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...
Known For
Complete Filmography
Super Furball and the Lying Squirrel
2025
as Opettaja Sakari Pennilä
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
2025
as Tarvainen
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
2024
as Jone
Everything is just perfect, and then, boom!

8 Views of Lake Biwa
2024
as Planton
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
2024
as Pertti Keinänen
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
2023
as Jukka 'Jukkis' Helasuo
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
2023
as Aapeli
War veteran Aapeli spends his days doing the same tasks over and over, until a spiritual experience changes his outlook on life.

Prelude
2023
as Jyrki
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
2023
One evening while preparing for another hookup, Touko commits the ultimate sin: an unprompted email to a long-lost Italian lover.

The Hullabaloos!
2022
as Adjutantti Korhonen
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
2022
as Havukainen
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
2022
as Tiina's agent (voice)
Actor Tiina Vainio has to make an audition tape in a hotel room as soon as possible for the role of her life.

Bubble
2022
as Teuvo
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
2022
as Sakari Laaksonen
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
2022
as Mustakäsi
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
2021
as Juho, isä
Single father is horrified to discover his daughter inexplicably disappears when she falls asleep.

Doctor Johansson
2021
as Lääkäri
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
2021
as Simo Rantamies
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
2021
as Neighbor
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
2020
as Bisnesenkeli
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
2020
Documentary film about the making of Arttu Haglund's feature film Gone.

The Last Ones
2020
as Kari
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
2020
as Neighbor
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
2020
as Virtasalmi
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
2020
as Juhani
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
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
2020
as Editor
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
2019
as Matti's Colleague
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
2019
as Eino Vartiovaara
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
2019
as Kari
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
2019
A raped women meets the authorities.

Are You Hungry?
2019
as Microwaveman
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
2019
as Onerva's Father
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
2019
as Astronautti
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
2018
as Eero Kaila
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
2018
Co-Producer
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
2018
as Tiaisen Harri
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
2018
as Father Sulo
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
2018
as Sakari Laaksonen
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
2017
as Harri
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
2017
as Jussi Ketola
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
2017
as Melartin
A restaurateur befriends a Syrian refugee who has recently arrived in Finland.

Tatu and Patu: An Oddsville Christmas
2016
as Rafael Angstinen
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
2016
as Koski
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
2016
as Hiker (voice)
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
2016
as Ahti Ikonen
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
2016
as Yksi Talvivaaran johtajista
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
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
2015
as kiinteistövälittäjä Max Strömberg / Ukko, "Ukkeli"
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
2015
Theatre Play
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
2015
as Gödel
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
2014
as Kari Lampikallio
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
2014
Director
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
2014
as Mikael
A Finnish dramedy about an 11-year-old boy dealing with the loss of his parents.

Raspberry Boat Refugee
2014
as Father
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
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
2013
as Jalkanen
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
2013
as Ismo
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
2012
as Martin Truu
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
2012
as Seppo
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
2012
as Ronald Reagan (voice)
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
2011
as Jaatinen
A story of one unlucky man's descent into disaster, a dramatic, human-destiny thriller with contemporary social undertones.

Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale
2010
as Aimo
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
2010
as Kengu
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
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
2009
as Maisteri 'Putte' Kronberg
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
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
2009
as Ossi
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
2009
as Suviseura saarnaaja
Two 18-year old girls from a christian fundamentalist community flee to a city for a summer job.

Hellsinki
2009
as Ukin mies
In the mid-1960s, three small-time Finnish bootleggers seize control of their Helsinki neighborhood's black-market liquor business.

Falling Angels
2008
as Lauri
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
2008
as Porolauman johtaja (voice)
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
2008
as Harjula
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
2007
as Heikki Kiljunen
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
2007
as Otto Aaltonen
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
2007
as Juha
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
2007
as Tom Marjola
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
2006
as Fakir's Father
The Fakir is fairy tale about the responsibility of ones life, and avoiding it.

The Prince of Soap
2006
as Apulaisohjaaja
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
2006
as Lecturer
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
2006
as Nuukin isä
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
2005
as Marker
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
2005
as Kai
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
A warm-hearted comedy about three ordinary people in an unusual situation.

Vares: Private Eye
2004
as Uusniitty
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.
2003
as Marker
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
2003
as Russian Criminal
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
2003
as Mutka
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
2002
as Kuulusteleva poliisi
Dreams perimeter Matti Ijäksen has written and directed, praised to the skies domestic film, which is in addition to starring always convincing trace ...

Rumble
2002
as Mäkinen
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
2002
as Nurse / Man
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
2001
as Kuoppala
A cynical city dweller returns to his hometown to sell his family home, but becomes unexpectedly nostalgic.

The Classic
2001
as liikunnan opettaja
A self-loving fictional autobiography of author Kari Hotakainen.

Ken tulta pyytää
2001
as televisiotoimittajan ääni
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
1999
as Aarne Sirkiä
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
1999
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
1999
Writer
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
1998
as Biljardia pelaava mies
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
1998
as Ollikainen
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
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
1997
as Mies leipäjonossa
A ragtag team of cleaners tackles absurdly dangerous jobs - explosions, devastating water damage, and “impossible” stains - while dreaming of escaping...

Jäänmurtaja
1997
as Mutanen
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
1994
as Vetelehtijä Hinkkanen
Manical portrait of a small businessman.

Kauhun millimetrit
1992
as Mies kahvilassa
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
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...