Aku Hirviniemi
Acting
Biography
Aku-Heikki Ilmari Hirviniemi (born 5 December 1983, in Riihimäki) is a Finnish actor. He is well-known for his role as Urho Hietanen in the 2017 war film The Unknown Soldier. In the spring of 2010, Hirviniemi became a household name in Finland when a weekly sketch comedy television show Putous premiered. From 2012 to 2016 Hirviniemi starred MTV3's police drama series Roba.
Born: December 5, 1983
Place of Birth: Riihimäki, Finland
Known For
Ihmebantu
Ihmebantu is a Finnish black humor sketch show.
Keihäsmatkat
Roba
A new captain comes to take over the police station. Old behaviors and installed management will be questioned and put into debate. Police drama that tells the life of the policemen of the station of Roba, in the south of Helsinki. Winner of the Venla award for the best drama series in 2013.
Unknown Soldier
The film follows Finnish army machine gun company in Continuation War against Soviet Union, 1941–1944. Based on Väinö Linna's best selling novel Tuntematon Sotilas (The Unknown Soldier) and the novel's uncensored version, Sotaromaani (A War Novel).
Unknown Soldier
The Unknown Soldier miniseries expands the story of the 2017 film of the same name. The World War II series based on Väinö Linna's classic novel closely follows a machine gun company of the Finnish Army on the Karelian front during the Continuation War between Finland and the Soviet Union, from mobilization in 1941 to the Moscow Armistice in 1944. It's a story about how camaraderie, humor, and a desire to survive connect men on their journey. War upends the lives of both the individual soldiers and those left on the home front, and leaves its mark on the entire nation.
Taskmaster Finland
In this Finnish version of popular British format "Taskmaster," Jaakko Saariluoma will be seen in the role of Taskmaster, with Pilvi Hämäläinen as his right hand. They will be judging the stars competing as they explore the limits of their insight in a variety of tasks that require intelligence, skill, and wit. Guests will be visiting the studio and joining the fun.
Kontio & Parmas
Veteran police lieutenant Kontio will have to work closely with a new partner, a much younger female officer Parmas. Small Town Police Department of Valkeakoski, Finland, will never be the same.
Deadwind
When Sofia Karppi, a detective in her 30's who is trying to get over her husband's death, discovers the body of a young woman on a construction site, she triggers a chain of events that threatens to destroy her life again.
The Life of Aleksis Kivi
Aleksis Kivi (1834-1872) was a Finnish author who wrote the first significant novel in the Finnish language, "Seven Brothers/Seitsemän veljestä". Although Kivi was among the very earliest authors of prose and lyrics in Finnish language, he is still considered one of the greatest of them all.
Home Sweet Home
A story of one unlucky man's descent into disaster, a dramatic, human-destiny thriller with contemporary social undertones.
Filmography
as Tyylikäs mies
as Yksinäinen ratsastaja
as Ile Vainio
as Mikko
as Jokke
as Urpo Lahtinen
as Niklas
as Himself
as Tapio, Stuertti
as Oskari
as Allan Kurma
as Hietanen
as Ari
as Dimitri Mäkikoski
as Krister Merihaara
as Raninen
as Konstaapeli Rillirousku
as Hietanen
as Niklas
as Himself
as Harjakainen
as Aku
as Niklas
as Himself
as Akseli
as Nieminen, kansliapäällikön autonkuljettaja
as Jouni Pirhonen
as Jani Sjöberg
as Kalle
as Raninen
as Jeppe Antinpoika
as Pasi Happonen
as Koistinen
as Heikki Hukkila
as eno (Olli)
as Marja Tyrni / Various
as Usko Eevertti Luttinen / Various
as Timo Harjakainen / Various
as Samppa Linna / Various
as Slaikka Gustafsson
as Tykistön tulenjohtaja
as Ylioppilas