Peter Franzén

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1971-08-14 (54 years old)

Place of Birth

Keminmaa, Finland

Peter Franzén

Biography

Peter Vilhelm Franzén (born August 14, 1971) is a Finnish actor, author, screenwriter, and director. As an actor, Franzén has appeared in over 50 films and TV series. For his role in Dog Nail Clipper (2004), Franzén was awarded a Jussi Award for Best Actor as well as earning praise from film critic Jay Weissberg from Variety magazine who called the actor "one of the most talented and versatile thesps in Finland". In his career he has appeared in Finnish, Estonian, German, English, Swedish, and Hungarian speaking roles. In 2015, Franzén was cast as King Harald Finehair from the fourth season of Vikings. Franzén has also casted in Amazon Prim...

Acting

1998

Train Birds

as Lako's Lover

2003

Bad Boys: A True Story

as Otto Takkunen

2003

2009

Hellsinki

as Krisu

2000

Badding

as Ossi

2006

2004

The Threat

as Magnus

2002

Names in Marble

as Sulo Kallio

1999

Ambush

as Eero Perkola

2004

Set Point

as Harri

2001

On the Road to Emmaus

as Mankka-Arvi

2004

Dog Nail Clipper

as Mertsi Arhippa Vepsäläinen

2008

Three Wise Men

as Santa Claus

2011

2012

Road North

as Pertti Paakku

2012

Purge

as Hans Pekk

2013

1998

A Summer by the River

as Kottarainen

1998

Asphalto

as Mies

2013

2023

Boudica

as Wolfgar

2015

The Gunman

as Reiniger

2007

Red Is the Color of

as David Stellar

2023

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Alibi

as Rod Bryant

2023

Nightless Night

as Ilmari Huotari / The Murderer

2023

The Abyss

as Tage Vibenius

2015

2015

Johan Falk: The End

as Milo Mikhailov

2015

Homecoming

as Tomi

2016

Beck 31 - Gunvald

as Risto Kangas

2016

The Mine

as Raimo

2001

Kites Over Helsinki

as Sammy Ceder

2010

Priest of Evil

as Timo Harjunpää

2009

Rally On!

as Suko

2002

2018

Ashes in the Snow

as Commander Komarov

1994

2001

Jewel of the Sahara

as Young Francois Renard

2007

The Matriarch

as Laszlo

1999

Rikos & rakkaus

as Konstaapeli Jussi Rosenström

2000

2007

Cleaner

as Police Officer Bronson

2008

Isabella

as Andrea

2021

Meander

as Adam

2006

Baba's Cars

as Pekka Kukka

1996

Tie naisen sydämeen

as Kauko Kinnunen

2015

2020

Tale of the Sleeping Giants

as Narrator (Voice)

2010

Princess

as Saastamoinen

2006

Mystery of the Wolf

as Antero Venesmaa

1993

Takatöölö Story

as Heltat nuorina

2023

Hamsters

as Hamsteri

Production

-

2013

2013

Above Dark Waters

as Screenplay

2013

-

Kerpeikkari

as Director

-

Kerpeikkari

as Writer

2020

Kill Anneli

as Executive Producer

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