Tommi Korpela

Tommi Korpela

1968-08-23 Helsinki, Finland 105 Credits

Biography

Tommi Korpela is a Finnish actor and screenwriter. Best known for his roles in Man's Job (2007), Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale (2010), Distractions (2015) and Eternal Road (2017). He has won Jussi Award (Finnish premier film industry award) for Best Actor three times in 2008, 2009 and 2015. Korpela graduated from Helsinki Theatre Academy in 1995. Korpela is also a nature conservationist, and specializes in the conservation of Finland's migratory fish populations and the Saimaa ringed seal in...

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Super Furball and the Lying Squirrel

2025

as Opettaja Sakari Pennilä

Acting

A little girl has secret superpowers but can’t use them when a highway project is threatening the nearby forest. Desperate to save it, she invents an ...

Little Siberia

Little Siberia

2025

as Tarvainen

6.0
Acting

A pastor's faith turns upside down when a meteorite lands in his small Finnish town, its impact stirring up chaos and criminal intentions.

Amidst

Amidst

2024

as Jone

Acting

Everything is just perfect, and then, boom!

8 Views of Lake Biwa

8 Views of Lake Biwa

2024

as Planton

7.0
Acting

On the shimmering shores of Europe’s otherworldly edge, two teenage girls, Hanake and her best friend are discussing their first love interest while g...

The Missile

The Missile

2024

as Pertti Keinänen

6.6
Acting

Niina, a single mother working for a small-town newspaper, is drawn into an investigation into the fall of a Soviet missile that upends her life and t...

Huijarit

Huijarit

2023

as Jukka 'Jukkis' Helasuo

5.2
Acting

Exhausted by odd jobs and a lack of money, Siru manages to lie her way into becoming a fake doctor by a series of misunderstandings. Her new relations...

Rays of Light

Rays of Light

2023

as Aapeli

Acting

War veteran Aapeli spends his days doing the same tasks over and over, until a spiritual experience changes his outlook on life.

Prelude

Prelude

2023

as Jyrki

Acting

Helena is spending an evening with her family when someone knocks on the door. Unknown man confronts Helena with accusations towards her perfect famil...

Dear Pierangelo

Dear Pierangelo

2023

Acting

One evening while preparing for another hookup, Touko commits the ultimate sin: an unprompted email to a long-lost Italian lover.

The Hullabaloos!

The Hullabaloos!

2022

as Adjutantti Korhonen

5.0
Acting

The birthday of twin boys, Mökö and Luru, takes the family Kiljunen to Helsinki, where their dog gets accidentally switched with the president's dog. ...

Hyväveli

Hyväveli

2022

as Havukainen

Acting

Patrolman Loyan tries to find his place in the new police department while keeping his friend Warsame, newly released from prison, on the right track....

Thank You in Your Language

Thank You in Your Language

2022

as Tiina's agent (voice)

6.0
Acting

Actor Tiina Vainio has to make an audition tape in a hotel room as soon as possible for the role of her life.

Bubble

Bubble

2022

as Teuvo

7.2
Acting

16-year-old Eveliina accidentally sees her mother kissing another woman. Fearing her parents' divorce, she decides to intervene, by any means and with...

Super Furball Saves the Future

Super Furball Saves the Future

2022

as Sakari Laaksonen

6.3
Acting

To save the world, Super Furball has to save the bees. In order to do so, the heroic guinea pig has to redeem the biggest bully in school.

MC Helper beKINGs

MC Helper beKINGs

2022

as Mustakäsi

7.5
Acting

Räkä deliver pizzas for a living and spends his free time on moped meetings. In one meeting he meets Liima and together they start working towards the...

In Dreams

In Dreams

2021

as Juho, isä

5.0
Acting

Single father is horrified to discover his daughter inexplicably disappears when she falls asleep.

Doctor Johansson

Doctor Johansson

2021

as Lääkäri

Acting

A nurse, tired of her job, does not notice that a doctor leaves for his break. This gives a patient from the psychiatric unit next door a chance to sn...

Night of the Living Dicks

Night of the Living Dicks

2021

as Simo Rantamies

6.5
Acting

A woman who has had enough of anonymous dick pics finds eyeglasses that give her the ability to see which men are the real dicks – but the dicks can a...

Laundry

Laundry

2021

as Neighbor

6.0
Acting

Humorous fragment of starting over, struggles with life and neighbours. A story of the time when even washing the undies seems difficult.

The Potato Venture

The Potato Venture

2020

as Bisnesenkeli

5.8
Acting

A young Start-up entrepreneur tries to start importing potato to 17th century Finland. The new class of bourgeoisie is emerging and shaking up the sta...

Näin tehtiin Poissa

Näin tehtiin Poissa

2020

Acting

Documentary film about the making of Arttu Haglund's feature film Gone.

The Last Ones

The Last Ones

2020

as Kari

4.5
Acting

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 deso...

The Bouncer

The Bouncer

2020

as Neighbor

7.0
Acting

A night club bouncer gets disgusted of all the violence and repression of the weak he is seeing. He has to act to protect the victims.

Forest Giant

Forest Giant

2020

as Virtasalmi

7.1
Acting

Pasi returns to his childhood town, asked to reconfigure the local plywood factory. With a child on the way with his upper-class wife, Pasi sees an op...

Eden

Eden

2020

as Juhani

6.5
Acting

Eden is a coming-of-age film about a Protestant Confirmation camp on a summer’s week, set in the archipelago of Helsinki. Aliisa is the intellectually...

Spring Break

2020

as Antti

Acting

The mother of a family is sick with COVID-19. Quarantine and worries have driven them apart, until the father forces the kids for a hike in the woods....

Helene

Helene

2020

as Editor

6.3
Acting

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 He...

Gone

Gone

2019

as Matti's Colleague

Acting

Stuck living in his childhood home, now with his own family, Matti has been yearning for change. One day, the wait is over. He finds himself suddenly ...

Maria's Paradise

Maria's Paradise

2019

as Eino Vartiovaara

5.8
Acting

A teenage orphan girl Salome lives within a sect lead by charismatic and ruthless Maria Åkerblom. During a pivotal summer, Salome is faced with standi...

Force of Habit

Force of Habit

2019

as Kari

6.0
Acting

Force of Habit follows the lives of various women throughout one day. Hilla is having a romantic vacation, Emmi is throwing a house party, and Milja i...

It’s All Right

It’s All Right

2019

6.0
Acting

A raped women meets the authorities.

Are You Hungry?

Are You Hungry?

2019

as Microwaveman

5.1
Acting

A single mother struggles to connect with her adopted son, who she believes is gay. Her assumptions about her son's needs and desires lead to a casca...

Somebody Should Do Something

Somebody Should Do Something

2019

as Onerva's Father

4.0
Acting

Somebody Should Do Something tells a story of insecurity and longing for freedom, of fear that drives people to poor choices. The main character, Elvi...

Two Bodies on a Beach

Two Bodies on a Beach

2019

as Astronautti

4.7
Acting

A woman wakes up on a beach tied in a plastic press wearing only underwear and high heels. “Not again”, she sighs and decides to track down the enemy ...

Void

Void

2018

as Eero Kaila

6.4
Acting

Eero’s career as an author is spiraling down: he just can’t get started with his new novel. The ambitious actor Pihla is about to get her internationa...

Void

Void

2018

Co-Producer

6.4
Producing

Eero’s career as an author is spiraling down: he just can’t get started with his new novel. The ambitious actor Pihla is about to get her internationa...

Happier Times, Grump

Happier Times, Grump

2018

as Tiaisen Harri

6.8
Acting

The Grump prepares to die – everything is done and his wife is dead. He’s making his own coffin when the life walks in, all of a sudden. The granddaug...

Matti and Sami and the Three Biggest Mistakes in the Universe

Matti and Sami and the Three Biggest Mistakes in the Universe

2018

as Father Sulo

5.2
Acting

Matti is 11 years old and dreams of a family vacation in his father’s native country, Finland. He manages to get what he wants by telling a whopping l...

Super Furball

Super Furball

2018

as Sakari Laaksonen

2.7
Acting

Emilia is a suburban kid. She goes to school, lives with her Mom and sometimes her Dad, and her life couldn’t be more ordinary. But one day Emilia’s p...

Wonderland

Wonderland

2017

as Harri

5.3
Acting

Recently divorced Helena is getting anxious about spending christmas alone. Her best friend invites her to spend old time christmas on a farm - only p...

The Eternal Road

The Eternal Road

2017

as Jussi Ketola

6.7
Acting

Jussi Ketola, returns to Finland from the great depression struck America only to face growing political unrest. One summer night of 1930, nationalist...

The Other Side of Hope

The Other Side of Hope

2017

as Melartin

6.9
Acting

A restaurateur befriends a Syrian refugee who has recently arrived in Finland.

Tatu and Patu: An Oddsville Christmas

Tatu and Patu: An Oddsville Christmas

2016

as Rafael Angstinen

4.7
Acting

A young girl and her two friends from the exceptionally strange land of Oddsville make plans to celebrate Christmas together, but when she is late to ...

Flowers of Evil

Flowers of Evil

2016

as Koski

5.3
Acting

Unrest breaks out in eastern Helsinki as a Finnish family man gets hospitalized in the summer of 2015. Gangs of young people are burning down cars and...

Lake Bodom

Lake Bodom

2016

as Hiker (voice)

5.3
Acting

Every camper’s worst nightmare came true at Lake Bodom in 1960 when four teenagers were stabbed to death while sleeping in their tent. As the years pa...

Deadweight

Deadweight

2016

as Ahti Ikonen

5.6
Acting

Ahti Ikonen is a reliable captain at the height of his career. He is in command of the 35,000-ton container vessel Brugge, which enters the port of Sa...

The Mine

The Mine

2016

as Yksi Talvivaaran johtajista

6.8
Acting

A young and ambitious civil servant Jussi finds himself being in charge of the environmental permit of a huge nickel and uranium mine in Northern Finl...

Waste Land

2016

Acting

Waste Land is a tragicomic ensemble film about a bunch of kids squatting an abandoned seaside hotel. The shabby hotel offers a life outside the societ...

Distractions

Distractions

2015

as kiinteistövälittäjä Max Strömberg / Ukko, "Ukkeli"

6.3
Acting

Distracted by life, Mr. Makkonen misses his engagement party by decades. From the cradle to the grave, life keeps interrupting, not only him, but a ti...

Distractions

Distractions

2015

Theatre Play

6.3

Distracted by life, Mr. Makkonen misses his engagement party by decades. From the cradle to the grave, life keeps interrupting, not only him, but a ti...

The Midwife

The Midwife

2015

as Gödel

5.8
Acting

Helena has worked as a kind of midwife on the eve of the Lapland War. She wants to leave everything behind, and a suitable opportunity arises when sh...

The Swedish Moment

The Swedish Moment

2014

as Kari Lampikallio

5.7
Acting

Pop singer Kari and his girl dump a tightly wrapped mattress on a frozen lake. Things don’t quite go as planned, and the two go to Kari’s old drummer ...

The Swedish Moment

The Swedish Moment

2014

Director

5.7
Directing

Pop singer Kari and his girl dump a tightly wrapped mattress on a frozen lake. Things don’t quite go as planned, and the two go to Kari’s old drummer ...

Boy Upside Down

Boy Upside Down

2014

as Mikael

6.0
Acting

A Finnish dramedy about an 11-year-old boy dealing with the loss of his parents.

Raspberry Boat Refugee

Raspberry Boat Refugee

2014

as Father

4.9
Acting

Mikko Virtanen feels like a Swedish soul trapped in a Finnish body. Full of disgust for everything Finnish, he sees Sweden as heaven. Upon meeting a s...

Santa

2014

as Jussi

5.5
Acting

A trip to Lapland leads to immense changes in the life of a single mother and her seven- year- old son. Love, hope and efforts to save the life of the...

August Fools

August Fools

2013

as Jalkanen

5.5
Acting

An comedy set in 1960s Helsinki. The story revolves around Elsa, a resolute hatmaker who is in complete control of her life. Besides running her shop,...

Things We Do for Love

Things We Do for Love

2013

as Ismo

5.5
Acting

Vaarala, a reserved romantic photographer, has an odd artistic vision of loneliness: he takes serial photos of an empty park bench in remote spaces of...

Purge

Purge

2012

as Martin Truu

6.8
Acting

Aliide experienced The Great Terror under Stalin’s regime, and decades after her hometown people were deported to Siberia, she lives alone in an isola...

Police Investigates

Police Investigates

2012

as Seppo

5.0
Acting

A 16 year old girl claims she was abducted. Two police officer are tasked with investigating whether her story is plausible.

Love and Other Troubles

Love and Other Troubles

2012

as Ronald Reagan (voice)

5.4
Acting

Ville, 25, is a downbeat former child star who's successfully avoided his womanizing rock 'n' roll dad for years. Everything changes when his dad move...

Home Sweet Home

Home Sweet Home

2011

as Jaatinen

6.4
Acting

A story of one unlucky man's descent into disaster, a dramatic, human-destiny thriller with contemporary social undertones.

Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale

Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale

2010

as Aimo

6.2
Acting

Young Pietari lives with his reindeer-herding father in arctic Finland. On the eve of Christmas, a nearby excavation makes a frightening discovery and...

Priest of Evil

Priest of Evil

2010

as Kengu

5.5
Acting

Detective sergeant Timo Harjunpää of the Helsinki Violent Crime Unit loses his daughter in a tragic way. Despite the support of his closest colleague,...

Jäät

2010

as Kai

6.0
Acting

The story of Leena and Kai, a couple working in the rescue services, whose relationship falls into crisis as Kai becomes exhausted and depressed.

Backwood Philosopher

Backwood Philosopher

2009

as Maisteri 'Putte' Kronberg

5.9
Acting

Self-taught philosopher Konsta Pylkkänen guides a group of researchers through Finland's Kainuu wilderness in the hopes of having a "sinistä ajatusta"...

Where Is Where?

2009

as Death

Acting

Where is Where? is an experimental film that quarters the screen in order to have four different scenes play simultaneously. It's a meditation on the ...

Last Cowboy Standing

Last Cowboy Standing

2009

as Ossi

6.6
Acting

In 1982 the guilt-ridden 18-year-old Rupert tries to remember and understand the events of the past amidst the chaos of the present.

Forbidden Fruit

Forbidden Fruit

2009

as Suviseura saarnaaja

6.3
Acting

Two 18-year old girls from a christian fundamentalist community flee to a city for a summer job.

Hellsinki

Hellsinki

2009

as Ukin mies

6.4
Acting

In the mid-1960s, three small-time Finnish bootleggers seize control of their Helsinki neighborhood's black-market liquor business.

Falling Angels

Falling Angels

2008

as Lauri

5.8
Acting

The daughter of two famous writers, Helena upholds her late father's reputation, reciting his poems on various occasions and cherishing the memory of ...

The Flight Before Christmas

The Flight Before Christmas

2008

as Porolauman johtaja (voice)

5.7
Acting

A young reindeer named Niko dreams about flying like his father, whom he has never met. Despite constant teasing from others, he sneaks out of his hom...

The Home of Dark Butterflies

The Home of Dark Butterflies

2008

as Harjula

6.0
Acting

Haunted by his traumatic past and cautious about the prospects of an uncertain future, a fourteen year old boy named Juhani winds up in an isolated bo...

The Border

The Border

2007

as Heikki Kiljunen

5.2
Acting

The young man must set up a clear border between Finland and Russia, white and red, enemy and friend, us and them. While the task seems clear he finds...

Ganes

Ganes

2007

as Otto Aaltonen

5.6
Acting

Remu grew up in modest conditions. He dropped out from schoold during his teen age years and is making career as a small time criminal. His family's d...

Man's Job

Man's Job

2007

as Juha

5.8
Acting

Juha is 38 years old and has three small children and a depressed wife. He sees himself as strong and believes a man should provide for his family. Bu...

V2: Dead Angel

V2: Dead Angel

2007

as Tom Marjola

5.6
Acting

The tough Detective Vares, get hired by a friend accused of murdering a girl. His job is to find the real killer, but people aren't talking. Before he...

The Fakir

The Fakir

2006

as Fakir's Father

9.0
Acting

The Fakir is fairy tale about the responsibility of ones life, and avoiding it.

The Prince of Soap

The Prince of Soap

2006

as Apulaisohjaaja

2.9
Acting

Screenwriter Ilona falls in love with Kalle, the main star of the series, and mixes fact and fiction when she starts writing a romance between herself...

Lights in the Dusk

Lights in the Dusk

2006

as Lecturer

6.7
Acting

Outcast by his co-workers and living alone, Koistinen is a security guard who works the night shift in a luxury shopping mall in Helsinki. But when ic...

Unna and Nuuk

Unna and Nuuk

2006

as Nuukin isä

6.0
Acting

11-year-old Unna travels in time to the stone age with the help of a magic drum.

The Official Rare Exports Inc. Safety Instructions 2005

The Official Rare Exports Inc. Safety Instructions 2005

2005

as Marker

7.0
Acting

Not meant for the public eye, this film reveals the dark reality of what's wrong with company's product. With its primitive instincts triggered by bad...

For the Living and the Dead

For the Living and the Dead

2005

as Kai

5.7
Acting

An ordinary suburban family is shattered when their youngest son is killed in an accidental fire while locked inside the family's car on their yard. M...

Precious Brother

2004

as Otto

Acting

A warm-hearted comedy about three ordinary people in an unusual situation.

Vares: Private Eye

Vares: Private Eye

2004

as Uusniitty

6.2
Acting

On the trail of a woman, Vares finds himself caught up with underworld characters who are on the trail of hidden millions.

Rare Exports Inc.

Rare Exports Inc.

2003

as Marker

7.0
Acting

An elite trio of expert hunters venture into the woods to track and capture an especially rare and dangerous prey for the Christmas season.

Raid

Raid

2003

as Russian Criminal

6.0
Acting

Raid is a mysterious drifter and ex-criminal who comes and goes as he pleases. He has been away from the country for an extended period of time but le...

Bad Boys: A True Story

Bad Boys: A True Story

2003

as Mutka

5.7
Acting

The story bases on four Finnish brothers, nicknamed 'the Eura Daltons' who received nation-wide notoriety for tearing gas pumps apart when they needed...

Blue Corner

Blue Corner

2002

as Kuulusteleva poliisi

6.2
Acting

Dreams perimeter Matti Ijäksen has written and directed, praised to the skies domestic film, which is in addition to starring always convincing trace ...

Rumble

Rumble

2002

as Mäkinen

5.5
Acting

A summery, boozy road movie in which Leo aimlessly drives a group of aging teddy bears through the Finnish countryside in a red Cadillac. The film cen...

Love Is a Treasure

Love Is a Treasure

2002

as Nurse / Man

5.8
Acting

Love Is a Treasure is a 55-minute film about the world of women who have developed psychoses. It consists of five episodes each telling the story of o...

On the Road to Emmaus

On the Road to Emmaus

2001

as Kuoppala

6.0
Acting

A cynical city dweller returns to his hometown to sell his family home, but becomes unexpectedly nostalgic.

The Classic

The Classic

2001

as liikunnan opettaja

6.5
Acting

A self-loving fictional autobiography of author Kari Hotakainen.

Ken tulta pyytää

Ken tulta pyytää

2001

as televisiotoimittajan ääni

Acting

Firefighter Jesse heroically rescues ten children from a devastating fire. But it soon becomes clear that Jesse is not a hero after all, and a thrilli...

Rikos & rakkaus

Rikos & rakkaus

1999

as Aarne Sirkiä

4.0
Acting

In a comedy set in Rovaniemi, the parish’s housekeeper Kristiina Pahka falls in love with Marsipaani Räikkonen, even though he knows that the man is a...

Jerico 2000

Jerico 2000

1999

7.5
Acting

Jerico 2000 is a magazine programme parody made by Julmahuvi group. It's mainly made of parts from "Studio Julmahuvi" TV series. It participated in Ro...

Jerico 2000

Jerico 2000

1999

Writer

7.5
Writing

Jerico 2000 is a magazine programme parody made by Julmahuvi group. It's mainly made of parts from "Studio Julmahuvi" TV series. It participated in Ro...

White Marble

White Marble

1998

as Biljardia pelaava mies

6.0
Acting

Half-senile Ossi and his wife travel to celebrate Ossi's 75th birthday at an old people's home where most of their friends are already staying. Just b...

Poliisin poika

Poliisin poika

1998

as Ollikainen

5.9
Acting

The petty criminal Trampas is released from prison and immediately starts planning new jobs with his girlfriend's simpleminded brother Lepsu. They are...

A Clear Winter's Day

1997

as Teuvo

Acting

An old man gets lost looking for a post office. Every time he turns around a street corner, he ends up in the same small café. The café owner builds a...

I Hired Two Contract Cleaners

I Hired Two Contract Cleaners

1997

as Mies leipäjonossa

6.7
Acting

A ragtag team of cleaners tackles absurdly dangerous jobs - explosions, devastating water damage, and “impossible” stains - while dreaming of escaping...

Jäänmurtaja

Jäänmurtaja

1997

as Mutanen

Acting

14-year-old Petri dreams about becoming an ice hockey professional. A triangle drama at home makes Dad move away and replaces him with Mutanen, the wo...

Johanneksen leipäpuu

Johanneksen leipäpuu

1994

as Vetelehtijä Hinkkanen

5.0
Acting

Manical portrait of a small businessman.

Kauhun millimetrit

Kauhun millimetrit

1992

as Mies kahvilassa

7.0
Acting

Marja Sauri, who lives in Helsinki at the end of the 1980s, is going to the store to replace defective garden shears with new ones. Along the way, she...

Father's Day

N/A

as Veikko

Acting

Tinke's and his friend Veikko's life is turned upside down when two teenagers, determined to find their biological father, suddenly appear in their li...