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Petri Poikolainen

Acting

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Acting credits

2

Early stage

Smaller on-screen catalog so far.

TMDB popularity

0.2

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Movies: 2Series: 0

TMDB ID: 2683312

IMDb ID: nm0688414

Known for: Acting

Born: June 26, 1975

Died: March 1, 2026

Age: 50

Place of birth: Pieksämäki, Finland

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 2021 - 2024

Years active: 4

Average TMDB rating: 7.08

Wikidata: Q82791541

Biography

Petri Poikolainen (born 1975 in Pieksämäki) was a Finnish actor. He graduated from the Helsinki Theatre Academy in 2000 and worked as an actor, until he was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 2008, which led to his blindness. Poikolainen was forced to quit his job at the Helsinki City Theatre in 2011. Prior to that, he had worked as an actor in Seinäjoki City Theatre and in Teatteri Eurooppa neljä. Poikolainen played the lead role in Teemu Nikki's film The Blind Man Who Did Not Want to See Titanic (2021) for which he got a Jussi Award for the Best Actor in 2022.