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Pekka Strang

Pekka Strang

Acting

Biography

Pekka Strang is a Finnish actor and ex-artistic director of Helsinki City Theatre, where he worked 2005-2014. He is best known for his roles in Kites Over Helsinki (2001), Tom of Finland (2017) and Dogs Don't Wear Pants (2019). Strang graduated from Helsinki Theatre Academy in 2001.

Known For

Berlin Station
7.2

A contemporary spy series that follows Daniel Miller, an undercover agent at the CIA station in Berlin, Germany.

Berlin Station

2016
Bäckström
5.8

Murder investigator Evert Bäckström is convinced that crimes have been committed when a women's cranium is found on an island in the archipelago. But his investigation is countered by the police chief and when the woman's identity is clarified, the entire investigation is turned upside down.

Bäckström

2020
The Last Kingdom: Seven Kings Must Die
7.2

In the wake of King Edward's death, Uhtred of Bebbanburg and his comrades adventure across a fractured kingdom in the hopes of uniting England at last.

The Last Kingdom: Seven Kings Must Die

2023
Kimmo
7.5

The name of the person is a thirtysomething, work shy and relaxed Kimmo.

Kimmo

2012
The Good and the Bad News
6.0

The Good and the Bad News is a Finnish comedy panel game television show airing on channel Nelonen on Wednesday evenings.

The Good and the Bad News

2012
Duke of the Suburbs
6.0

Duke of Sipoo is a comedy about corruption and family man, Pasi Kovalainen, who has built his empire mostly by questionable means. Kovalainen himself doesn't think he's a criminal, but a average man trying to make a living and a victim of bureaucracy. Prosecutor takes interests in his actions and puts two criminal investigators to investigate everything he does, planning to catch him even for something small and get him put behind bars. At the same time, one reporter and group of other people want his head on a plate too.

Duke of the Suburbs

2018
Mister8
9.0

There are enough love and surprises in Maria's relationships. And no wonder, because she has a different man for each day of the week. Maria meets Juho and falls in love, but unfortunately there are not eight days in a week.

Mister8

2021
Dogs Don't Wear Pants
6.9

A grieving heart surgeon struggling with the loss of his wife drifts through an emotionally detached life while raising his teenage daughter. His chance encounter with a dominatrix awakens feelings he thought were gone, drawing him into a dark and unconventional world where pain and desire intertwine.

Dogs Don't Wear Pants

2019
Kovan viikon ilta
6.0

No description available.

Kovan viikon ilta

2023
The Man Who Died
6.1

Jaakko, a mushroom entrepreneur, finds out too late that he has been fatally slow-poisoned by persons unknown. He sets out to find the culprits before he dies.

The Man Who Died

2022
The Girl Who Disappeared
6.0

Aaro falls for mysterious Maura in Helsinki. Their passionate romance ends when she disappears. Doubting her existence, he uses his insurance job to find her, uncovering her crime-marked past.

The Girl Who Disappeared

2025
The Activists
N/A

The Activists follows the years from 1899 to 1906 when Finland as an independent nation started to form. At the center stage are young restless souls who operate against the backdrop of the phenomena of the time: deep social divisions, political intrigue, fierce proclamations and people’s movements that get out of control. Activists portrays what happens when people lose faith in society’s capability to deal with conflict.

The Activists

2019
The Summer Book
7.2

The story of the relationship between Sophia, an eight-year-old girl who is growing up fast, and her grandmother, who is nearing the end of her life. They are spending time together with Sophia’s father, at the family summer house on a tiny unspoiled island in the Gulf of Finland. All three are coming to terms with the recent death of Sophia’s mother in very different ways.

The Summer Book

2025
Succékväll med Janne Grönroos
N/A

A fast-paced talk show with unexpected stories and competitive guests. Succékväll med Janne Grönroos is a humorous and fast-paced talk show where guests tell fun and different stories from their lives. The show also offers odd competitions and the country's top artists perform. Add some crazy surprises and Succekväll’s world-class husband with Maja Mannila and you have all the ingredients for just that, a successful night.

Succékväll med Janne Grönroos

2021
Codename: Annika
6.4

Finnish art fraud investigator, Emma, goes undercover to infiltrate an auction house in Stockholm to investigate the firm’s connection to a notorious money launderer known as Blanko. To go undetected, Emma chooses the cover identity Annika, a hot-headed socialite who lives for wild parties, drugs and alcohol and is the opposite of the cool, calm, and collected Emma. By adopting this wild persona, doors begin to open to the hidden world of high-class art fraud. However, becoming Annika means Emma must confront memories from her past that she has tried to forget.

Codename: Annika

2023
Tom of Finland
6.6

Touko Laaksonen, a decorated officer, returns home after a harrowing and heroic experience serving his country in World War II, but life in Finland during peacetime proves equally distressing. He finds peace-time Helsinki rampant with persecution of the homosexual and men around him even being pressured to marry women and have children. Touko finds refuge in his liberating art, specialising in homoerotic drawings of muscular men, free of inhibitions. His work – made famous by his signature ‘Tom of Finland’ – became the emblem of a generation of men and fanned the flames of a gay revolution.

Tom of Finland

2017
Attack on Finland
5.6

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.

Attack on Finland

2021
Naked Harbour
5.8

In a multicultural suburb of Helsinki, a bullied Russian immigrant decides to fight back, a young woman dreams of superstardom at any cost, and a junkie couple schemes their way out of debt.

Naked Harbour

2012
Rosvopankki
7.0

No description available.

Rosvopankki

2023
Ragged Life of Juice Leskinen
5.7

Juice Leskinen was a singer, songwriter, poet, lyricist, folk artist – the father figure of Finnish rock lyrics. The most important factor of Juice's life was his love life. Everything else – booze, lyrics and fame – came as its by-product. The movie tells the story of love professional, of a man who felt deeply and extremely sensitively, but wounded many people, including himself.

Ragged Life of Juice Leskinen

2018