Matti Ristinen

Matti Ristinen

Born: January 7, 1974
in Nacka, Sweden

Movies for Matti Ristinen...

Syke: Särkynyt sydän
Title: Syke: Särkynyt sydän
Character: Ilmari Nortamo
Released: December 25, 2023
Type: Movie
Everything is on track in the life of the beloved but eccentric surgeon Petteri Holopainen but when a patient close to him is rushed to the hospital, nothing can go back to the way it was. Holopainen loses everything he holds dear. When a familiar person from the past enters his life, Holopainen must decide what still matters.
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Spede
Title: Spede
Character: Mikko Niskanen
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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Attack on Finland
Title: Attack on Finland
Character: Finnish General (voice)
Released: November 19, 2021
Type: Movie
The reception for Finland's Independence Day is rudely interrupted when the presidential palace is attacked and the state leadership is taken hostage. Max Tanner of the Security Police is appointed as a negotiator in the hostage crisis, that unfolds as part of a bigger plan to undermine European security.
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Nurses – Dreadful Hospital Outage
Title: Nurses – Dreadful Hospital Outage
Character: Ilmari Nortamo
Released: November 5, 2021
Type: Movie
Iiris tries to recover from her difficult separation with Artturi when she unexpectedly meets Anton. The relationship doesn't get a chance to progress far when Iiris' son Niilo suddenly becomes ill. Niilo would only need a small operation, but once the boy enters the operating room, the hospital is subjected to a cyber attack. The power is cut off, the ventilators stop working and all access to patient data is blocked. Nurses have to prioritize whose life is the most valuable.
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Title: Pientä laittoa
Character: Rolle
Released: October 6, 2019
Type: TV
Teppo, who works as an officer in Sodankylä, loses everything after he suffers a brain stroke, forcing him to move to Helsinki to rehabilitate.
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King of Hearts
Title: King of Hearts
Character: Kari Tapio
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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Title: All the Sins
Character: Jussi Ritola
Released: April 5, 2019
Type: TV
Cold-blooded murders in the Laestadian community of Varjakka take criminal investigators to the heart of guilt and forgiveness over three decades.
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Title: Unknown Soldier
Character: Sarastie
Released: December 30, 2018
Type: TV
The Unknown Soldier miniseries expands the story of the 2017 film of the same name. The World War II series based on Väinö Linna's classic novel closely follows a machine gun company of the Finnish Army on the Karelian front during the Continuation War between Finland and the Soviet Union, from mobilization in 1941 to the Moscow Armistice in 1944. It's a story about how camaraderie, humor, and a desire to survive connect men on their journey. War upends the lives of both the individual soldiers and those left on the home front, and leaves its mark on the entire nation.
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Unknown Soldier
Title: Unknown Soldier
Character: Sarastie
Released: October 27, 2017
Type: Movie
The film follows Finnish army machine gun company in Continuation War against Soviet Union, 1941–1944. Based on Väinö Linna's best selling novel Tuntematon Sotilas (The Unknown Soldier) and the novel's uncensored version, Sotaromaani (A War Novel).
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Title: Nurses
Character: Ilmari Nortamo
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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Naked Harbour
Title: Naked Harbour
Character: Aleksi's Mother's Friend
Released: February 3, 2012
Type: Movie
Naked Harbour is a movie about Finnish love in the year 2011. It is a story about people who seek love and acceptance at any cost. During one winter week all its characters face something irreversible.
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Il prossimo tuo
Title: Il prossimo tuo
Character: Karl
Released: June 19, 2009
Type: Movie
Rome, Paris and Helsinki right after the Madrid bombings. Three stories about people who, for different reasons, are afraid of others – the eponymous "thy neighbor." A humanity full of differences, but at the same time, with very similar feelings. So similar that their stories appear almost parallel and complementary.
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Overseas and Under Your Skin
Title: Overseas and Under Your Skin
Character: Ville
Released: January 23, 2009
Type: Movie
Ida is a woman who was adopted to Finland from Africa as a child. Ida is an unemployed seamstress approaching her thirties and still lives at home with her activist mother Kati. Kati wants to fix her daughter's life and offers her a job at her work. Encouraged by her new friend Ville, Ida, however, sets out for Berlin in order to find a job and to prove to her mother that she can manage on her own. Meanwhile, Kati has been told that she is seriously ill, but she does not want to mention it to Ida in fear of standing in the way of her daughter's struggle for independence. Ida wants to have a life of her own, but what will she have left at the end of the day?
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Title: Pirunpelto
Character: Tommi Jussila
Released: January 7, 2009
Type: TV
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Lacrimosa
Title: Lacrimosa
Character: Lauri Aro
Released: January 7, 2008
Type: Movie
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Kinnunen
Title: Kinnunen
Character: Ari-Pekka
Released: December 13, 2007
Type: Movie
Amazing adventures of a Finn in Estonia. A Finn in search of wife.
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Christmas Story
Title: Christmas Story
Character: Einari
Released: November 16, 2007
Type: Movie
Hundreds of years ago in Lapland, a little boy named Nikolas loses his family in an accident. The villagers decide to look after the orphaned boy together. Once a year - at Christmas - Nikolas moves to a new home. To show his gratitude, Nikolas decides to make toys for the children of the families as good-bye presents. Over the years, Nikolas's former adoptive families become many, and soon almost every house has presents on its doorstep on Christmas morning. At thirteen, Nikolas is sent to live and work with Iisakki, a grumpy old carpenter, who forbids Nikolas to continue making presents for Christmas. Gradually, however, Nikolas wins Iisakki's trust. Together they begin to look after the Christmas traditional that Nikolas has begun. When the aged Iisakki has to leave Nikolas and move away, the tradition of Christmas presents is once again at risk. Thankfully, Nikolas comes up with a solution that brings children joy every Christmas, even continuing to today.
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Title: Sydänjää
Character: Mark Järvinen
Released: September 10, 2007
Type: TV
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Frozen City
Title: Frozen City
Character: Taksiasiakas (uncredited)
Released: November 17, 2006
Type: Movie
Looking to outrun the horrors of his past, a tormented cabbie flees Helsinki for an apartment complex in the suburbs, only to discover that new neighbors bring new problems. What ensues is a raw, realistic tragedy with an unwaveringly humane core.
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Linnut
Title: Linnut
Character: Eero
Released: September 25, 2006
Type: Movie
A TV movie by Mikko Mattila.
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Frozen Land
Title: Frozen Land
Character: Antin psykiatri
Released: January 14, 2005
Type: Movie
When a schoolteacher is sacked, he projects his bad mood at his troubled teenage son. The son, in turn, buys a CD player from a pawnshop with counterfeit money. This starts a chain reaction of misery as every victim projects his problems on to another person.
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Exorcist: The Beginning
Title: Exorcist: The Beginning
Character: Medieval Priest
Released: August 20, 2004
Type: Movie
Years before Father Merrin helped save Regan MacNeil’s soul, he first encounters the demon Pazuzu in East Africa.
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Title: Irtiottoja
Character: Juha
Released: September 29, 2003
Type: TV
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Lovers & Leavers
Title: Lovers & Leavers
Character: Sami
Released: February 1, 2002
Type: Movie
This movie is about Iiris Vaara. She turns 30 and meets young director Marko. All dreams come true but does Marko share her dreams?
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Title: Sincerely Yours in Cold Blood
Character: Jorma Valkonen
Released: February 29, 2000
Type: TV
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 investigator Veli Miettinen and lawyer Mira Kataja as they tackle with personal life problems and try to keep their relationship purely professional.
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Hylätyt talot, autiot pihat
Title: Hylätyt talot, autiot pihat
Character: Medic
Released: February 11, 2000
Type: Movie
A war movie that takes place in Finnish Karelia in 1944.
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Title: Kaverille ei jätetä
Character: ambulanssimies
Released: October 3, 1999
Type: TV
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Title: Kaverille ei jätetä
Character: Poliisi
Released: October 3, 1999
Type: TV
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Metsolat - Muistojen joulu
Title: Metsolat - Muistojen joulu
Character: Nuori Arvo I. Vanhanen
Released: December 24, 1996
Type: Movie
Antti and Annikki have secretly decided to spend Christmas in Leppävaara. The family's entrepreneurial son Erkki has gone to Moscow with his yarn Jaakko Järvenheimo to sell tampers and ski packages to the Russians. The Metsola family (except for Erkki, Jaakko and Heikki's family) gather once again in Leppävaara to celebrate the Christmas of memories.
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Title: Lihaksia ja luoteja
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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Title: Kotikatu
Character: Jaakko Riippa
Released: August 24, 1995
Type: TV