Olli Haaskivi is an American-Finnish actor.

Early life and family

He was born in

Cleveland Cleveland is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Cuyahoga County. Located along the southern shore of Lake Erie, it is situated across the Canada–U.S. maritime border and approximately west of the Ohio-Pennsylvania st ...

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where his father, Finnish soccer player

Kai Haaskivi Kai Haaskivi (born 28 December 1955) is a retired Finnish soccer player. He starred in the North American Soccer League, playing outdoor as well as indoor soccer. He also played for the Finland national football team. He now coaches in the Unit ...

, was playing for the Cleveland Force. When Haaskivi was 8, the family moved to

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, where he grew up between

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and

Sarasota Sarasota () is a city in and the county seat of Sarasota County, Florida, United States. It is located in Southwest Florida, the southern end of the Tampa Bay area, and north of Fort Myers and Punta Gorda. Its official limits include Sarasota Ba ...

. His cousin is former

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hockey player

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Career

He attended Booker High School in Sarasota beginning in the 9th grade, and upon graduation he studied musical theatre at the

University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre & Dance The School of Music, Theatre, and Dance (SMTD) is the undergraduate and graduate school for the performing arts of the University of Michigan, in Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States. The school was founded in 1880 as the Ann Arbor School of Music ...

. During his time there, he performed in a production of ''

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'' alongside

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and

Benj Pasek Benjamin Pasek (born June 9, 1985), known professionally as Benj Pasek, is an American composer and lyricist best known for writing songs for films such as ''La La Land'' (2016) and ''The Greatest Showman'' (2017), and the Broadway musical ''Dear ...

. His first onscreen role was in an episode of ''

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'' in 2012. In 2019, Haaskivi appeared in a small role opposite

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in ''

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'', directed by Norton. He would make a guest appearance in the

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miniseries ''

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'' as Dr. Nagel. In February 2022, he was cast in ''

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'', a biopic about

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directed by

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, and was cast in a recurring role in the

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miniseries '' The Big Cigar'' later that year.

Personal life

Haaskivi holds dual citizenship between the United States and

Finland Finland, officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It borders Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of Bothnia to the west and the Gulf of Finland to the south, ...

. Due to an error made when his father was filing citizenship papers on his behalf, Haaskivi was briefly listed amongst Finland's Most Wanted.

Filmography

Film

Television

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Haaskivi, Olli Year of birth missing (living people) Living people 21st-century American male actors American male film actors American male television actors Male actors from Cleveland American people of Finnish descent Male actors from Sarasota, Florida University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre & Dance alumni