Heikki Silvennoinen

Heikki Johannes Silvennoinen was a Finnish guitarist, singer, songwriter and actor. Silvennoinen began his career with the rock band Tabula Rasa in 1972 but became widely known for the sketch series Kummeli, which began in 1991. Silvennoinen was one of the founding members and worked in the series as both an actor and a scriptwriter. From 2018 to 2023, he worked as a scriptwriter and second lead actor in the police comedy series Kontio & Parmas. Silvennoinen played in the Tabula Rasa from 1972 to 1977, which was one of the best-known representatives of progressive rock in Finland. Although Silvennoinen had been a driving force behind Tabula Rasa, he was more interested in blues-based rock, which he began playing in the 1980s in the bands Frendz, Catwalk and Q.Stone. In the early 1990s Silvennoinen released his first solo album. In the early 2000s, Silvennoinen formed the Finnish blues supergroup SF-Blues as a joint project between Pepe Ahlqvist and Dave Lindholm.

Works

Lapland Odyssey 4

Hunt for the elusive tofu in the Arctic Circle.

Release Date:2022-12-23

Character:Hyönteistutkija

Vote Count:10

Kummeli esittää: Kontio & Parmas

Senior officer Otso Kontio has finally hung up his gun and badge and is spending his peaceful retiment days at his cabin. The peace is broken when his old partner Auni Parmas brings news about the destruction threatening the municipality of Valkeakoski.

Release Date:2022-11-04

Department:Sound

Job:Original Music Composer

Character:Otso Kontio

Vote Count:6

Lakeside Murders

The series follows Inspector Sakari Koskinen and his team in the Violent Crimes Unit as they try to solve murders in a Finnish lakeside city of Tampere.

Release Date:2021-11-29

Character:Kolehmainen

Episode Count:20

Vote Count:2

Laughing Matters

Recently unemployed and feeling a little bit lost, Maria takes part in stand-up class and ends up on a competition tour for novice comedians.

Release Date:2020-11-20

Character:Kale

Vote Count:6

King of Hearts

The story of Kari Tapio, who sang his way into the hearts of the Finns in the 70's and whose popularity lasted until his death in 2010.

Release Date:2019-09-13

Character:Harry Orvomaa

Vote Count:14

Kontio & Parmas

Veteran police lieutenant Kontio will have to work closely with a new partner, a much younger female officer Parmas. Small Town Police Department of Valkeakoski, Finland, will never be the same.

Release Date:2018-06-01

Department:Writing

Job:Writer

Character:Otso Kontio

Episode Count:30

Vote Count:7

Glass Ceiling

Sari works in middle management for a multinational company, and a promotion is within her grasp. She just has to finish her last presentation, break the glass ceiling and make it to the conference room in time.

Release Date:2015-09-24

Character:Jukka

Vote Count:1

Ricky Rapper and the Miser from Seville

Ricky Rapper gets a letter from a distant relative who's looking for an heir.

Release Date:2015-02-13

Character:Old Risto Räppääjä

Vote Count:4

Fuck the Police

Two friends from a small village chase their dream of becoming world famous gangsta rappers.

Release Date:2014-12-03

Character:Iskä

Episode Count:8

Towards the Day of Doom

Four stories about Finnish life intersect. In the first one, drum artist Monkki Mähönen arrives for a renovation job at his old band mate's summer villa. Second story revolves around wannabe motorcycle gang and its leader Jouni who are being humiliated at a village shop. Thirdly in the 1960s, a star reporter Erkki "Likasanko" Sysimetsä starts writing a once in a lifetime story about the womanizing of Arvo Hakala, a pipe organ repair man. In the fourth story, a fantasy and sci-fi film director Kurt "Kurre" von Riikonen is looking for financing of his upcoming movie Excalibur IV with catastrophic consequences.

Release Date:2014-02-19

Department:Writing

Job:Writer

Character:Monkki Mähönen / Antti / Arvo Hakala / Hesekiel Toukka / Make / Barock / Bill Excalibur

Vote Count:21

Latela

Release Date:2013-03-25

Character:Himself

Episode Count:3

Vote Count:1

The Year of '85: Rock Your Memories

The movie is about the Lokomo laborer, and group of friends that dreams come true and a thirst for fast-paced life that take decades.

Release Date:2013-01-25

Character:Iso G

Vote Count:18

Mr. Hayhill and the Lion Wind Vane

During the Finnish war, highway robber Jeppe Antinpoika robs the Swedish king's treasure and the bag of precious stones remains hidden for 200 years. City girl Arska arrives on vacation at Herra Heinämäki's farm. Heinämäki's neighbor, the baker Kakelberg, has a haunted house and one evening Arska runs into a mysterious creep. Arska starts solving the riddle of the baker's house with Heinämäki.

Release Date:2011-12-23

Character:Heimo Kakelberg / Ajuri

Vote Count:2

Garbage Prince

Jed (19) walks out on his former life, without destination, without explanation, and gets on a train. He ends up by happenstance in a small eastern town in Finland where he soon comes face to face with the daily rigors of independent life. Coping becomes a challenge for him almost to the point of being an obsession. Of all the people in town, Jed seems to constantly run across the prickly and quick-witted Lulu (17). Gradually, without either of them admitting it, their relationship changes from bickering, picking on each other and a battle of wills to friendship, and as can happen, finally to love.

Release Date:2011-07-29

Character:Saastamoinen

Vote Count:6

Gimme Some Respect

Young Siiri is starting her life on her own. She wants to be independent and live a normal life, although she is mentally handicapped. She begins to make true of her dreams, where she has a real working place and she hopes to find also a husband.

Release Date:2010-06-11

Department:Sound

Job:Original Music Composer

Vote Count:3

Rally On!

This rollicking sports comedy from Finnish director Markku Polonen follows the exploits of Seppo 'Sladi' Pesonen, an ex-top-tiered race car driver now reduced to instructing students at a driving school. To relieve the monotony of this undesired career, Pesonen builds "Team Susan," a road rally team based at Pekkarinen's Garage in the Finnish countryside. Soon, Sladi's nephew Luumu arrives from Helsinki and learns of the team, his enthusiasm skyrockets and he hops on board with the assist of mechanic Suko. Yet the men encounter Machiavellian sabotage at the hands of the vile Torppo, the owner of the lot that contains Pekkarinen's Garage, who is determined to interfere with the plans of Team Susan.

Release Date:2009-02-27

Department:Writing

Job:Writer

Character:Seppo 'Sladi' Pesonen

Vote Count:14

The Subtenant

A farce about blackmailing, a kidney transplant operation performed at home, deviants and human relationships.

Release Date:2008-09-12

Character:Pauli Bergström

Vote Count:21

Jackpot

Kummelin Jackpot, was released in February 2006. It was about a divorced man portrayed by Silvennoinen, who realises a way to trick himself a jackpot in football betting.

Release Date:2006-02-17

Character:Pera Järvelä

Vote Count:36

Nyrölä 3

Summer night, fraying country idyll, motorcycle gang and a murder.

Release Date:2004-11-01

Vote Count:2

Jurismia!

Release Date:2002-01-08

Department:Writing

Job:Writer

Character:Kalervo Kolli

Episode Count:10

Vote Count:2

Mankeli

Release Date:2000-11-10

Department:Writing

Job:Writer

Character:Various Characters

Episode Count:20

Kaverille ei jätetä

Release Date:1999-10-03

Character:Martti Petteri Himanen

Episode Count:1

Vote Count:1

Lääkärit tulessa

Release Date:1998-10-18

Character:Väinö Kärsäkäs

Episode Count:8

Vote Count:2

Johtaja Uuno Turhapuro pisnismies

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

Release Date:1998-08-28

Character:Pertti 'Speedy' Keinonen

Vote Count:11

Kummeli Kultakuume

Psychiatric patient Elmeri knows about the existence of a gold treasure in Finnish Lapland, hidden there by his late father who somehow managed to capture it from withdrawing German troops on the last days of WW2. His openly gay nurse helps him escape from the mental institution, and the two men slowly find their way up north to reach the gold. On their way, the odd couple meets a cavalcade of even odder characters.

Release Date:1997-12-05

Character:Elmeri Hautamäki / Kyrpä Jooseppi

Vote Count:38

Kummeli Stories

The war between Luxembourg and Finland sets the outline to a set of comedic stories about a rally team, gay couple's fishing trip, two hoodlums' last school days in the spring and a haunted hotel among others.

Release Date:1995-10-20

Department:Writing

Job:Writer

Character:

Vote Count:26

Talvipihan joulu

Character:Roimola

Joulukalenteri: Talvipihan joulu

Character:Roimola

Lihaksia ja luoteja

Humoristic police series made by Kummeli comedy group. It includes some characters from Kummeli TV-series.

Release Date:1996-05-05

Department:Sound

Job:Music

Character:Pyykkö

Episode Count:10

Vote Count:3

Kummeli

Kummeli is the name of a Finnish comedy crew formed by Heikki Silvennoinen, Timo Kahilainen and Heikki Hela from Tampere. They are also the heads of Porkkana Ryhmä, the crew's production company. Other famous members have included Olli Keskinen, better known for his on-screen persona Eero Kakko, and Heikki Vihinen who replaced Keskinen in the mid-90s. Kummeli appeared on television between 1991 and 1995. After a successful three-part pilot aired they were given their own show on YLE's channel 2 with a completely new look. The Kummeli TV show was primarily composed of skits with insane characters, but would also feature musical guests as the core crew of the team were actually musicians rather than professional actors. Some episodes would also have a running set of skits that would reach a conclusion at the end of the episode. In the mid-90s, after the end of the show, the Kummeli crew would make random appearances on TV and at different events. During this time Keskinen left the crew and was replaced by Heikki Vihinen.

Release Date:1991-06-07

Department:Writing

Job:Writer

Character:Guest

Episode Count:49

Vote Count:14

Fakta homma

Fakta homma is a Finnish comedy television series. It first aired on Finnish TV in 1986 and last aired in 1998.

Release Date:1986-02-19

Character:Erkkilä

Episode Count:2

Vote Count:2