Jukka-Pekka Palo

Acting

Jukka-Pekka Palo

Born

1954-08-07 (72)

Place of birth

Helsinki, Finland

Known for

Acting

Credits

26 titles

Known for

Kotikatu poster
3.8

No synopsis available yet.

Kotikatu

1995

Nurses poster
7.9

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.

Nurses

2014

Maigret poster
7.7

The pragmatic, reserved and refined Maigret investigates murders in his singular unhurried manner and inevitably discovers the truth.

Maigret

1991

Shadows in Paradise poster
7.3

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.

Shadows in Paradise

1986

No artwork available
7.5

No synopsis available yet.

Parempi myöhään

1979

Pakanamaan kartta poster
6.5

The story of Helena Koskinen, a camera assistant, and Tapani Helander, a studio director, who met in England while on a filming trip. The series begins when Helena suffers a serious brain injury in an accident at work, leading to memory loss, and actor Risto Kareinen sells a wristwatch containing a listening device to the Russian manager of an Estonian rock band for 100 marks.

Pakanamaan kartta

1991

Film credits

2010s · 6 titles

The Mine poster
6.8

A young and ambitious civil servant Jussi finds himself being in charge of the environmental permit of a huge nickel and uranium mine in Northern Finland. The Talvivaara mine, led by a charismatic globe trotting visioner Pekka Perä is introducing an entirely new method of collecting minerals whilst creating jobs in one of the poorest areas in Scandinavia. Jussi slowly discovers that he has been led astray by several people and that the new method has serious downsides he did not forsee. The mine is causing environmental hazards that are being hushed down. A new application for another permit is brough to his table by the same mine. Along with the application comes an interesting job offer and a chance of a new beginning. Jussi has to decide whether he will play along and if so, with whom.

The Mine

2016

The Inspector poster
NR

Surrealistic black comedy about a safe insurance inspector looking into one company's fate.

The Inspector

2011

Vares: The Sheriff poster
6.0

Jussi Vares find two bodies of Turku outskirts of women, which has been shot in the head, and the man whose body is full of runes similar to the cuts, which suggest that the murder would have been part of the dark ritual. A year later, Vares is hired to investigate these homicides. Cable Wires take Varesta towards Turku underworld dominant invisible godfather, sheriff. Sheriff is the man whom nobody knows and we do not discuss. Vares drifts dangerously close to the "jury", the secret underworld lord clubs, the members of the human spirit is a cheap commodity. Rummaging through the case Vares get too close to the truth.

Vares: The Sheriff

2015

Spiral poster
2.0

Painful childhood memories make the brothers Armas’ and Yrjö’s already sore relationship volatile. A minor misunderstanding sends them into an uncontrollable spiral of vengeance with comic twists yet tragic consequences.

Spiral

2010

Bohemian Eyes poster
6.5

Documentary about the life of Finnish actor Matti Pellonpää.

Bohemian Eyes

2011

Love Records poster
4.1

The rise and fall of Love Records record label in 1960s and 1970s Finland.

Love Records

2016

1990s · 3 titles

1980s · 8 titles

Shadows in Paradise poster
7.3

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.

Shadows in Paradise

1986

No artwork available
6.5

A boxer wins his match, but is losing his woman. Through nightly philosophical discussions, the only companion is his opponent - still wobbly from the match.

The Boys of Jesus

1983

Flight North poster
4.5

Johanna has fled Nazi Germany to visit a friend in Finland, and from there she continues on to her friend's family's estate. Once at the estate, Johanna passionately argues with her friend's pro-Nazi brother and at the same time, falls for the second, good-looking brother who shares her own anti-fascist feelings. The two are soon engaged in an active sexual relationship that continues as they travel north to an Arctic port.

Flight North

1986

Menestyksen maku poster
4.3

A young advertising executive decides to focus on success in his life. As he concentrates on building his career, both his family and his colleagues are pushed aside.

Menestyksen maku

1983

Pedon merkki poster
4.5

Set during the Second World War in the Finnish war zone.

Pedon merkki

1981

The Breakthrough poster
7.0

Theater students rehearse their own play, "Freedom," and become entangled in the depths of the play's themes in their personal lives.

The Breakthrough

1981

Huomenna poster
5.5

The story of an unspecified country ravaged by civil war, with its rebels and spies.

Huomenna

1986

Harmagedon poster
8.7

A film about the end of the world.

Harmagedon

1986

Series credits