director
and actor
.
In his youth Lindman was a football player, playing defence for the Finnish national team during the Olympics in Helsinki 1952
. He represented the football club HIFK
in the Finnish league. In the 1960s, the British Football League club Swindon Town F.C.
wanted to sign him, but he turned them down to focus on his acting career.
Åke Lindman's breakthrough as an actor came with his role as the stubborn soldier Lehto in Edvin Laine
's movie The Unknown Soldier
from 1955.
Well, their poster child doesn't know it yet, but she's into me.
I guess I'll see you around...'same bat time' or whatever.
[to Janet] Remember when you got drunk and nearly got the chancellor of Bulgaria killed? I covered for you!
[to Lucy] I'm here because I feel more like me when I'm with you, than I do when I'm with me.
I think love should be irresistible, like a drug, you know? I think when it happens you should just not be able to help yourself. I just - I wanted... more.
Dominique: You're not as boring as I thought. But you're not as bright, either.
Mr Phipps: You are a perfect liar.
Scud: Knock 'em dead... but not really.
Janet: Have you seen my gun?
They're crime-fighting hotties with killer bodies.