Esa Pakarinen Jr. (born December 12, 1947) is a Finnish actor.

Biography

He is the son of actor

Esa Pakarinen Feeliks Esaias "Esa" Pakarinen (9 February 1911 – 28 April 1989) was a Finnish actor, singer, accordionist and comedian, best known for the role of Pekka Puupää in the '' Pekka and Pätkä'' films from 1953–1960. He was also a skilled, self ...

, known for his roles as

Pekka Puupää {{Unreferenced, date=August 2020 Pekka Puupää is a Finnish text comic and film character, created by Ola "Fogeli" Fogelberg. The character appeared 1925–1975 in the popular comic ''Pekka Puupää'' and 1952–1960 in thirteen films ( ...

in the ''

Pekka and Pätkä ''Pekka and Pätkä'' ( fi, Pekka ja Pätkä) is the name of several comedy films produced by Suomen Filmiteollisuus in the 1950s in Finland, based on the popular Finnish comic characters Pekka Puupää (played by Esa Pakarinen) and Pätkä (Masa ...

'' films. Like his father, Esa Pakarinen Jr. has acted in Finnish films. Pakarinen has also made a special contribution to the development of Finnish

puppet theater A puppet is an object, often resembling a human, animal or mythical figure, that is animated or manipulated by a person called a puppeteer. The puppeteer uses movements of their hands, arms, or control devices such as rods or strings to mov ...

as both an actor and a director.Riku Laakkonen: Kohtaaminen Esa Pakarinen Jr:n kanssa
(in Finnish) After graduating from the

Helsinki Theatre Academy The Theatre Academy ( fi, Teatterikorkeakoulu, sv, Teaterhögskolan) is one of the three academies of the University of the Arts Helsinki and offers education in theatre and dance. It is Finland's largest education provider in its field and, wit ...

, Pakarinen first worked at the Joensuu City Theater in

Joensuu Joensuu (; krl, Jovensuu; ) is a city and municipality in North Karelia, Finland, located on the northern shore of Lake Pyhäselkä (northern part of Lake Saimaa) at the mouth of the Pielinen River (''Pielisjoki''). It was founded in 1848. T ...

, after which he moved to the Kotka City Theatre in

Kotka Kotka (; ; la, Aquilopolis) is a city in the southern part of the Kymenlaakso province on the Gulf of Finland. Kotka is a major port and industrial city and also a diverse school and cultural city, which was formerly part of the old Kymi parish ...

and

Helsinki City Theatre The Helsinki City Theatre ( fi, Helsingin Kaupunginteatteri; sv, Helsingfors stadsteater) is a theatre located in Helsinki, Finland. Owned by the Helsinki Theatre Foundation, it calls itself a "modern popular bilingual repertoire theatre." The ...

. After the drama theater season, Pakarinen turned to puppet theater. In 1989, Pakarinen moved back to his childhood town of

Varkaus Varkaus (before year 1929 ''Warkaus'') is a Middle- Savonian industrial town and municipality of Finland. It is located in the province of Eastern Finland and is part of the Northern Savonia region, between city of Kuopio and town of Savonlinna. ...

, where he performed his own solo puppet theater. Pakarinen has also studied to be a reflexologist. Pakarinen was granted an State's Artist Pension in 2014.He saivat taiteilijaeläkkeet - katso lista!
(in Finnish)

Selected filmography

* '' The Year of the Hare'' (''Jäniksen vuosi'', 1977) * ''

Poet and Muse ''Poet and Muse'' ( fi, Runoilija ja muusa) is a 1978 Finnish drama film directed by Jaakko Pakkasvirta. The film is about the Finnish poet Eino Leino and the women of his life: a conflict-filled marriage with Freya Schultz and a love affair w ...

'' (''Runoilija ja muusa'', 1978) * ''

The Test-tube Adult and Simo's Angels ''Koeputkiaikuinen ja Simon enkelit'' (''The Test-tube Adult and Simo's Angels'') is a 1979 Finnish comedy film directed, written and starring Spede Pasanen, along with the typical comic-cast of Simo Salminen, Vesa-Matti Loiri, Tapio Hämäläinen ...

'' (''Koeputkiaikuinen ja Simon enkelit'', 1979) * ''

Sign of the Beast ''Sign of the Beast'' ( fi, Pedon merkki) is a 1981 Finnish drama film directed by Jaakko Pakkasvirta. It is based on the 1946 book ''A Gloomy Soliloquy'' ( fi, Synkkä yksinpuhelu) by Olavi Paavolainen, based on his war diaries written during t ...

'' (''Pedon merkki'', 1981) * ''

That Kiljunen Family ''That Kiljunen Family'' ( fi, Kiljusen herrasväki) is a 1981 Finnish musical comedy family film directed by Matti Kuortti and starring Jukka Sipilä and Marja-Sisko Aimonen. It is based on the 1914 children's book by the same name by Jalmari Fin ...

'' (''Kiljusen herrasväki'', 1981) * ''

Jon Jon is a shortened form of the common given name Jonathan, derived from "YHWH has given", and an alternate spelling of John, derived from "YHWH has pardoned".The Home Street ''Kotikatu'' (''The Home Street'') is a Finnish drama television series which aired on Yle TV1 from August 24, 1995 to December 7, 2012. ''Kotikatu'' was titled as "a semi-soap opera". It is the second longest running Finnish drama television se ...

'' (''Kotikatu'', 1995–2012)

References

External links

* 1947 births Living people Finnish male comedians Finnish male film actors People from Varkaus Puppeteers Puppetry in Finland {{Finland-actor-stub