Risto Kalevi Aaltonen (16 March 1939 – 8 March 2021) was a Finnish actor.
Aaltonen was born in
Helsinki
Helsinki () is the Capital city, capital and most populous List of cities and towns in Finland, city in Finland. It is on the shore of the Gulf of Finland and is the seat of southern Finland's Uusimaa region. About people live in the municipali ...
. He became known in Finland for his roles as Kalle in the sixties series ''Hanski'' and for his role as a gangster in the 1969 comedy film ''
Leikkikalugangsteri''. In the 1960s and 1970s he also did some work as a film and theatre director.
On stage, one of his memorable roles was Zhdanov in
David Pownall's ''Master Class'' which was given over 200 times at the
Finnish National Theatre
The Finnish National Theatre (), established in 1872, is a theatre located in central Helsinki on the northern side of the Helsinki Central Railway Station Square. The Finnish National Theatre is the oldest Finnish speaking professional thea ...
in the late 1980s.
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Filmography
Film
TV
Dubbing (in Finnish)
References
External links
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1939 births
2021 deaths
Male actors from Helsinki
Finnish male film actors
Finnish male television actors
Finnish theatre directors
20th-century Finnish male actors
21st-century Finnish male actors
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