After his over two-decade career in Finnish movies his international breakthrough role was in 2015 in historical drama television series Vikings (2013–) as Halfdan the Black. His next role was in Spike Lee\'s comedy-drama film BlacKkKlansman (2018).\n', '

Pääkkönen was born in Helsinki, Finland, the son of actor Seppo Pääkkönen and Virve Havelin. His uncle Antti Pääkkönen is also an actor.\n', '

Pääkkönen became famous as Saku Salin in the Finnish television soap opera Salatut elämät (1999–2002). According to a calculation published by Finnish tabloid Ilta-Sanomat, Pääkkönen is "the most profitable film actor in Finland" for having starred in numerous box office hits during his career. Many of Pääkkönen\'s films have made #1 at the Finnish box office, including Bad Boys, which is one of the most successful Finnish films at the national box office of all time. Other of Pääkkönen\'s commercial and critical successes include Frozen Land (2005), Matti: Hell Is for Heroes (2006) and Lapland Odyssey (2010).\n', '

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