I would put Franzén highest up on that list! As for females, his wife is a really lovely actress.
Then there are of course these old school actors in Kaurismäki's movies... Kati Outinen and that guy.
Who else??
I agree, Peter Franzen and Irina Björklund are a must on that list! Then there's Nicke Lignell and Tiina Lymi. Hmmm...I wonder...Jenni Banerjee-Loutaja is a very good actress too, but at the moment I can't think of anyone else...
And you musn't forget Minna Haapkylä...She's one hell of an actress,too;)
I think Petteri Summanen and Mikko Leppilampi are also quite good actors too. Mainly their performance in Frozen Land (Paha maa) really shook me somehow. Otherwise they've been mostly doing "silly" parts (at least I think so).
Pamela Tola is good actress. Her best job was maybe in Soap (Saippuaprinssi), she was also in Frozen Land, but had somehow smaller role than those guys.
Peter Franzén.. it's funny that I mostly remember him playing dead in CSI: Miami and some bad troll (?) in Rölli ja metsänhenki. I think I'll try to dig up Asphalto from somewhere, from what I've heard it should be interesting film.
Immeinen - of course, how could I forget Nicke Lignell? He is great, and really nice in person too.
(No, I don't know him , but I was an extra in Colorado avenue last summer and he and Irina Björklund were the only ones of the "big" actors who actually bothered to be NICE to people...)
Then there's Peter Kanerva, and Jasper Pääkkönen - I thought he was pretty good in Matti, for example.
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I can name at least a two dozen finnish actors who are a way better than Peter Franzen. For example, Martti Suosalo, Hannu-Pekka Björkman, Petteri Summanen, Tommi Korpela, Sulevi Peltola, Janne Reinikainen, Kai Lehtinen, Taisto Reimaluoto, Juha Muje, Kari Heiskanen, Oiva Lohtander, Vesa Vierikko, Esko Salminen... the list goes on forever.
It's no wonder why Franzen can't make it in the Hollywood: he's short, ugly and a god damn poor actor.
actually, I think Oiva Lohtander is one of the best actors ever..
best finnish actress i think is Outi mäenpää
My best actors list would include absolutely Vesa-Matti Loiri, Esko Salminen, Samuli Edelmann, Tommi Korpela, Jukka-Pekka Palo, Hannu-Pekka Björkman, Juhani Laitala..
Actresses Minna Haapkylä..
Pamela Tola is the most lame actress in Finland.. She is pretty as Hll, but I haven't seen her in any film where she'd be good actress..