Lauri Tilkanen

Lauri Tilkanen

Born: November 6, 1987
in Karinainen, Finland
Lauri Tilkanen (born 6 November 1987) is a Finnish actor. He has appeared on television and in films such as Skavabölen pojat (2009), Paha perhe (2010), Hiljaisuus (2011), Härmä (2012) and Juoppohullun päiväkirja (2012). He studied at the Helsinki Theatre Academy and graduated in 2012.

Tilkanen has been in a relationship with actress Pamela Tola since 2011. Tola gave birth to their son in March 2013. They married in 2015

Movies for Lauri Tilkanen...

Luottomies-elokuva: All in
Title: Luottomies-elokuva: All in
Character: Patrick
Released: February 16, 2024
Type: Movie
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 complicated by the fact that Tommi is easily fooled and the money from the old apartment, more than half a million euros, disappears in a pyramid scheme. When Tommi is in danger of losing Harriet for good, his loyal friend Juhis takes the reins. Juhis plans a rescue operation that kind of works.
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Spede
Title: Spede
Character: Jukka Virtanen
Released: September 29, 2023
Type: Movie
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 1960s to the birth story and popularity of Uuno Turhapuro, and Spede's tireless fight for the entertainment industry against the artistic film circles of the time.
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The Hullabaloos!
Title: The Hullabaloos!
Character: Konstaapeli Piippo
Released: December 28, 2022
Type: Movie
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. Mökö and Luru rush to save their dog, while mother and father Kiljunen take over the city from land, sea and air.
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Memory of Water
Title: Memory of Water
Character: Taro
Released: September 2, 2022
Type: Movie
Centuries in the future, world's freshwater supplies are running out. Wars are waged over water, and China rules over Europe, including the Scandinavian Union. Far in the north, young woman, Noria, is learning to become a Tea Master, like her father. Tea Masters alone know the location of hidden water sources, including the natural spring that Noria’s father tends, which once provided water for her whole village. After her father dies, the military moves in to watch over the village -- and Noria. Refusing to give in her freshwater spring, Noria digs in deeper into her family’s secret. Within the Tea Masters’ books, she finds information that the government’s power is based on lies, that there still might be fresh water left for everyone. She risks her own life and sets out on a dangerous journey to find out if this is true.
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Resistant
Title: Resistant
Character: Tauno Tapanainen / Kaarlo Kinnunen (voice)
Released: September 20, 2021
Type: Movie
Documentary film about Arndt Pekurinen and the peace movement in the early 20th century. Pekurinen spoke out for pacifism, conscientious objection and peace, and received support for his actions around the world. However, his worldview collided with the nationalist and militaristic atmosphere of the era in Finland. He was considered a troublemaker, a traitor, and a caricature of masculinity. The film is a universal and timeless account of a man persecuted for his opinions. At the same time, it is a description of the weak tolerance of young independent Finland towards dissidents. Pekurinen was executed during the Continuation War by his compatriots on November 5, 1941.
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Title: The Laws of Man
Character: Matti Pohjola
Released: December 17, 2020
Type: TV
Matti is on a career path in the traditional and large Benson law firm, where his wife Eeva Benson is also a partner. Matti is nominated to take over the management of the family business and everything has been set for the Crown Prince to rise to power when a tragedy in the family pushes Matti to make a radical decision and move to a smaller law firm. He takes only one case with him and it soon starts to unfold into a criminal case, that threatens not only the Benson law firm but the common future of Matti and Eeva.
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Title: Hotel Swan Helsinki
Character: Henrik Svanström, hotellin hallituksen varapuheenjohtaja
Released: February 20, 2020
Type: TV
A hotel manager of the brand-new Hotel Helsinki, is found dead one day before the opening festivities, leaving behind him a suicide note.
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Ladies of Steel
Title: Ladies of Steel
Character: Bank Clerk
Released: January 3, 2020
Type: Movie
Inkeri, 75, has hit her husband on the head with a solid iron frying pan and is planning to bury him in their garden. Before facing the rest of her life in prison, there may yet be a moment left to really live. Inkeri makes her sisters Sylvi and Raili join her on a trip to the Koli National Park. Will Inkeri find in her that free young woman who desired a feminist revolution in the 70s?
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Diva of Finland
Title: Diva of Finland
Character: Herman Blade
Released: October 11, 2019
Type: Movie
Northern small town girl, 18 year-old Henna is literally blinded by envy after stalking Silja, a girl moving from South and who seems to get everything Hanna dreams of. Diva of Finland is a story about rivalry between young women and getting over it.
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Hardballer
Title: Hardballer
Character: Groom
Released: August 23, 2019
Type: Movie
HARDBALLER is an action comedy of a man, who can’t admit his doubts and fears about his impending marriage, until he gets thrown into a situation of life and death during his bachelor party gone horribly wrong.
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Baby Jane
Title: Baby Jane
Character: Joonatan
Released: March 8, 2019
Type: Movie
Jane, a small-town girl, has moved to Helsinki and the world is finally open for her. Passionate and excited, she seeks adventure, all the things she has yearned for so long. Jane gravitates to a gay bar at night, staggers in her nervous state of mind, and suddenly there, right next to her, Jane finds her savior: Piki, the most dashing butch in town. Piki is perfect. Jane is hypnotized by Piki's dark-toned voice. Piki offers her an entire new universe, and even more - dreams.
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Title: Modernit miehet
Character: Teemu Heikkinen
Released: January 7, 2019
Type: TV
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The Singer
Title: The Singer
Character: Olavi Virta
Released: October 5, 2018
Type: Movie
The Singer is a film about the all-time favourite singer in Finland, Olavi Virta. A man who rose from poverty all the way to the top and became an artist who was dearly loved by the Finnish people. A man who loved beautiful women and was loved by beautiful women. A man who enjoyed speed, American cars, applause and alcohol and who finally lost everything but his unique voice.
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Title: Deadwind
Character: Sakari Nurmi
Released: March 14, 2018
Type: TV
When Sofia Karppi, a detective in her 30's who is trying to get over her husband's death, discovers the body of a young woman on a construction site, she triggers a chain of events that threatens to destroy her life again.
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95
Title: 95
Character: Jukka Tammi
Released: December 25, 2017
Type: Movie
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.
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Unknown Redux
Title: Unknown Redux
Character: Android
Released: October 19, 2017
Type: Movie
UNKNOWN REDUX is a short movie by Anssi Määttä and Antti Tuominen, where events depicted happen in a fictitious Finland and it's alternative history.
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Man and a Baby
Title: Man and a Baby
Character: Markku
Released: October 6, 2017
Type: Movie
Antti Pasanen is working as a journalist. His life is on the right tracks; his wife Pia is just about to give birth. Until - in the front of the Maternity Hospital everything changes. Antti, with the sniffling baby in his arms, sees the taxi´s taillights fading out. Pia is sitting on the backseat; their future as a nuclear family is disappearing. The new life with the baby´s terms begins and Antti has no idea what that’s all about.
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Tom of Finland
Title: Tom of Finland
Character: Veli
Released: February 24, 2017
Type: Movie
Touko Laaksonen, a decorated officer, returns home after a harrowing and heroic experience serving his country in World War II, but life in Finland during peacetime proves equally distressing. He finds peace-time Helsinki rampant with persecution of the homosexual and men around him even being pressured to marry women and have children. Touko finds refuge in his liberating art, specialising in homoerotic drawings of muscular men, free of inhibitions. His work – made famous by his signature ‘Tom of Finland’ – became the emblem of a generation of men and fanned the flames of a gay revolution.
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Love and Fury
Title: Love and Fury
Character: Juhana
Released: October 14, 2016
Type: Movie
In 1980's Helsinki, a city about to burst with young energy and rebellion, two young writers determined to conquer the world fall madly in love. For Inka, the love affair puts everything in motion: she finds her own voice, publishes her first novel - and becomes a sensation. The intensity of their relationship has a different affect on Juhana, who starts to lose his grip on writing and, finally, life. At the height of the love affair Inka starts to suspect that their mad love might actually be real madness.
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Title: Hooked
Character: Riku Paananen
Released: November 4, 2015
Type: TV
Drug Crime Detective Oskari is the envy of his colleagues. His connections to underworld and informants is unrivaled. What they don't know is the mother of his child, Krista, is a drug addict who lives in that world. And now she's back in his life, shaking his home life on one hand, and offering new connections to knocking down the rise of drug imports. If only he could trust her.
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The Midwife
Title: The Midwife
Character: Johannes
Released: September 4, 2015
Type: Movie
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 she falls in love with a German-Finnish officer Johannes, who is leaving to German-led Titovka prison camp in the Soviet Union. Helena enlists into the camp as a nurse, where she experiences the brutality of war.
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Reunion
Title: Reunion
Character: Karno
Released: February 25, 2015
Type: Movie
Luokkakokous is a story about three men that travel back to their hometown to attend their high school class reunion.
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Role
Title: Role
Character: Lauri Tilkanen
Released: December 31, 2014
Type: Movie
Lauri Tilkanen is a talented, promising young actor who finds himself among the final candidates vying for the lead role in a high-concept feature film. The casting process has already been long and arduous, for a role that seems nearly impossible to interpret. In this audition, we see just how far Lauri is willing to go for a chance at stardom.
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Title: Tellus
Character: Alex Jäntti
Released: November 16, 2014
Type: TV
As a group of Finish ecoterrorists escalate their attacks, they are pursued by an environmentally conscious detective who's less radical about his activism and tries to save the earth in his own personal way.
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Title: Nurses
Character: Jarkko Vento
Released: October 29, 2014
Type: TV
Like good soldiers in a war-zone, hospital staff are expected to respect the chain of command when dealing with life and death situations. But what happens when smug doctors, arrogant surgeons, and out-of-touch administrators make that easier said than done? Nurses deals with the professional and personal lives of four female colleagues who cope in different ways with the challenges of life on the trauma ward. With determination, strength, and a dark sense of humor, they achieve the demanding and inspiring task of saving lives in a system that sometimes seems designed to do the opposite.
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Summertime
Title: Summertime
Character: Tommy
Released: August 1, 2014
Type: Movie
25-year-old Iiris and Karoliina have been best friends since childhood. Karoliina has been travelling and living abroad for some years now, but is coming back home for the summer as Karoliina has gotten them a job as waitresses in Hanko, the best summer city in Finland!
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Title: Nymphs
Character: Mitchell Brannegan
Released: March 24, 2014
Type: TV
They live among us, forever young and deadly seductive. And unlike vamps, it's not blood they crave from their male, as 17-year-old Didi Tiensuu discovers when she beds her boyfriend for the first time and promptly kills him. The sultry nymphs Kati and Nadia take Didi under their wings in her new life as a divine being and sexual predator.
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A Patriotic Man
Title: A Patriotic Man
Character: Risto Karhumäki
Released: December 4, 2013
Type: Movie
Every nation gets the heroes it deserves. A man with a special blood type is used as a device for human doping athletes skiing national team.
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Title: Kansan mies
Character: Lasse Stranden
Released: November 24, 2013
Type: TV
The life of Aki Honkala, a blindly dedicated Member of the European Parliament, takes a radical turn during one scandal-plagued election night. The fall from grace is no surprise to anyone but himself. The people have spoken, let the chatter go - but what remains of a man who has lived and breathed politics for most of his adult life?
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Gloriously Wasted
Title: Gloriously Wasted
Character: Pena
Released: December 28, 2012
Type: Movie
Juha Berg is a 30-year-old hopeless drunk in the Kallio neighborhood of Helsinki. Juha doesn't have the first intention of changing his way of life - just the opposite. He really enjoys sundry sexual relationships, adrenalin-inducing violence and, of course, alcohol for which he gets money even if by collecting bottles. But the hilarity in a drunken haze soon gets a run for its money as the passionate Juha falls in love with his AA group leader. The relationship with Tiina progresses quickly to dating and Juha has to make pivotal decisions. Juha has to begin balancing between maintaining a functional intimate relationship and his old lifestyle. Juha's best friend Kristian does his best to sabotage the relationship, and Juha's shaky decision to stay sober is further hindered by Mikael, an expert on German erotica. But how far can you go before there is only one solution left?
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Once Upon a Time in the North
Title: Once Upon a Time in the North
Character: Matti Antinpoika Välitalo
Released: February 17, 2012
Type: Movie
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 when Esko – a bum and a gang leader – learns that his father will leave the Välitalo estate to his younger and exemplary brother, all hell breaks loose.
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Silence
Title: Silence
Character: Antti Salonen
Released: December 9, 2011
Type: Movie
A drama between people under unconventional circumstances. In the Second World War Finland was the only nation who brought casualties killed-in-action back to be buried at home. These actions were carried out by men and women working in assembly centres near enemy lines. Silence is a story of a group of people in a limbo between life and death, in a mental no-man's- land, where heaven and hell, horror and joy, love and fear touch each other.
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Title: Virta
Character: Nordin poka
Released: April 7, 2011
Type: TV
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Bad Family
Title: Bad Family
Character: Daniel, 'Dani'
Released: January 29, 2010
Type: Movie
The story of an overly protective and controlling father who suspects incest is taking place between his own son and daughter. These growing suspicions and concerns cause the father to become delusional and unrelenting in his quest to end the love affair between his children.
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Last Cowboy Standing
Title: Last Cowboy Standing
Character: Rupert 19v
Released: September 4, 2009
Type: Movie
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.
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Enemies Within
Title: Enemies Within
Character: Asko
Released: March 1, 2009
Type: Movie
Short film by Oskari Sipola