Timo Koivusalo
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31 October 1963 Pori, Finland |
Timo Johannes Koivusalo (born 31 October 1963 in Pori, Finland) is a Finnish actor, director, writer, columnist, composer and musician. His most successful film to date was Rentun Ruusu, which debuted in the movie theaters in 2001.
He has directed, written and acted in a number of films and is also an accomplished composer and musician.
The 6 ft 5 1⁄2 in (196.9 cm) Koivusalo rose to fame with his character Pekko Aikamiespoika, which he had developed while working as a stand-up comedian. As Pekko Aikamiespoika, he has also twice won the Finnish joketelling championships and made two cassettes with Pekko material. In 1992, Koivusalo appeared in the TV series Pekko Aikamiespoika, followed by a full-length movie called Pekko Aikamiespojan poikamiesaika the next year. All in all, five Pekko movies were made and already while making those, Koivusalo showed his desire to master all of the subareas of making movies: he produced, directed and wrote the script for his movies in addition to playing the lead.
After the movie Pekko ja unissakävelijä (1997), Koivusalo hung up Pekko's hat and moved behind the camera full-time. His next films were biographies: Kulkuri ja joutsen (1999), about Tapio Rautavaara and Reino Helismaa, Rentun ruusu (2001) about Irwin Goodman and Sibelius (2003), which was the first full-length biographical movie about Jean Sibelius. Koivusalo's second-to-last movie Kaksipäisen kotkan varjossa (2005), which is an adventure and musical set in Finland during the period of its russification. Koivusalo and his common-law wife, Susanna Palin, composed the soundtrack for the movie.
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