Jarkko Lahti

Jarkko Lahti

Birth : 1978-01-01, Kokkola, Finland

History

Jarkko Santeri Lahti (born 1978) is a Finnish actor. He is best known for his role as Olli Mäki in the film The Happiest Day in the Life of Olli Mäki (2016), for which he received the Jussi Award for Best Actor. Lahti has also appeared in films Sparrows (2015), The Unknown Soldier (2017), Helene (2020) and The Woodcutter Story (2022).

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Jarkko Lahti
Jarkko Lahti

Movies

Franky Five Star
Vater Harri
When things get too much, Franky checks into a hotel, which exists only in her head. The hotel is the home of four entirely different personalities, who alternately rule over her actions in real life.
The Woodcutter Story
Pepe
An open-pit mine is unearthed in an idyllic town in Northern Finland. A strange chain of dreadful events affect the life of Pepe, a kind and optimistic woodcutter. But no matter what happens, Pepe seems to be fine with it, as if he holds a secret of existence that is hard to grasp.
The Last Ones
Manager
Tundra of Lapland, Finland. Rupi, a young man who fills his days dealing and drinking, works in a mine hoping to raise enough money to escape the desolate village where he lives.
Helene
Gösta Sundman
Year 1915. Helene Schjerfbeck lives as a forgotten artist with her elderly mother in the countryside. It has been years since the last exhibit, and Helene continues to paint only because of her passion. Everything changes when art dealer finds Helen and her 159 wonderful paintings - and wants to organize a big private exhibit. However, Helen's turning point comes only when she is introduced to Einar Reuter. Young Einar is a forester, art enthusiast, and a passionate admirer of Helene's work. He becomes Helen's trusted and lover.
Maria's Paradise
Lawyer
A teenage orphan girl Salome lives within a sect lead by charismatic and ruthless Maria Åkerblom. During a pivotal summer, Salome is faced with standing up against Maria, the woman who had saved her.
Trainer
Simo
Rise and fall of Jari Sarasvuo, as he transforms from a media person to business training guru during the crazy years of the 1990s and 2000s, just before the financial crash.
The Tiger
Markus
On a winter evening Dad returns home drunk. A quarrel breaks out. Dad has a shotgun. Tiger and Mom escape the house and a haunting silence falls. Tiger must return inside to see what has happened.
Unknown Soldier
Viirilä
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).
Moonshiners
Juho Kuosmanen's new version of the first Finnish film ever made.
The Happiest Day in the Life of Olli Mäki
Olli Mäki
Summer 1962 and Olli Mäki has a shot at the world championship title in featherweight boxing. From the Finnish countryside to the bright lights of Helsinki, everything has been prepared for his fame and fortune. All Olli has to do is lose weight and concentrate. But there is a problem – he has fallen in love with Raija.
Sparrows
Darijo
The story follows a 16-year-old Icelandic boy, Ari, who lives with his mother in Reykjavík. She has to leave the country for a new job, sending him back to the small town of his youth. There he finds his old friend, suddenly a young woman with a tricky romantic relationship; and his father has become a victim of the financial crisis.
Scrap-Mattila and the Beautiful Woman
A silent film about a sorrowful man who's searching for a buyer for his goods and acceptance for his existence.
Citizens
Marko
Bad luck forces two men to resort to Plan B.
Three in Love
Jaakko
Tomi finds himself in love with two women and his wife Maria finds herself in a situation where she has to deal with the fact that Tomi is the love of her life.
Kinnunen
Pasi
Amazing adventures of a Finn in Estonia. A Finn in search of wife.