Elias Salonen

Acting

Elias Salonen

Born 1994-08-10 · Helsinki, Finland

Elias Salonen (born 10 August 1994 in Helsinki) is a Finnish actor, best known for his roles in television series Kotikatu, Bordertown, Siege 55 and Adults. His first leading role in a feature film is going to be Kullervo in a historical fantasy action film Son of Revenge: The Story of Kalevala. Salonen graduated from Kallio Performing Arts High School in the spring of 2014. She was admitted to the Theatre Academy on her fifth attempt, from which she graduated with a Master's degree in Theatre Arts in 2022.

Acting credits

Dual poster
6.0

A terminally ill woman opts for a cloning procedure to ease her loss on her friends and family. When she makes a miraculous recovery, her attempts to have her clone decommissioned fail and lead to a court-mandated duel to the death.

Dual

2022

The Kidnapping of a President poster
NR

In October 1930, a group of officers belonging to the Finnish army's top leadership decided, after a night of drinking, to kidnap Finland's retired first president, Ståhlberg. The Finnish people were divided in the aftermath of the civil war, and the political atmosphere was turbulent and tense. However, the kidnapping went wrong right from the start when the incompetent henchmen recruited for the job were forced to take the president's stubborn wife, Ester Ståhlberg, with them.

The Kidnapping of a President

2026

Son of Revenge – The Story of Kalevala poster
6.6

Karelia in the 11th century. A brutal feud between Kalervo and Untamo leads to the massacre of an entire village. The sole survivor is Kalervo's son, Kullervo, whom Untamo decides to raise as his own. As he grows, Kullervo's immense strength and rebellious nature make him feared by those around him. When he learns the truth about his past, his path becomes clear: revenge. His journey takes him across a harsh and treacherous land and into the hands of slave traders, only to uncover a devastating secret that will change his fate forever.

Son of Revenge – The Story of Kalevala

2026

Girl Thing poster
6.0

Teenage girls take their shirts off at a party together but they attract an audience.

Girl Thing

2019

What Remains poster
5.4

In a psychiatric hospital, an alleged serial killer, his therapist, and a police detective seek to solve a brutal cold case before their obsessive quest for the truth consumes them all.

What Remains

2024

Bad Hair Day poster
NR

A young man tries to drown out feelings brought on by his painful breakup but can't even seem to get rid of his ex-girlfriend's hair.

Bad Hair Day

2023

My Name Is Dingo poster
6.6

A boy abandoned by his father wants to become Finland's biggest rock star.

My Name Is Dingo

2024

Priest of Evil poster
5.1

Detective sergeant Timo Harjunpää of the Helsinki Violent Crime Unit loses his daughter in a tragic way. Despite the support of his closest colleague, Constable Onerva Nykänen, Harjunpää is unable to recover from the loss of his family. He seeks revenge against his daughter's killer, while in his work he investigates strange deaths in the Helsinki metro that turn out to be the work of a serial killer.

Priest of Evil

2010

The Hullabaloos! poster
5.2

The birthday of twin boys, Mökö and Luru, takes the family Kiljunen to Helsinki, where their dog gets accidentally switched with the president's dog. Mökö and Luru rush to save their dog, while mother and father Kiljunen take over the city from land, sea and air.

The Hullabaloos!

2022

Other Girls poster
4.7

Other Girls tells the story of four young girls nearing graduation, all of them struggling with various issues.

Other Girls

2015

Laundry poster
6.0

Humorous fragment of starting over, struggles with life and neighbours. A story of the time when even washing the undies seems difficult.

Laundry

2021