shortly in 2001 and 2003 as Aika. In 2003 they changed their name back to Aikakone and had their last concert....
in 1995 called "Tuhannen yötä", which was one of the most successful songs that year. Edelmann has also sung duets with Mikko Kuustonen
Mikko Kuustonen
Mikko Ari Kuustonen is a Finnish singer-songwriter.In 1998 Kuustonen was the first Finn to be nominated as a UNFPA Goodwill Ambassador. The following year he was awarded the Church’s Peace Prize . In 2003 he was nominated as The Most Positive Finn.- External links :* *...
, Laura Närhi
Laura Närhi
Laura Närhi is a Finnish pop singer. The lead singer of Kemopetrol, she started a solo career and her debut solo album Suuri sydän was released in August 2010 and has sold over 30,000 copies in Finland...
, Cata Mansikka-aho, Mari Rantasila and Irina Björklund
Irina Björklund
Irina Björklund is a Finnish actress.Björklund was born in Danderyd, Stockholm County, Sweden but she quickly moved to Finland with her family. She has acted in movies and in television series. Some well known movies include Rukajärven tie , Levottomat , Minä ja Morrison , and Vieraalla Maalla...
. Some of Edelmann's other songs include "(Sinä olet) Aurinko", which is commonly known as Ihana valo, "Kaikki tahtoo" and "Karavaanari".
Edelmann has also published an album by the name of Vaiheet, which has songs that his father, Toni Edelmann, has composed for texts by Hesse
Hermann Hesse
Hermann Hesse was a German-Swiss poet, novelist, and painter. In 1946, he received the Nobel Prize in Literature...
, Goethe, Shakespeare
William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare was an English poet and playwright, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. He is often called England's national poet and the "Bard of Avon"...
and Denisov
Edison Denisov
Edison Vasilievich Denisov was a Russian composer of so called "Underground" — "Anti-Collectivist", "alternative" or "nonconformist" division in the Soviet music.-Biography:...
.
Edelmann has been awarded three Emma awards: New Male Artist of the Year and two Artist of the Year awards. His three platinum and three gold albums make him one of Finland's best-selling male artists.
Albums
- Oi taivas (1990) (re-released 1992)
- Peggy - Pienestä kii (1991, FIN #1, platinum)
- Yön valot (1992, FIN #11)
- Parhaat (1993) (compilation)
- Ihana valo (1994, FIN # 5, platinum)
- Tuhat yötä (1995, FIN #7, gold)
- Vaiheet (1997, FIN #8)
- Greatest Hits (1998, FIN #3, gold) (compilation)
- Kaikki tahtoo (2001, FIN #1, platinum)
- Enkelten tuli (2003, FIN #2, gold)
- Yksi ilta – (Samuli Edelmann & Mikko KuustonenMikko KuustonenMikko Ari Kuustonen is a Finnish singer-songwriter.In 1998 Kuustonen was the first Finn to be nominated as a UNFPA Goodwill Ambassador. The following year he was awarded the Church’s Peace Prize . In 2003 he was nominated as The Most Positive Finn.- External links :* *...
) (2005) (Live-DVD) - Vain elämää : 1992–2005 (2005, FIN #21, gold) (compilation)
- Voittola (2006, FIN #14)
- Virsiä (2007, FIN #1, 2x platinum)
- Virsiä 2 (2008, FIN #2, platinum)
- Maa on niin kaunis - Virsiä 3 (2009, FIN #4, gold)
- Pimeä onni – (Samuli Edelmann & Jippu) (2010, FIN #2, platinum)
- The Essential (2011) (compilation)
- Pienellä kivellä (2011, FIN #3)
Chart positions (Finnish Albums Chart) taken from the book Sisältää hitin (Finnish Chart History since 1972) and from finnishcharts.com. Album certification awards information taken from from IFPI (International Federation of the Phonographic Industry) Finland's site
Singles
Janita
Janita Maria Ervi , better known by her stage name Janita, is a Finnish soul, alternative rock, and R&B singer–songwriter. Born in Helsinki, she started her career in Finland and later moved to Brooklyn at the age of 17...
) (1993) - Top 50 #3, Airplay # 1
Aikakone
Aikakone was a Finnish pop music group active in 1995–1998 and shortly in 2001 and 2003 as Aika. In 2003 they changed their name back to Aikakone and had their last concert....
) (1995) - Finnish Singles Chart #1, Top 50 # 1, Airplay # 1
Aikakone
Aikakone was a Finnish pop music group active in 1995–1998 and shortly in 2001 and 2003 as Aika. In 2003 they changed their name back to Aikakone and had their last concert....
) (1997)
Aikakone
Aikakone was a Finnish pop music group active in 1995–1998 and shortly in 2001 and 2003 as Aika. In 2003 they changed their name back to Aikakone and had their last concert....
) (1998) - Top 50 #2, Airplay #1
Mikko Kuustonen
Mikko Ari Kuustonen is a Finnish singer-songwriter.In 1998 Kuustonen was the first Finn to be nominated as a UNFPA Goodwill Ambassador. The following year he was awarded the Church’s Peace Prize . In 2003 he was nominated as The Most Positive Finn.- External links :* *...
) (2004) - Top 50 #18, Airplay #4
All charts refer to Finnish Charts. Chart positions from Finnish Singles Chart (Top 20 Singles), Rumba Magazine's Top 50 Hits Chart (Top 50 Hits) (which was published until 2007), Finnish Download Chart (Top 30 Download) and Music Control's Finnish Airplay Chart (Top 20/Top 100).