Jasper Pääkkönen
Jasper Pääkkönen | |
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Pääkkönen in 2022 | |
| Born | Joona Jasper Pääkkönen 15 July 1980 Helsinki, Finland |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1988–present |
| Spouse |
Alexandra Escat (m. 2017) |
| Children | 2 |
Joona Jasper Pääkkönen (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈjoːnɑ ˈjɑsper ˈpæːkːønen]; born 15 July 1980) is a Finnish film actor.
Following a two-decade-plus career in Finnish movies, Pääkkönen's international breakthrough role came in 2015 in the historical drama television series Vikings (2016–2018; 2020) as Halfdan the Black. His next roles were in Spike Lee's comedy-drama film BlacKkKlansman (2018) and in the war drama film Da 5 Bloods (2020).