Peter Franzén
Admittedly, I’m partial. Born and bred in Helsinki, my first list of actors and actresses are those born in Finland or are active in the Finnish film industry. Later on there will be others. The names below may be unknown to most of you, except perhaps a few at the end of the list. But like said, there will be others. The American actors, born in the U.S. or elsewhere, will be divided into neat, decade-long packages. And naturally, there will be separate articles on actresses from Europe and elsewhere.
1897-0606 Joel Rinne* actor – Asikkala, GD of Finland (1981/84)
1908-1002 Ville Salminen* actor/director/producer - Maarianhamina, GD of Finland (1992/84)
1908-1025 Tauno Palo* actor – Hämeenlinna, GD of Finland (1982/73)
1909-0818 Kaarlo Halttunen* actor - Lappeenranta, GD of Finland (1986/76)
1915-0202 Leevi Kuuranne* (b Lindström) actor - Tampere, GD of Finland (1965/50)
1915-0308 Tapio Rautavaara* athlete/OG/singer/actor – Pirkkala, GD of Finland (1979/64)
1920-0229 Kosti Klemelä* actor – Metsämaa, Finland (2006/86)
1921-0730 Tarmo Manni* actor – Saarijärvi, Finland (1999/78)
1921-1023 Matti Oravisto* actor – Helsinki, Finland (2001/80)
1922-0211 Leif Wager* actor - Helsinki, Finland (2002/80)
1922-0409 Heikki Savolainen* actor – Pori, Finland (1975/52)
1922-0930 Helge Herala* actor – Hämeenlinna, Finland (2010/87)
1923-0916 Sakari Jurkka* actor – Oulu, Finland (2012/89)
1926-1121 Matti Ranin* actor – Tampere, Finland (2013/87)
1927-0124 Leo Jokela* actor – Hausjärvi, Finland (1975/48)
1927-0124 Lasse Pöysti* actor/director/theater manager – Sortavala, Finland (2019/92)
1927-1228 Leo Lastumäki* actor – Liminka, Finland (2012/84)
1928-0111 Åke Lindman* (b Järvinen) actor/film director - Helsinki, Finland (2009/81)
1930-0410 Pertti “Spede” Pasanen* actor/ inventor - Kuopio, Finland (2001/71)
1930-0615 Jussi Jurkka* actor - Turku, Finland (1982/51)
1932-1108 Simo Salminen* actor/comedian - Vanaja, Finland (2015/82)
1937-0823 Ville-Veikko Salminen* actor – Turku, Finland (2006/68)
1940-0608 Tapani Perttu* actor/voice artist/singer – Hämeenkyrö, Finland (2018/78)
1940-1012 Esko Salminen* actor – Helsinki, Finland
1945-0104 Vesa-Matti Loiri* actor/singer – Helsinki, Finland
1945-0619 Heikki Nousiainen* actor – Helsinki, Finland
1946-0408 Heikki Kinnunen* actor – Raahe, Finland
1946-1207 Sulevi Peltola* actor – Viljakkala, Finland
1951-0328 Matti Pellonpää* actor – Helsinki, Finland (1995/44)
1953-0531 Pirkka-Pekka Petelius* actor/director/producer – Ala-Tornio, Finland
1956-0524 Vesa Vierikko* actor – Lappeenranta, Finland
1956-0712 Markku Peltola* actor – Helsinki, Finland (2007/51)
1959-0829 Juha Veijonen* actor - Helsinki, Finland
1961-0209 Jussi Lampi* actor/musician - Lappajärvi, Finland
1961-0417 Pertti Koivula* actor/singer - Ranua, Finland
1961-0819 Ville Virtanen* actor - Espoo, Finland
1962-0111 Ilkka Heiskanen* actor – Hamina, Finland
1962-0719 Martti Suosalo* actor/singer – Oulu, Finland
1962-1030 Mikko Rasila* actor – Oulu, Finland
1963-1006 Timo Jurkka* actor/son of Sakari Jurkka - Helsinki, Finland
1963-1031 Timo Koivusalo* actor/director/musician - Pori, Finland
1964-0827 Antti Reini* actor – Helsinki, Finland
1964-0913 Kari Hietalahti* actor/screenwriter – Savonlinna, Finland
1968-0721 Samuli Edelmann* actor/singer - Pori, Finland
1968-0724 Ilari Johansson* actor/stand-up comedian - Kuopio, Finland
1968-0823 Tommi Korpela* actor - Helsinki, Finland
1969-0211 Hannu-Pekka Björkman* actor – Kannonkoski, Finland
1969-0820 Santeri Kinnunen* actor – Helsinki, Finland
1971-0814 Peter Franzén* actor – Keminmaa, Finland
1980-0715 Jasper Pääkkönen* actor – Helsinki, Finland
Updated 8.2.2021
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Male_actors_from_Helsinki