Peter Franzén

ActorProducerDirectorWriter Aug 14 (age 54) Keminmaa, Finland 1991–2026 (35 year career)

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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…

Known For

Film

Vikings

King Harald Finehair

Film

Cleaner

Police Officer Bronson

Film

The Gunman

Reiniger

Film

Meander

Adam

Film

Black Lotus

Paul

Film

The Abyss

Tage Vibenius

Film

Ashes in the Snow

Commander Komarov

Film

Boudica

Wolfgar

Filmography

Acting (80)

Movies (61)

Lapland War

2026 Upcoming

Oct 21

Boudica

as Wolfgar

The Abyss

as Tage Vibenius

Black Lotus

as Paul

Nightless Night

as Ilmari Huotari / The Murderer

Hamsters

as Hamsteri

Meander

as Adam

Tale of the Sleeping Giants

as Narrator (Voice)

Ashes in the Snow

as Commander Komarov

Eero Saarinen: The Architect Who Saw the Future

2016

as Eero Saarinen (voice)

The Mine

as Raimo

Beck 31 - Gunvald

as Risto Kangas

The Gunman

as Reiniger

Johan Falk: Blood Diamonds

as Milo Mikhailov

Johan Falk: The End

as Milo Mikhailov

Homecoming

as Tomi

Lapland Odyssey 2

as Jorma

Open Up to Me

as Sami

Heart of a Lion

as Teppo

Above Dark Waters

as Kake

Road North

as Pertti Paakku

Purge

as Hans Pekk

Vares: The Path of the Righteous Men

as Taisto Raappana

Body of Water

as Elias

Priest of Evil

as Timo Harjunpää

Princess

as Saastamoinen

Hellsinki

as Krisu

Rally On!

as Suko

Isabella

as Andrea

Three Wise Men

2008

as Santa Claus

5.7

Cleaner

2007

as Police Officer Bronson

Red Is the Color of

as David Stellar

The Matriarch

as Laszlo

Baba's Cars

as Pekka Kukka

Matti: Hell Is for Heroes

as Nick Nevada

Mystery of the Wolf

as Antero Venesmaa

Dog Nail Clipper

as Mertsi Arhippa Vepsäläinen

The Threat

as Magnus

Set Point

as Harri

Bad Boys: A True Story

as Otto Takkunen

At Point Blank

as Juha

Names in Marble

as Sulo Kallio

Lovers & Leavers

as Marko

On the Road to Emmaus

2001

as Mankka-Arvi

6.0

Jewel of the Sahara

2001

as Young Francois Renard

7.0

Rollo and the Spirit of the Woods

as Lakeija

Kites Over Helsinki

as Sammy Ceder

Bad Luck Love

as Reino

Badding

as Ossi

Ambush

as Eero Perkola

Rikos & rakkaus

as Konstaapeli Jussi Rosenström

3.8

Train Birds

1998

as Lako's Lover

5.9

A Summer by the River

as Kottarainen

Asphalto

as Mies

Jäänmurtaja

Deadly Rituals of the Flesh Loving Freaks - Katoamispiste

1996

as Man

Tie naisen sydämeen

as Kauko Kinnunen

Suolaista ja makeaa

as Ile

Kissan kuolema

as Saku

Takatöölö Story

as Heltat nuorina

Alibi

as Rod Bryant

Television (19)

Kaikki rakastavat hevosia

2025

as Matias

8.0

Conflict

2024

as Kapt. Rami Ohrankämmen

Twilight of the Gods

as Glaumar (voice)

Helsinki Syndrome

as Elias Karo

Untold Arctic Wars

as Narrator (voice)

The Wheel of Time

as Stepin

Love, Death & Robots

as Snow (voice)

Napamiehet

as Asianajaja

Vikings

2013

as King Harald Finehair

8.1

Vikings

2013

as King Harald Finehair

True Blood

as Hrolf

Karjalan kunnailla

as Jarkko "Jake" Rosenius

6.0

Studio Impossible

2006

Isabella

2006

as Andreas

Irtiottoja

as Antti

CSI: Miami

as Ivan Radu

V.I.P.

as Nazi

The Wild Thornberrys

as Guard (voice)

Maigret

as Leo Liikanen

Crew (7)

Movies (7)

Kill Anneli

Executive Producer

Above Dark Waters

Director

Above Dark Waters

Novel

Above Dark Waters

Screenplay

Kerpeikkari

Director

Kerpeikkari

Writer

Jäniksen vuosi

Writer