Kari Ketonen

An actor, director and screenwriter, known for Lapland Odyssey (2010), Lapland Odyssey 2 (2015) and Protectors (2008). Graduated from the Helsinki Theatre Academy in 1997 as a Master of Theater Arts and has also completed a degree in psychotherapy.

Works

Nurses

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.

Release Date2014-10-29

Charactersd Jaren isä

Episode Count4

Vote Count4

The Good and the Bad News

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

Release Date2012-01-18

Charactersd Host

Episode Count13

Vote Count6

Kaverille ei jätetä

Release Date1999-10-03

Charactersd 4eyes

Episode Count1

Vote Count1

Kimmo

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

Release Date2012-09-06

Charactersd Rami Sjölund

Episode Count45

Vote Count8

Putous

Finnish sketch comedy television show.

Release Date2010-01-09

Charactersd Vladimir Putin / Aimo Sonni

Episode Count1

Vote Count8

Arctic Circle

During a routine search of an old cabin in the remote and wintery back country, Finnish policewoman, Nina Kautsalo, discovers two dead prostitutes, with a third still fighting for her life. The ensuing investigation takes a surprise twist when an extremely rare and deadly virus is discovered in the surviving woman’s bloodwork. When the Finnish Bureau of Investigation takes over the case, German virologist, Thomas Lorenz is called in to assist in identifying and containing the virus. Set within the endless white expanse of the arctic circle, Nina and Thomas must rely on each other to have any hope of saving the ones they love. But what takes precedence? A deadly virus or an active serial killer?

Release Date2018-12-21

Charactersd Jaakko Stenius, KRP

Episode Count16

Vote Count59

The Look of a Killer

The Look of a Killer

In this gripping thriller based on the novels by Finnish author Matti Rönkä, Viktor Kärppä is a former KGB agent who settles in Finland, the country of his ancestors. He tries to make a living as a private investigator and business facilitator for Russian migrants, but finds himself entangled with organized crime. He may look like a killer, but he isn't one.

Release Date2011-02-06

Charactersd Jaak Lillepuu

Episode Count2

Downshifters

A successful thirtysomething couple find themselves at a financial dead end; they are faced with an extreme lifestyle change to pay for their debts. The luxury lifestyle ends when they are forced to move into a rented apartment in the suburbs. But to their friends, they hold up a facade and explain it all with downshifting.

Release Date2016-10-26

Charactersd Ville Helmisalo

Episode Count2

Vote Count2

Kumman kaa

Kumman kaa

Release Date2003-02-24

Charactersd Jujutsuopettaja

Episode Count1

Ketonen & Myllyrinne

Ketonen & Myllyrinne is like a brush of a rubber glove on naked thigh. The show doesn't apologize to anyone and nothing is sacred to it, except Sundays.

Release Date2006-10-08

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Charactersd

Episode Count9

Vote Count2

Wingman

The series follows the lives of Juha "Juhis" Koski and Tommi Mäkinen-Renwall as neighbours. The men drift too far in their everyday challenges that lead to excessive outcomes. Unwillingly, Tommi and Juhis often find themselves in awkward and embarrassing situations where they are forced to choose one of two bad options. Tommi's wife and Juhis' good friend Harriet does her best to understand the men's antics.

Release Date2016-11-11

DepartmentCrew

JobScript

Charactersd Juha "Juhis" Manner

Episode Count24

Vote Count9

Suojelijat

Release Date2008-03-04

Charactersd Mälli

Episode Count10

Vote Count1

Kurjen kirous

Kurjen kirous

Release Date2025-02-28

Charactersd Aki Kurki

Episode Count8

Ammattimies

Ammattimies

Release Date2000-10-25

Charactersd Boy on the street

Episode Count3

Iron Sky: The Coming Race

29 years after the events of Iron Sky, the former Nazi Moonbase has become the last refuge of mankind. Earth was devastated by a nuclear war, but buried deep under the wasteland lies a power that could save the last of humanity - or destroy it once and for all. An old enemy leads our heroes on an adventure into the Hollow Earth. To save humanity, they must battle the Vril, an ancient shapeshifting reptilian race, and their army of dinosaurs.

Release Date2019-01-25

Charactersd Vril Vladimir Putin

Vote Count420

Niko 2: Little Brother, Big Trouble

Set right before Christmas, young reindeer Niko must deal with his mother's remarriage and his being tasked with looking after his little stepbrother.

Release Date2012-10-12

Charactersd Spede (voice)

Vote Count58

Lapland Odyssey

Lapland Odyssey is a comedy about Janne, a man from Lapland in northern Finland, a man who has made a career out of living on welfare. Inari, his girlfriend, is tired of Janne's incapability of getting a grip on life, Janne wasn't even able to buy a digital TV box that Inari had given money for. Inari gives an ultimatum: a digital box needs to arrive by dawn or she leaves. Janne sets out into the night with his two friends to find a box. On their way to the city of Rovaniemi, Janne and his friends face many challenges, obstacles and temptations. They learn that they need to be daring. There's no room to give into bitterness. The most important thing isn't success, but rather the journey in itself.

Release Date2010-10-15

Charactersd Pikku-Mikko

Vote Count90

Invisible Hero

10-year-old Vinski feels like an outsider and invisible among his age-mates, and even with his single mother Krista. Vinski meets a mysterious pharmacist who gives him a bottle of magical powder. A powder, that allows you to become invisible for real and walk through walls. It is fantastic to have the powers of a super hero, but soon a group of crooks becomes interested in the secret of invisibility as well.

Release Date2021-12-22

Charactersd Naapuri

Vote Count9

1944 The Final Defence

The Soviet army breaks through the Finnish defences on the Karelian Isthmus in June 1944, advancing with overwhelming force. Somehow, the Finnish troops must find the strength to fight back, with all odds against them. The Battle of Tali-Ihantala was the largest battle ever fought in the history of the Nordic countries. This film depicts the true events through five separate stories.

Release Date2007-12-07

Charactersd Majuri Eero Leppänen

Vote Count30

The Grump

A stubbornly traditional eighty-year-old farmer - whose social attitudes verge on the prehistoric - raises hell when he is forced to move in with his sadsack, city-dwelling son and domineering daughter-in-law.

Release Date2014-09-05

Charactersd Sakke Intonen

Vote Count44

Sauna

It is 1595. Brutal wars have just ended in an uneasy peace between Protestant Sweden and Orthodox Russia. We focus on the spiritual defeats of two conquered Finnish brothers, one a hardened near-psychopathic war hero, the other a gentle scientist in an age with no use for such men. They find themselves in the swampy interior, demarcating the new border with a unit of sadistic Russians.

Release Date2008-10-17

Charactersd Musko

Vote Count120

Lapland Odyssey 3

In the third instalment of the franchise, Janne embarks on an epic hike, a journey of self-discovery. His dreams of a tranquil retreat into nature are quickly shattered however, when Räihänen and Kämäräinen both decide to come along for the trip. Meanwhile Janne’s spouse Inari gets the chance to go back to work, but only if she can prove she’s “management material” and a real leader. Inari enters the Swamp Soccer tournament, where to her horror she finds out her ex Little Mikko is also competing.

Release Date2017-08-23

Charactersd Pikku-Mikko

Vote Count17

The Potato Venture

A young Start-up entrepreneur tries to start importing potato to 17th century Finland. The new class of bourgeoisie is emerging and shaking up the stagnant spirit of the era. But nobody believes in potato, and the Turnip-Sellers Guild decides to squash the disturbance caused by the young entrepreneurs. In the end, the bumpy road of potatoes grows into mythical proportions.

Release Date2020-12-25

Charactersd Adviser

Vote Count14

Lapland Odyssey 2

It’s been three years since we last met Janne and Inari. Since then, they’ve had a daughter named Lumi. Janne and his friends experience a new adventure, this time on an autumn night. The boys go to a party but end up chasing Lumi who has disappeared. Meanwhile, Inari enjoys a girls-night-out and has an adventure of her own.

Release Date2015-09-30

Charactersd Pikku-Mikko

Vote Count33

Ella and Friends

A young girl and her friends try to save their small rural school from being demolished to make way for a race track.

Release Date2012-12-28

Charactersd Isä Yksi

Vote Count5

A Patriotic Man

Every nation gets the heroes it deserves. A man with a special blood type is used as a device for human doping athletes skiing national team.

Release Date2013-12-04

Charactersd Pekka Peltola, maajoukkueen lääkäri

Vote Count17

The Renovation

A couple inherit a 'house of their dreams' and for a while they think they got lucky, but soon find themselves in the middle of a renovation nightmare.

Release Date2020-02-19

Charactersd Folke

Vote Count12

Kadonnut: Joulupukki

Four children have received an invitation to meet Santa Claus. They end up in a mystical Christmasland, where they find out that Santa Claus has disappeared! Will the children manage to find Santa in time and will Christmas be saved?

Release Date2014-12-01

Charactersd Viestitonttu

Vote Count1

Wedding of the Century

A celebrity psychiatrist struggles to find a date for a wedding. Her dearest ex is getting married and she needs to find someone fancy enough to hide the fact that she is lonely, drinks too much and is pretty fucked up in any imaginable way.

Release Date2021-10-15

Charactersd Sairaalan vahtimestari

Vote Count6

8-Ball

8-Ball tells the story of single mother Pike who, having just been released from prison, is trying to start her life anew. When her former boyfriend Lalli comes back from abroad, it opens a window into a past that Pike wants to put behind her.

Release Date2013-02-22

Charactersd Ivakka

Vote Count34

Pelicanman

Wanting to know the ways of people, a pelican turns into a gawky young man who soon learns to speak, thanks to his outstanding talent in imitation. He befriends Emil and Elsa, two children who--unlike adults--see that their new neighbor "Mr Berd" is not human but a big bird wearing a suit. The Pelican Man lands a job at the opera and falls in love with a pretty ballerina, looking so much like a bird herself. Troubles start when adults too find out about "Mr Berd's" ornithological origin.

Release Date2004-12-17

Charactersd Pelikaanimies

Vote Count6

Lapland Odyssey 4

Hunt for the elusive tofu in the Arctic Circle.

Release Date2022-12-23

Charactersd Mikko Ala-Naappa

Vote Count10

Silence

A drama between people under unconventional circumstances. In the Second World War Finland was the only nation who brought casualties killed-in-action back to be buried at home. These actions were carried out by men and women working in assembly centres near enemy lines. Silence is a story of a group of people in a limbo between life and death, in a mental no-man's- land, where heaven and hell, horror and joy, love and fear touch each other.

Release Date2011-12-09

Charactersd Tykkimies

Vote Count12

Bad Women

Johanna, the hostess of the parish house, does her utmost to ensure that everything goes according to plan. There is no room for error. The last thing Johanna needs is a busload of uninvited guests knocking on the door of the parish house on the eve of an important wedding. However, a passing Russian party has had its car broken down and Johanna soon finds herself accommodating the party at the parish house. Johanna's brother is tasked with fixing the car to get the guests on the road and out of the way quickly. Her brother's entrepreneurial friend, on the other hand, sees great opportunities in the situation and decides to act. The clock ticks, the car won't start, the wedding ceremony is about to begin and the recipe for disaster is in motion.

Release Date2022-02-25

Charactersd Matti

Vote Count6

Luottomies-elokuva: All in

When Tommi doesn't get the promotion he was hoping for from his father-in-law Johan, he decides to get into the investment business to buy his dream house with his wife, Harriet. However, things are complicated by the fact that Tommi is easily fooled and the money from the old apartment, more than half a million euros, disappears in a pyramid scheme. When Tommi is in danger of losing Harriet for good, his loyal friend Juhis takes the reins. Juhis plans a rescue operation that kind of works.

Release Date2024-02-16

DepartmentProduction

JobCo-Producer

Charactersd Juhis

Vote Count4

Eine Insel namens Udo

Udo is invisible - no one ever seems to notice him. He makes the most of it, working as a department store detective and living off other people's lives as they never notice him tagging along. Until he meets the one woman who sees him.

Release Date2011-06-16

Charactersd Mr. Sallinen

Vote Count29

Täydellinen joulu

Woman whom have kids with 4 different guys invites her ex-husbands and kids to Christmas party.

Release Date2019-10-25

Charactersd Matias

Vote Count8

Little Sister

Katri's husband has died in the Finnish Winter War. When the Continuation War begins, Katri volunteers to work in a Helsinki military hospital. She is courted by a patient, a poetry-reciting countryman bound to be released from service. In the same time, she dates old school friend Eero who even goes AWOL to be near her. As the war continues, Katri has to make difficult decisions about her life.

Release Date1999-11-26

Charactersd Olli

Vote Count2

Gourmet Club

"Gourmet Club" follows a doctor who belongs to a small but exclusive gourmet club, in which the five upper-class members take turns providing the main course, wagering as to who can identify a mystery exotic ingredient. Things get interesting when the doctor's gambling problem catches up with him. Desperate, he comes up with the idea to use a truly shocking mystery ingredient to fool his colleagues, but he gets more than he bargained for when the mystery meal has a surprising and powerful effect on the members.

Release Date2004-11-29

Charactersd Henri Wallenius

Vote Count5

Skene

Ella, a girl from the province, starts her freshman year at the Helsinki Business School. The capital's party scene introduces her to ecstasy, and together with her new friend Silja and boyfriend Jokke she can't help finding it an easy and lucrative business opportunity. The three soon develop an addiction not so much to the drug but to all the good things that the money can buy. But before long, reality bites back.

Release Date2004-01-12

Charactersd Huumepoliisi Bergström

Vote Count1

Wingman 2

Juhis' innocent Tinder dates abroad lead to a snowball effect that engulfs the entire familiar Wingman's inner circle.

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Charactersd Juhis

Kaikki hyvin, Pekka

Pekka tries to accomplish absolute equality in one day.

Release Date2016-12-21

Charactersd Pekka

Vote Count5

Häät ennen hautajaisia

Wedding planner Joanna needs to find herself a fake boyfriend to cheer up her depressed father. As if on demand, an eccentric undertaker enters Joanna's life with her own motives for looking for a girlfriend. At the same time, Joanna receives some earth-shattering news and nothing can ever go back to the way it was.

Release Date2022-09-23

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count6

Ihmebantu

Ihmebantu is a Finnish black humor sketch show.

Release Date2009-06-06

Episode Count2

Vote Count9

Ranuan kummit

Release Date2003-03-13

Episode Count2

Vote Count3

Port Poison - Santeri's Deal

Student Santeri Manni accidentally finds a bag of amphetamines. To help his alcoholic mother get clean, Manni decides to keep the drugs and sell them. Unfortunately for Manni, a motorcycle gang and the narcotics police are also interested in the drugs.

Release Date2024-01-01

Episode Count8

Vote Count2

Los Angelesin kuningas

Los Angelesin kuningas

Release Date2023-06-18

Episode Count10

Nainen kedolla

Museum conservator Laura Malkaluoto is a top professional in her field. She studies art forgeries at a large museum. One morning, Sami Pirilä, a Finnish-born museum director living in Ecuador, is impressed by Laura's professional skills; Laura's ability to distinguish between genuine and fake, truth and falsehood. Soon Laura realizes that there is something suspicious about Sami. He may not be who he claims to be. The Woman in the Field is a dramatic thriller about human deception and forgery. It takes place in 21st-century Finland, in elegant museums and decaying rural areas. A love story full of twists and turns about truth and lies, suspicion and certainty, authenticity and falseness, and how difficult it is to find the unambiguous truth.

Release Date2003-10-27

Vote Count3

Komppania Ketonen & Gustafsberg

Komppania Ketonen & Gustafsberg

Release Date2022-02-09

Episode Count16

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