Vesa Tapio Vierikko 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...

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Vierikko began acting in 1978 on television

Television

Television is a telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving moving images that can be monochrome or colored, with accompanying sound...

 working consistently throughout the 1980s and 1990s. He starred in the 2003

2003 in film

The year 2003 in film involved some significant events. Releases of sequels took place with movies like The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, 2 Fast 2 Furious, Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle, The Matrix Reloaded, The Matrix Revolutions, Pokémon Heroes, Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines,...

 film Sibelius

Sibelius (film)

Sibelius is a 2003 Finnish film biography of Jean Sibelius directed and written by Timo Koivusalo. It is the first full-length feature film about the famous composer.-Cast:*Martti Suosalo as Jean Sibelius*Heikki Nousiainen as Ben Haenni...

working with Finnish director Timo Koivusalo

Timo Koivusalo

Timo Johannes Koivusalo is a Finnish actor, director, writer, columnist, composer and musician. His most successful film to date was Työnnän syvälle kammioon, which debuted in the movie theaters in 2001....

 and actors such as Martti Suosalo

Martti Suosalo

Martti Juhani Suosalo is a Finnish actor and singer.Suosalo began his career in 1986 appearing on a mini TV series...

, Heikki Nousiainen

Heikki Nousiainen

Heikki Nousiainen is a Finnish film actor.Nousiainen entered film in 1971 as both a director and actor in Saatanan radikaalit and has made over 40 Finnish film and TV appearances to date...

 and Seela Sella

Seela Sella

Seela Maini Marjatta Sella is a Finnish film actress. She was born in Tampere, Finland.During her career, which has spanned more than 40 years to date, Seela Sella has had roles in productions at the Finnish National Theatre, the TTT-Theatre, the Tampere Comedy Theatre, etc and has made almost 35...

 and Miina Turunen

Miina Turunen

Miina Turunen is a Finnish actress.Tururen began acting in 1996 starring in the film Sirpaleita and starred in the 2003 film Sibelius working with Finnish director Timo Koivusalo and actors such as Martti Suosalo, Heikki Nousiainen and Seela Sella.-Filmography:*NDA - Salassapitosopimus .......

. He once again worked with director Koivusalo in Kaksipäisen kotkan varjossa

Kaksipäisen kotkan varjossa

Shadow of the Two-headed Eagle is a 2005 Finnish film directed and written by Timo Koivusalo.-Plot:The film is about an early twentieth century Finnish poet under the Russian regime.-Cast:...

in 2005

2005 in film

- Highest-grossing films :Please note that following the tradition of the English-language film industry, these are the top-grossing films that were first released in the United States in 2005...

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More recently in 2006 he has starred in over 16 episodes of Akkaa päälle.

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