Taneli Mäkelä

AKA:
0.3301

1959-03-10

Espoo, Finland

Biography

Crew Roles

Fakta homma
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Director
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Casting
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Cast RolesCast Roles Played = {67}

Lauri

2005-12-30 5.3

FC Venus

Pete is a football enthusiast, who plays as a goalkeeper for FC HeMan, a team playing in the lowest possible league. His girlfriend, Anna, hates the whole sport. Pete and his teammates are planning to ...
Genre :Comedy, Romance

Adan Isä

2010-01-06 5.364

If You Love

Ada, the pampered daughter of the Minister, crashes drunk with an immigrant and loses her memory. Ada starts dating the victim’s son, Toni, but the relationship is put to the test when the secret is r ...
Genre :Drama, Romance

Martti Hakala

1989-11-30 7.006

The Winter War

Russia attacked Finland in late November 1939. This film tells the story of a Finnish platoon of reservists from the municipality of Kauhava in the province of Pohjanmaa/Ostrobothnia who leave their h ...
Genre :Drama, War

Timo

2017-08-23 5.184

Lapland Odyssey 3

In the third instalment of the franchise, Janne embarks on an epic hike, a journey of self-discovery. His dreams of a tranquil retreat into nature are quickly shattered however, when Räihänen and Kämä ...
Genre :Comedy, Adventure

Pappi

1988-09-01 6.543

The Wedding Waltz

Viltteri, a balding guy in his thirties living in rural northern Finland, is hopelessly clueless about his new role as a married man and the father of a newborn son. A perfect escape from family respo ...
Genre :Drama, Comedy, TV Movie

Erkki

1988-02-26 5.813

Plainlands

Based on a novel of the same name by the Finnish author, Antti Tuuri, this delicious late-80's comedy builds its dark humour on the stereotypical mentality of the northern part of Finland. While perha ...
Genre :Drama, Comedy

Helsingin juontaja

2003-08-29 5.763

Pearls and Pigs

When their bootlegging father ends up in jail, four twenty-something brothers need money to pay his debts to local crooks. Next, their 9-year-old half-sister is dumped on their doorstep by her prostit ...
Genre :Comedy

Eino S. Repo

2023-09-29 5.7

Spede

The story about the life and career of Pertti 'Spede' Pasanen, it traces the iconic entertainer's most innovative phase of filmmaking. The film sheds light on behind-the-scenes events from the late 19 ...
Genre :Drama

Johan

2024-02-16 5.8

Luottomies-elokuva: All in

When Tommi doesn't get the promotion he was hoping for from his father-in-law Johan, he decides to get into the investment business to buy his dream house with his wife, Harriet. However, things are c ...
Genre :Comedy

Jouko

2015-01-23 4.25

Adult Camp

A group of men and women, strangers to each other, choose to spend a different kind of summer holiday week by traveling to the beautiful Turku archipelago to participate in an inviting, upgraded versi ...
Genre :Comedy

Ilja

2017-12-17 0

Nuoruustango

Is love eternal? Or ideology? When erstwhile communists meet at a food course the result is quite the concoction. ...
Genre :Drama, Comedy, TV Movie

Kenraali Ribbergin adjutantti

1994-09-16 4.615

Vääpeli Körmy – taisteluni

Relations between Sweden and Finland come to near breaking point. When further negotiations led by President Mara fail, Sergeant Körmy interferes in the course of events. ...
Genre :Comedy

1987-01-23 2

Tropic of Ice – Jään kääntöpiiri

A Finnish businessman finds himself at the center of an international corruption scandal. ...
Genre :Thriller

Narrator (voice)

2024-08-29 0

Minun mereni

The Baltic Sea is one of the most polluted seas in the world and climate change is only making the situation worse. It is troubled by eutrophication and the lack of oxygen it causes. With Finland's NA ...
Genre :Documentary

Johanneksen isä

2017-12-25 4.5

95

Set in the final weekend of the year 1995 Ice Hockey World Championships, 95 tells through overlapping stories why Finland became a ice hockey world champion and how it affected the whole nation. ...
Genre :Drama, Comedy, History

Onni Pukari

1997-01-31 3.4

Vaiennut kylä

A criminal investigator arrives to investigate the murder of Annikki Niemi in a village whose residents remain silent about the killing. Local boss Onni Pukari and his shady associates try to prevent ...
Genre :Drama, Crime

Eikka

2006-02-17 6.365

Jackpot

Kummelin Jackpot, was released in February 2006. It was about a divorced man portrayed by Silvennoinen, who realises a way to trick himself a jackpot in football betting. ...
Genre :Comedy

Sakari Nevanen

1987-10-30 4.714

Lain ulkopuolella

On her way home from an evening shift at a men's clothing store, Saara Nevanen is raped by a man whom she recognizes as her regular but eccentric customer, Antti Kaironen. The doctor and policemen que ...
Genre :Drama, Crime

Aulis Kaakko

1987-10-30 2.5

Fakta homma

The windbreakers just flutter in the wind when the Fakta homman quartet is on the move. The ladies comment on every situation. Aulis takes a stand when necessary, but Heka only opens his mouth when it ...
Genre :Comedy

Autonasentaja

2016-12-21 4.571

Kaikki hyvin, Pekka

Pekka tries to accomplish absolute equality in one day. ...
Genre :Comedy

Maxim

2015-11-27 6.3

Heavysaurs: The Movie

Heavysaurs is a partly-animated, live-action family adventure about two kids who find five funny dinosaur creatures that love to eat and play rock music. When the creatures are taken into captivity, t ...
Genre :Fantasy, Family, Music

Nuuskamuikkunen (voice)

2010-08-06 5.7

Moomins and the Comet Chase

One day Moomintroll wakes to notice that grey dust is covering everything in the Moominvalley. He runs to ask the philosophical Muskrat if he knows what is happening, who advises him that things tend ...
Genre :Animation, Adventure, Family

olli

1988-12-18 0

Pullahiiri

A teenager (Sari Puumalainen) starts to suffer from bulimia nervosa after her boyfriend tells her to loose a bit weight. The illness makes her neglect the school and her friends until she realises tha ...
Genre :Drama

Milla's Father

2012-02-03 5.823

Naked Harbour

In a multicultural suburb of Helsinki, a bullied Russian immigrant decides to fight back, a young woman dreams of superstardom at any cost, and a junkie couple schemes their way out of debt. ...
Genre :Drama

Appiukko / Lääkäri

2015-02-25 5.073

Reunion

Luokkakokous is a story about three men that travel back to their hometown to attend their high school class reunion. ...
Genre :Comedy

2016-01-01 2

Sexy as Hell

When an accounting company moves, it’s CEO gets an opportunity to display her awesome management skills. ...
Genre :Comedy

Nuuskamuikkunen (voice)

2008-04-18 7.5

Moomin and Midsummer Madness

After a volcanic eruption causes floods, members of the moomin family find refuge inside a floating theater. ...
Genre :Animation, Family

Niilo Kalevi Rotko

1994-01-28 3.833

Anita

Crime caper involving two con artists who team up to pull off a super scam. Complications arise when the female member of the team falls in love with the male partner, who is mainly interested in the ...
Genre :Drama, Crime

Seller of the Restaurant

2017-02-03 6.946

The Other Side of Hope

A restaurateur befriends a Syrian refugee who has recently arrived in Finland. ...
Genre :Comedy, Drama

Pentti Maalismaa

2002-10-11 6.2

Blue Corner

Dreams perimeter Matti Ijäksen has written and directed, praised to the skies domestic film, which is in addition to starring always convincing trace Knocking Petteri Summanen and Sulevi Peltola. It i ...
Genre :Drama, Comedy, Crime

Esa Ryynänen, Marjan isä

2016-03-25 5.765

Gold Digger

Marja (Minka Kuustonen) is a blogger. Olavi is one of the richest men in the country. She might be able to save her blog if she dates him, but what if she falls for him for real? ...
Genre :Comedy, Romance

Suuronen, meijerin konsulentti

1986-12-05 4

Akallinen mies

The farmer now has found a wife. ...
Genre :Comedy

Mies huoltoasemalla

2008-09-12 4.522

The Subtenant

A farce about blackmailing, a kidney transplant operation performed at home, deviants and human relationships. ...
Genre :Comedy

Martti

2008-02-01 2.6

Three in Love

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. ...
Genre :Drama, Romance

Jääskeläinen

1990-11-02 5.357

Vääpeli Körmy ja marsalkan sauva

The colonel's wife's tin pints need to be cleaned up, and Sergeant First Class Körmy tasks two privates to do so. ...
Genre :Comedy

Ailan isä

2008-12-05 5.8

Falling Angels

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 legend. Relations with her mother have deterio ...
Genre :Drama, History

Anders Blom

2016-01-29 4.091

Love Records

The rise and fall of Love Records record label in 1960s and 1970s Finland. ...
Genre :Music, Comedy, Drama

Sakari Kantola

2012-02-17 5.7

Once Upon a Time in the North

19th century drama set on the plains of Ostrobothnia, western Finland, which are controlled by groups of knife-wielding thugs, the toughs. Traditionally, the first-born son inherits everything, so whe ...
Genre :Drama

Päätoimittaja

1996-09-27 6

Tie naisen sydämeen

Pentti Anttila is a journalist, who accidentally ends up in to a mental institution. There he meets a woman, who claims that she is being kept there by force. Penttilä starts to investigate the case a ...
Genre :Comedy, Thriller, Mystery

2026-02-18 0

Kaunis rietas onnellinen

Kaija Koo is one of the most popular artists in Finnish pop music and power ballads. The biopic follows Kaija Koo's journey through music and life as she navigates through her challenges and finds tru ...
Genre :Drama, Music

Johan Renwall

2016-11-11 6.75

Wingman

The series follows the lives of Juha "Juhis" Koski and Tommi Mäkinen-Renwall as neighbours. The men drift too far in their everyday challenges that lead to excessive outcomes. Unwillingly, Tommi and J ...
Genre :Comedy

Markku Hietamaa

1993-08-23 0

Hunajan maku

Genre :Drama

Tapani Riihimäki

2008-08-30 7.5

Ihmisten puolue

Genre :Comedy

Autokauppias

1999-10-03 7

Kaverille ei jätetä

Genre :Drama, Comedy

Reino Kurkela

1999-10-03 7

Kaverille ei jätetä

Genre :Drama, Comedy

Työmies

1999-10-03 7

Kaverille ei jätetä

Genre :Drama, Comedy

Kimmon isä

1999-10-03 7

Kaverille ei jätetä

Genre :Drama, Comedy

Fjalle

1999-10-03 7

Kaverille ei jätetä

Genre :Drama, Comedy

Aulis Kaakko

1986-02-19 4.8

Fakta homma

Fakta homma is a Finnish comedy television series. It first aired on Finnish TV in 1986 and last aired in 1998. ...
Genre :Comedy

Arto Maasalmi

1995-08-24 2.7

Kotikatu

Genre :Drama

Martti

2012-09-06 7.9

Kimmo

The name of the person is a thirtysomething, work shy and relaxed Kimmo. ...
Genre :Drama, Comedy

Aarnio

1993-03-15 0

Tuntemattomalle Jumalalle

Genre :Drama

Taisto Harmaja

2000-02-29 7.3

Sincerely Yours in Cold Blood

Kylmäverisesti sinun (Sincerely Yours in Cold Blood) is a Finnish true crime drama television series. All episodes are based on real life cases. The show follows Helsinki central police department inv ...
Genre :Drama, Crime

Tauno

2018-03-29 7

Sunnuntailounas

Genre :Comedy

Tarkastaja Joel Lehtonen

1994-01-10 0

Milkshake

Genre :Drama

Jukka Vanhatalo

2018-05-09 6

Duke of the Suburbs

Duke of Sipoo is a comedy about corruption and family man, Pasi Kovalainen, who has built his empire mostly by questionable means. Kovalainen himself doesn't think he's a criminal, but a average man t ...
Genre :Comedy, Crime

Frodo

1993-03-29 5.455

The Hobbits

Hobitit is a Finnish live action fantasy television miniseries originally broadcast in 1993 on Yle TV1. Produced by Olof Qvickström, it is based on the events of the books The Hobbit and The Lord of t ...
Genre :Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy

Hannu Sivenius

2016-01-14 0

Replacements

This emotion-packed hospital drama asks a bold question: How far are you ready to go to save your loved one? Are you capable of doing bad things to achieve something good? How far could you bend your ...
Genre :

Jarmo Kiiski

2022-09-02 6.933

Helsinki Syndrome

Family man Elias Karo takes four journalist hostage at their newspaper’s headquarters, in a desperate attempt to get them to reveal the wrongdoing wreaked on his family during the 90's recession. ...
Genre :Crime, Drama

Yves Cousteau

1996-05-05 5.75

Lihaksia ja luoteja

Humoristic police series made by Kummeli comedy group. It includes some characters from Kummeli TV-series. ...
Genre :Comedy

Rauno Ylikorpi

2018-12-21 6.2

Arctic Circle

During a routine search of an old cabin in the remote and wintery back country, Finnish policewoman, Nina Kautsalo, discovers two dead prostitutes, with a third still fighting for her life. The ensuin ...
Genre :Drama, Crime

Reino Ylikorpi

2018-12-21 6.2

Arctic Circle

During a routine search of an old cabin in the remote and wintery back country, Finnish policewoman, Nina Kautsalo, discovers two dead prostitutes, with a third still fighting for her life. The ensuin ...
Genre :Drama, Crime

Reino Kurkela

2001-02-05 0

Ou Nou

Genre :Comedy

Martti Hakala

1991-11-20 8

The Winter War

Pekka Parikka's The Winter War film edited as a five-part TV series. ...
Genre :War & Politics, Drama

Alpo Kurkinen

1998-01-11 9

Team Ahma

Stories about things that happen in the line of duty to two good friends working in the volunteer road service. ...
Genre :Drama, Comedy

1994-11-29 0

Akkaa päälle

Akkaa paalle is a Finnish television series broadcast in Finland since 1994. The series is directed by Anitta Pankkonen and written by Taneli Mäkelä and Pirkka-Pekka Petelius. The programme won the F ...
Genre :

Carl

1991-12-01 7.6

Maigret

The pragmatic, reserved and refined Maigret investigates murders in his singular unhurried manner and inevitably discovers the truth. ...
Genre :Crime, Mystery, Drama