Risto Kalevi Tuorila (born 19 February 1947) is a Finnish actor. Orinally born in

Oulu Oulu ( , ; ) is a city in Finland and the regional capital of North Ostrobothnia. It is located on the northwestern coast of the country at the mouth of the Oulujoki, River Oulu. The population of Oulu is approximately , while the Oulu sub-regio ...

, he worked for a long time at the

Oulu City Theatre Oulu City Theatre () is a municipal theatre in Oulu, Finland. The current theatre building is located in the Vänmanninsaari island close to the market square in the city centre A city centre, also known as an urban core, is the Commerce ...

before retiring in 2010. His most famous film role was

Vilho Koskela Vilho Johannes "Ville" Koskela is a fictional character in Väinö Linna's 1954 war novel ''The Unknown Soldier (novel), The Unknown Soldier'' and the Under the North Star trilogy, ''Under the North Star'' trilogy (1959–1962). In ''The Unknown ...

in the 1985 film '' The Unknown Soldier'', directed by

Rauni Mollberg Rauni Mollberg (April 15, 1929 – October 11, 2007) was a cinema of Finland, Finnish film director who directed movies and TV movies. In 1963 Mollberg directed movies for YLE. He directed a version of ''The Unknown Soldier (1985 film), The ...

, for which he won the

Jussi Award for Best Actor The Jussi Award for Best Actor was an award presented annually at the Jussi Awards, the premier film industry event in Finland, between 1944 and 2022. In the spring of 2022, Filmiaura's board introduced the gender-neutral Jussi Award for Best Le ...

.''Mitä-Missä-Milloin 1987'', p. 400. Helsinki: Otava, 1986. (in Finnish) He was also awarded the City of Oulu Cultural Recognition Award in 2004, based on his long-term and distinguished work at the Oulu City Theatre. Risto Tuorila is married to Maija Vahteri, a stage designer at Oulu City Theatre. He enjoys

sailing Sailing employs the wind—acting on sails, wingsails or kites—to propel a craft on the surface of the ''water'' (sailing ship, sailboat, raft, Windsurfing, windsurfer, or Kitesurfing, kitesurfer), on ''ice'' (iceboat) or on ''land'' (Land sa ...

in his free time.

Partial filmography

* '' The Unknown Soldier'' (1985) * '' Homebound'' (1989) * ''

Tommy and the Wildcat ''Tommy and the Wildcat'' () is a 1998 Finnish adventure family film directed by Raimo O. Niemi and Ville Suhonen, and starring Konsta Hietanen. It tells story about Tommy, the twelve-year-old boy, who tries to help a lynx named Leevi to survive in ...

'' (1998) * ''

Gold Fever in Lapland ''Lapin kullan kimallus'' (Finnish language, Finnish for ''The glitter of Lapland gold'', English: ''Gold Fever in Lapland'') is a 1999 Finland, Finnish Film, movie, directed by Åke Lindman. The movie is about the Lapland gold rush in the end o ...

'' (1999) * '' Bad Boys'' (2003) * '' Bordertown'' (2016)

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* Living people 1947 births Finnish male film actors People from Oulu {{Finland-actor-stub