---
name: "Jussi Vatanen"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/jussi-vatanen"
fi1m_id: "jussi-vatanen"
imdb_id: "nm1948103"
tmdb_id: 226030
wikidata_id: "Q6303995"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "30 January 1978"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T20:14:57.086224+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Jussi Vatanen

## Identity

Jussi Vatanen

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/jussi-vatanen
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** jussi-vatanen
- **IMDb ID:** nm1948103
- **TMDB ID:** 226030
- **Wikidata ID:** Q6303995
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jussi_Vatanen, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6303995, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1948103/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/226030

Actor. Born 30 January 1978 in Sonkajärvi, Finland.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 30 January 1978, Sonkajärvi, Finland
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jussi_Vatanen, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6303995, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1948103/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/226030

## Coming up

- *Red Snow* (2026-11-20)

## Streaming the US now

- **MUBI:** [*Fallen Leaves*](https://film.one/film/fallen-leaves.md) (83)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Jussi Vatanen is a Finnish actor. He graduated from the Theatre Academy Helsinki in 2005 and has worked in several Finnish theatres. He became known to Finnish audiences through his roles in the sketch comedy series Putous from its second season in 2011.

Vatanen is known for his film roles including Janne in Lapland Odyssey (2010), Kulmala in Heart of a Lion (2013), Koskela in The Unknown Soldier (2017) and Holappa in Fallen Leaves (2023). He received Jussi Award nominations for Best Actor in a Leading Role for Lapland Odyssey and for his work in The Unknown Soldier and Fallen Leaves.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Fallen Leaves* (2023), Fi1m 83, as Holappa — [page](https://film.one/film/fallen-leaves.md)

## Complete filmography (39)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Red Snow* (2026), Actor
- *Blue Baby* (2026), as Kari
- *The Kidnapping of a President* (2026), as Jaeger colonel Eero Kuussaari
- *Vinski 2* (2026), as Karppinen
- *Summer Is Crazy* (2025), as Samppa
- *Etsijät* (2023), series, as Jaarnio
- *Fallen Leaves* (2023), as Holappa — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/film/fallen-leaves.md)
- *Siege 55* (2023), series, as Esko Heinonen
- *The Man Who Died* (2022), series, as Jaakko Kaunismaa
- *Koskinen* (2022), as Tohtori Jokinen
- *Bad Women* (2022), as Marko
- *Lakeside Murders* (2021), series, as Psykologi, Tohtori Jokinen
- *Dark Corners* (2021), as Zaney
- *Forest Giant* (2020), as Pasi Kauppi
- *Man in Room 301* (2019), series, as Seppo Kurtti
- *Unknown Soldier* (2018), series, as Koskela
- *Unknown Soldier* (2017), as Koskela
- *Lapland Odyssey 3* (2017), as Janne · Executive Producer
- *Downshifters* (2016), series, as Tommi Kuusela
- *Off the Map* (2016), as Vaittinen
- *Lapland Odyssey 2* (2015), as Janne
- *Glass Ceiling* (2015), as Mika
- *We Are the Pirates of the Roads* (2015), as Kulta-Pete
- *Towards the Day of Doom* (2014), as Julle Rekola
- *Puolin ja toisin* (2013), as Rauno
- *Heart of a Lion* (2013), as Kulmala
- *The Hijack That Went South* (2013), as Perämies Calle Snock
- *Kimmo* (2012), series, as Kimmo Hietala
- *Fanatics* (2012), as Tuukka Tiensuu
- *Risto* (2011), as Agentti
- *Dirty Bomb* (2011), as Jali
- *Tauno Tukevan sota* (2010), series, as Kauno Jurvanen
- *Lapland Odyssey* (2010), as Janne
- *Alamaailma Trilogia* (2010), series, as Stadian opettaja
- *Legend of the Lake Bodom* (2006), as Cop on Duty
- *Kolme suudelmaa* (2006), as tarjoilija
- *Uudisraivaaja* (2006), series, as Yrittäjä #4
- *Kotikatu* (1995), series, as Nakkikioskin asiakas
- *Arrogance*, as Ossi

## Gallery

- ![Jussi Vatanen](https://film.one/media/person/15161/gallery-692cfa10ed19.jpg) Jussi Vatanen — Peltimikko, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Jussi_Vatanen.jpg/1280px-Jussi_Vatanen.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Jussi Vatanen](https://film.one/media/person/15161/gallery-e34b5d2f7074.jpg) Jussi Vatanen — Image via TMDB

## Awards

### Other awards — 0 won, 2 nominated

- European Film Award for Best Actor 2023: European Film Award for Best Actor (nominated), for *Fallen Leaves*
- Jussi Award for Best Leading Actor 2011: Jussi Award for Best Leading Actor (nominated), for *Lapland Odyssey*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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