Petteri Summanen

Acting

Petteri Summanen

Born 1969-03-20 · Säkylä, Finland

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Petteri Summanen (born 20 March 1969 in Säkylä, Satakunta) is a Finnish television actor and screen writer who has appeared in several films. Summanen has worked mainly as an actor on Finnish television since 1995 making 30 appearances to date although he did feature in the 2005 Aku Louhimies film Paha maa alongside actors such as Mikko Leppilampi and Pamela Tola. Summanen is also credited with writing several scripts. Description above from the Wikipedia article Petteri Summanen, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Acting credits

Frozen Land poster
6.8

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.

Frozen Land

2005

FC Venus poster
5.4

Pete is a football enthusiast, who plays as a goalkeeper for FC HeMan, a team playing in the lowest possible league. His girlfriend, Anna, hates the whole sport. Pete and his teammates are planning to travel to watch the Football World Cup held in Germany. Anna is not excited about Pete's plan to leave her alone for the summer. Therefore Anna decides to present a challenge to Pete: She will form a team from the wives and girlfriends of the FC HeMan players, and then the women's team (FC Venus) would play against FC HeMan. If the women's team wins, the men will have to give up football, and if the men's team wins, the women will never complain about their hobby.

FC Venus

2005

Risto poster
4.2

The beloved actor Risto gets paralyzed - quadriplegiac - in a studio accident. The accident brings him massive financial compensation and a flood of sympathy. Suddenly there is money for everything that Risto's young and beautiful wife has always wanted. She gives up her boring job and becomes an artist.

Risto

2011

Upswing poster
5.9

Katri and Janne want to take a trip which none of their friends have taken. They end up in Jakomäki.

Upswing

2003

After Us, the Flood poster
6.3

The brilliant young physicist Henrik and his fellow students develop a fusion reactor that produces endless clean energy, potentially saving Earth from environmental catastrophe. The reactor, however, is harnessed for commercial use, and the consequences for the planet and society are devastating. By the year 2064, the world has been ravaged by climate change. The UN succeeds in developing a form of time travel that can return a person's memories and personality to the moment of birth. Henrik is sent back to the past in an attempt to prevent the escalation of a catastrophe before it is too late. Something goes wrong and Henrik is forced to begin his mission from a very different starting point to the one he is used to.

After Us, the Flood

2024

Jerico 2000 poster
7.8

Jerico 2000 is a magazine programme parody made by Julmahuvi group. It's mainly made of parts from "Studio Julmahuvi" TV series. It participated in Rose d'Or film festival in Montreux.

Jerico 2000

1999

No artwork available
NR

Niina, a struggling drama teacher, receives an unusual request from her boss: to deliver a eulogy at his father’s funeral in his place. Desperate for an opportunity to perform, she finds herself considering the absurd proposition.

A Part Unwritten

2025

Restless poster
5.1

Ari, a paramedic, is a chronic womanizer; he makes it a point of pride to never sleep with the same woman twice, and his nights are a long series of brazen one-night stands. But when Ari meets Tiina, something unexpected happens – he falls in love.

Restless

2000

Blue Corner poster
6.9

Dreams perimeter Matti Ijäksen has written and directed, praised to the skies domestic film, which is in addition to starring always convincing trace Knocking Petteri Summanen and Sulevi Peltola. It is therefore goes without saying that expectations were high in its case. But how it happened? Dreams own peripheral clearly some form of casing, which does not let therein, but hits the deck of the cut made without the kehääkin - Joint events yhteenparsimisen means.

Blue Corner

2002

Johtaja Uuno Turhapuro pisnismies poster
3.7

Uuno Turhapuro's younger brother Peni arrives in Helsinki. Uuno helps his brother in management duties.

Johtaja Uuno Turhapuro pisnismies

1998

Vares: The Path of the Righteous Men poster
5.7

The body of a young woman whose heart has been ripped out of her chest is found in a remote are in Finland. The finder of the body, a dismissed pastor, hires private investigator Jussi Vares to investigate the crime. Vares uncovers a criminal ring involved in extortion, religious scams, exploitation of minors and stock market speculation.

Vares: The Path of the Righteous Men

2012

No artwork available
8.0

A story of how the world changes when dissatisfaction appears.

Paradise

2003

The Joyboys Story poster
7.3

A mockumentary about a fictional Finnish boy band The Joyboys.

The Joyboys Story

1997

Man and a Baby poster
5.4

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.

Man and a Baby

2017

Man and a Junior poster
6.5

Antti Pasanen juggles between taking care of Paavo, his work and personal life, until Enni has an accident and he has two kids to take care of.

Man and a Junior

2019

Kuka lohduttaisi Viiviä? poster
5.5

No synopsis available yet.

Kuka lohduttaisi Viiviä?

2001

Blackout poster
4.4

Recovering from a nail gun shot to the head and 13 months of coma, doctor Pekka Valinta starts to unravel the mystery of his past, still suffering from total amnesia.

Blackout

2008

Harbour Brothers poster
5.7

Finland in the 50s saw a time where boats from all over the world docked in the harbor city of Kotka. In addition to transporting goods, the sailors brought with them another import: jazz, swing and blues. A tale of music-loving, fearless and passionate young men decide to open Fennia, a jazz bar. Soon Fennia achieves legendary status and the men; the Harbour Brothers, play their music and hold court like emperors.

Harbour Brothers

2004

Boy Upside Down poster
5.7

A Finnish dramedy about an 11-year-old boy dealing with the loss of his parents.

Boy Upside Down

2014

Behind the camera