Sakari Kuosmanen

Sakari Kuosmanen

Born: September 6, 1956
in Helsinki, Finland
Sakari Jyrki Kuosmanen (born 6 September 1956 in Helsinki) is a Finnish singer and actor. He has recorded several solo albums and has also done work with Sleepy Sleepers and Leningrad Cowboys. He appeared as himself on the Finnish television series Aaken ja Sakun kesäkeittiö in 1999.

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Movies for Sakari Kuosmanen...

The Missile
Title: The Missile
Character: Ukki
Released: February 2, 2024
Type: Movie
Christmas is-a-jingling to Lapland in 1984. Niina, a single mother, is fired from her job in a bakery and drifts into the middle of an international missile crisis in Inari when the Soviet Union shoots a missile across the Finnish border.
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Fallen Leaves
Title: Fallen Leaves
Character: Man in the Travel Home
Released: September 14, 2023
Type: Movie
In modern-day Helsinki, two lonely souls in search of love meet by chance in a karaoke bar. However, their path to happiness is beset by obstacles – from lost phone numbers to mistaken addresses, alcoholism, and a charming stray dog.
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Jope – Just Think for Yourself
Title: Jope – Just Think for Yourself
Character: Self
Released: February 10, 2023
Type: Movie
An overweight boy who was a bullied at school grew up to become a beloved comedian, folk artist Jope Ruonansuu. He was a versatile entertainer, but above all an impressionist, able to imitate more than 150 characters from the ruling class. Jope's journey was a natural extension of the post-war "Rillumarei" -culture. He broke through when the monoculturalism was at its most vibrant and grew in popularity as it began to crumble. With weight loss surgery, Jope sought a healthier life, but also to shed the extra pounds and childhood traumas. After the surgery, he was diagnosed with oesophageal cancer, but continued to fight, developing a number of different projects, including an anti-bullying campaign together with the President of Finland, Sauli Niinistö. The project was to culminate in a joint visit to Syväkangas school, in Jope's home town of Kemi. Jope passed away before then, but Niinistö kept his promise.
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Title: The Man Who Died
Character: Ilari
Released: June 19, 2022
Type: TV
Jaakko, a mushroom entrepreneur, finds out too late that he has been fatally slow-poisoned by persons unknown. He sets out to find the culprits before he dies.
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King of Hearts
Title: King of Hearts
Character: roudari Pussinen
Released: September 13, 2019
Type: Movie
The story of Kari Tapio, who sang his way into the hearts of the Finns in the 70's and whose popularity lasted until his death in 2010.
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Your Honor
Title: Your Honor
Character: Stranger
Released: June 17, 2019
Type: Movie
The Judge (Mait Malmsten) is a man who represents strict rules and laws in the courtroom. However, his own personal life is an absolute mess. After the judge makes a decision to give a long prison sentence to a woman, the woman’s brother (Märt Avandi) starts following the judge to change his mind about the verdict. The judge stays adamant. The verdict is final. A conflict takes place between the men, resulting in the judge suddenly becoming a criminal himself. Unable to confess his crime, the judge escapes to Finland, where a series of comedic twists and turns lead him to a number of strange people and comical situations. However, the shadows of his dark deeds keep haunting him. To leave his dark crime behind and to fix his earlier decisions, the judge returns home.
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Fire Lily
Title: Fire Lily
Character: Jukka
Released: May 11, 2018
Type: Movie
The mystical and thrilling drama asks what sort of reality can give our life meaning. The film tells the story of Pia (38), an ophthalmologist, whose marriage has recently ended because she was not able to have children. As she strives to move forward with her life, Pia learns the unknown but also finds her inner strength. Unexpectedly, her deepest wish to become a mother materializes, but not quite in the way she imagined it.
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The Other Side of Hope
Title: The Other Side of Hope
Character: Wikström
Released: February 3, 2017
Type: Movie
A restaurateur befriends a Syrian refugee who has recently arrived in Finland.
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The House of Branching Love
Title: The House of Branching Love
Character: Boogie
Released: August 21, 2009
Type: Movie
A sort of "Divorce Finnish Style," Mika Kaurismäki's rambunctious comedy, The House of Branching Love , recounts the breakup of a thirty-something professional couple - Juhani, a family therapist, and his wife, Tuula, a successful business trainer.
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Rally On!
Title: Rally On!
Character: Raimo 'Runki' Pettersson
Released: February 27, 2009
Type: Movie
This rollicking sports comedy from Finnish director Markku Polonen follows the exploits of Seppo 'Sladi' Pesonen, an ex-top-tiered race car driver now reduced to instructing students at a driving school. To relieve the monotony of this undesired career, Pesonen builds "Team Susan," a road rally team based at Pekkarinen's Garage in the Finnish countryside. Soon, Sladi's nephew Luumu arrives from Helsinki and learns of the team, his enthusiasm skyrockets and he hops on board with the assist of mechanic Suko. Yet the men encounter Machiavellian sabotage at the hands of the vile Torppo, the owner of the lot that contains Pekkarinen's Garage, who is determined to interfere with the plans of Team Susan.
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Pearls and Pigs
Title: Pearls and Pigs
Character: Lehikoinen
Released: August 29, 2003
Type: Movie
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 prostitute mother. A karaoke set helps reveal that the little girl is quite a singer, just as a talent contest for children is coming up on national television offering more than enough money to the winner.
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The Man Without a Past
Title: The Man Without a Past
Character: Anttila
Released: March 1, 2002
Type: Movie
Arriving in Helsinki, a nameless man is beaten within an inch of his life by thugs, miraculously recovering only to find that he has completely lost his memory. Back on the streets, he attempts to begin again from zero, befriending a moody dog and becoming besotted with a Salvation Army volunteer.
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Juha
Title: Juha
Character: Juha
Released: February 26, 1999
Type: Movie
A farmer's wife is seduced into running away from her stolid older husband by a city slicker, who enslaves her in a brothel.
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Title: Lihaksia ja luoteja
Character: Massimo Mussolini di Centile
Released: May 5, 1996
Type: TV
Humoristic police series made by Kummeli comedy group. It includes some characters from Kummeli TV-series.
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Drifting Clouds
Title: Drifting Clouds
Character: Melartin
Released: January 26, 1996
Type: Movie
The ever-poker-faced Ilona loses her job as a restaurant hostess, as her tram driver husband, Lauri, also finds himself out of work. Together they must hit the streets of Helsinki, facing up to hardship and humiliation in their quest for survival, guided through the gloom by a ray of hope.
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Iron Horsemen
Title: Iron Horsemen
Character: Gengis Can
Released: January 27, 1995
Type: Movie
Bad Trip, a biker who has been freshly inducted into a gang, flees from them after stealing one of their bikes.
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Total Balalaika Show
Title: Total Balalaika Show
Character: Self
Released: July 4, 1994
Type: Movie
A 57 minute documentary of a Helsinki concert featuring the Leningrad Cowboys and the Alexandrov Red Army Choir and Ballet, who collaborate on a number of US Rock songs sung in English (like "Sweet Home, Alabama") as well as more traditional Russian songs like the "Volga Boatman".
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Night on Earth
Title: Night on Earth
Character: Man #2 Helsinki
Released: December 12, 1991
Type: Movie
An anthology of 5 different cab drivers in 5 American and European cities and their remarkable fares on the same eventful night.
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Leningrad Cowboys Go America
Title: Leningrad Cowboys Go America
Character: The Leningrad Cowboys
Released: March 24, 1989
Type: Movie
The Leningrad Cowboys, a group of Siberian musicians, and their manager, travel to America seeking fame and fortune. As they cross the country, trying to get to a wedding in Mexico, they are followed by the village idiot, who wishes to join the band.
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Cha Cha Cha
Title: Cha Cha Cha
Character: Croupier
Released: January 20, 1989
Type: Movie
A lawyer pays a visit to Matti Ojanperä, a bum living under a bridge in the Helsinki harbour, to inform him that he is about to inherit an American aunt of his. The sum 1,000,000 Fmk would be his, if only he meets the qualifications set by his aunt. He must show that he is capable of 'living properly' and possessing a 'respectable occupation and a family he can support'. Otherwise the money would go to a foundation the chairman of which the lawyer himself happens to be!
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Ariel
Title: Ariel
Character: Doorman (voice) (uncredited)
Released: October 21, 1988
Type: Movie
After the coal mine he works at closes and his father commits suicide, a Finnish man leaves for the city to make a living but there, he is framed and imprisoned for various crimes.
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Helsinki Napoli All Night Long
Title: Helsinki Napoli All Night Long
Character: Young Gangster
Released: November 13, 1987
Type: Movie
Alex is a Finnish taxi driver in Berlin. One evening pits two men feel comfortable in his taxi with a briefcase full of money, but unfortunately for Alex's money stolen and a group of gangsters are at the nape of the two. Soon it comes to shooting, and when the two men being killed, is good advice costly for the beleaguered driver.
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Macbeth
Title: Macbeth
Character: Tappaja
Released: January 16, 1987
Type: Movie
A Finnish film version of Macbeth. Macbeth, the Thane of Glamis, receives a prophecy from a trio of witches that one day he will become King of Scotland. Consumed by ambition and spurred to action by his wife, Macbeth murders his king and takes the throne for himself.
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Shadows in Paradise
Title: Shadows in Paradise
Character: Melartin
Released: October 17, 1986
Type: Movie
Nikander, a rubbish collector and would-be entrepreneur, finds his plans for success dashed when his business associate dies. One evening, he meets Ilona, a down-on-her-luck cashier, in a local supermarket. Falteringly, a bond begins to develop between them.
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Kuningas lähtee Ranskaan
Title: Kuningas lähtee Ranskaan
Character: Singing Soldier
Released: September 19, 1986
Type: Movie
A new ice age is coming to England. All energy sources have been depleted and despair is taking over the earth. The young king decides to use his last trump card before his power collapses and anarchy reigns over the island kingdom.
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Rocky VI
Title: Rocky VI
Character: Igor
Released: June 14, 1986
Type: Movie
Not to be confused with any of the sequels to Sylvester Stallone's classic Oscar-winning Rocky, this short film from Finnish filmmaker Aki Kaurismäki is actually meant as a parody of the late Cold War-era Rocky IV, which saw Stallone's character taking on a juiced-up Russian fighter played by Dolph Lundgren. In this 1986 send-up, Rock'y, played by Silu Seppala, goes head to head with Soviet Igor (Sakari Kuosmanen) and loses.
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Calamari Union
Title: Calamari Union
Character: Frank Armoton
Released: February 8, 1985
Type: Movie
A group of men all called Frank—except for one named Pekka—have had enough of life in their working-class neighborhood, so they set off for a better existence in the magical seaside district of Eira. But the way is long, and the group face many hurdles including stray dogs and defunct streetlights.