Tommi Korpela
Date of birth: 1968-08-23
Place of birth: Helsinki, Finland
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Tommi Petteri Korpela
Biography
Tommi Korpela is a Finnish actor and screenwriter. Best known for his roles in Man's Job (2007), Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale (2010), Distractions (2015) and Eternal Road (2017). He has won Jussi Award (Finnish premier film industry award) for Best Actor three times in 2008, 2009 and 2015. Korpela graduated from Helsinki Theatre Academy in 1995. Korpela is also a nature conservationist, and specializes in the conservation of Finland's migratory fish populations and the Saimaa ringed seal in particular. He has published a book about fly fishing called 'Fly Fishing: Incredible Fly Fishing with Hissu & Tommi' together with actor Kari Hietalahti.
Movie Credits
Doctor Johansson
2021-09-23
A nurse, tired of her job, does not notice that a doctor leaves for his break. This gives a patient
Ganes
2007-09-28
Remu grew up in modest conditions. He dropped out from schoold during his teen age years and is maki
Man's Job
2007-02-23
Juha is 38 years old and has three small children and a depressed wife. He sees himself as strong an
Bad Boys: A True Story
2003-01-17
The story bases on four Finnish brothers, nicknamed 'the Eura Daltons' who received nation-wide noto
Raid
2003-01-31
Raid is a mysterious drifter and ex-criminal who comes and goes as he pleases. He has been away from
The Classic
2001-02-23
A self-loving fictional autobiography of author Kari Hotakainen.
The Hullabaloos!
2022-12-28
The birthday of twin boys, Mökö and Luru, takes the family Kiljunen to Helsinki, where their dog get
The Missile
2024-02-02
Niina, a single mother working for a small-town newspaper, is drawn into an investigation into the f
Last Cowboy Standing
2009-09-04
In 1982 the guilt-ridden 18-year-old Rupert tries to remember and understand the events of the past
The Border
2007-11-30
The young man must set up a clear border between Finland and Russia, white and red, enemy and friend
V2: Dead Angel
2007-01-12
The tough Detective Vares, get hired by a friend accused of murdering a girl. His job is to find the
Vares: Private Eye
2004-07-23
On the trail of a woman, Vares finds himself caught up with underworld characters who are on the tra
Backwood Philosopher
2009-12-25
Self-taught philosopher Konsta Pylkkänen guides a group of researchers through Finland's Kainuu wild
In Dreams
2021-12-14
Single father is horrified to discover his daughter inexplicably disappears when she falls asleep.
Home Sweet Home
2011-10-21
A story of one unlucky man's descent into disaster, a dramatic, human-destiny thriller with contempo
Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale
2010-12-03
Young Pietari lives with his reindeer-herding father in arctic Finland. On the eve of Christmas, a n
Prelude
2023-11-11
Helena is spending an evening with her family when someone knocks on the door. Unknown man confronts
Hellsinki
2009-01-09
In the mid-1960s, three small-time Finnish bootleggers seize control of their Helsinki neighborhood'
Rare Exports Inc.
2003-06-19
An elite trio of expert hunters venture into the woods to track and capture an especially rare and d
The Official Rare Exports Inc. Safety Instructions 2005
2005-09-22
Not meant for the public eye, this film reveals the dark reality of what's wrong with company's prod
The Prince of Soap
2006-02-10
Screenwriter Ilona falls in love with Kalle, the main star of the series, and mixes fact and fiction
Huijarit
2023-12-26
Exhausted by odd jobs and a lack of money, Siru manages to lie her way into becoming a fake doctor b
Dear Pierangelo
2023-07-16
One evening while preparing for another hookup, Touko commits the ultimate sin: an unprompted email
Where Is Where?
2009-09-20
Where is Where? is an experimental film that quarters the screen in order to have four different sce
Love Is a Treasure
2002-02-28
Love Is a Treasure is a 55-minute film about the world of women who have developed psychoses. It con
MC Helper beKINGs
2022-04-22
Räkä deliver pizzas for a living and spends his free time on moped meetings. In one meeting he meets
Laundry
2021-02-18
Humorous fragment of starting over, struggles with life and neighbours. A story of the time when eve
Rumble
2002-05-31
A summery, boozy road movie in which Leo aimlessly drives a group of aging teddy bears through the F
Forbidden Fruit
2009-02-13
Two 18-year old girls from a christian fundamentalist community flee to a city for a summer job.
White Marble
1998-12-21
Half-senile Ossi and his wife travel to celebrate Ossi's 75th birthday at an old people's home where
Love and Other Troubles
2012-01-27
Ville, 25, is a downbeat former child star who's successfully avoided his womanizing rock 'n' roll d
Purge
2012-09-07
Aliide experienced The Great Terror under Stalin’s regime, and decades after her hometown people wer
I Hired Two Contract Cleaners
1997-11-24
A ragtag team of cleaners tackles absurdly dangerous jobs - explosions, devastating water damage, an
Things We Do for Love
2013-02-01
Vaarala, a reserved romantic photographer, has an odd artistic vision of loneliness: he takes serial
August Fools
2013-10-04
An comedy set in 1960s Helsinki. The story revolves around Elsa, a resolute hatmaker who is in compl
Precious Brother
2004-09-08
A warm-hearted comedy about three ordinary people in an unusual situation.
Santa
2014-01-31
A trip to Lapland leads to immense changes in the life of a single mother and her seven- year- old s
Priest of Evil
2010-10-29
Detective sergeant Timo Harjunpää of the Helsinki Violent Crime Unit loses his daughter in a tragic
Boy Upside Down
2014-08-29
A Finnish dramedy about an 11-year-old boy dealing with the loss of his parents.
Raspberry Boat Refugee
2014-08-19
Mikko Virtanen feels like a Swedish soul trapped in a Finnish body. Full of disgust for everything F
The Swedish Moment
2014-11-07
Pop singer Kari and his girl dump a tightly wrapped mattress on a frozen lake. Things don’t quite go
Hyväveli
2022-12-09
Patrolman Loyan tries to find his place in the new police department while keeping his friend Warsam
Police Investigates
2012-03-08
A 16 year old girl claims she was abducted. Two police officer are tasked with investigating whether
8 Views of Lake Biwa
2024-02-16
On the shimmering shores of Europe’s otherworldly edge, two teenage girls, Hanake and her best frien
Thank You in Your Language
2022-11-26
Actor Tiina Vainio has to make an audition tape in a hotel room as soon as possible for the role of
Näin tehtiin Poissa
2020-12-14
Documentary film about the making of Arttu Haglund's feature film Gone.
Amidst
2024-03-07
Everything is just perfect, and then, boom!
The Midwife
2015-09-04
Helena has worked as a kind of midwife on the eve of the Lapland War. She wants to leave everything
Distractions
2015-09-11
Distracted by life, Mr. Makkonen misses his engagement party by decades. From the cradle to the grav
Ken tulta pyytää
2001-02-09
Firefighter Jesse heroically rescues ten children from a devastating fire. But it soon becomes clear
The Eternal Road
2017-09-15
Jussi Ketola, returns to Finland from the great depression struck America only to face growing polit
Flowers of Evil
2016-09-30
Unrest breaks out in eastern Helsinki as a Finnish family man gets hospitalized in the summer of 201
Jäänmurtaja
1997-11-21
14-year-old Petri dreams about becoming an ice hockey professional. A triangle drama at home makes D
Rays of Light
2023-12-15
War veteran Aapeli spends his days doing the same tasks over and over, until a spiritual experience
Tatu and Patu: An Oddsville Christmas
2016-10-19
A young girl and her two friends from the exceptionally strange land of Oddsville make plans to cele
The Other Side of Hope
2017-02-03
A restaurateur befriends a Syrian refugee who has recently arrived in Finland.
Jäät
2010-10-04
The story of Leena and Kai, a couple working in the rescue services, whose relationship falls into c
Jerico 2000
1999-01-02
Jerico 2000 is a magazine programme parody made by Julmahuvi group. It's mainly made of parts from "
Lake Bodom
2016-08-19
Four friends are spending the night at Lake Bodom, where unsolved murders took place many years ago.
Super Furball
2018-01-26
Emilia is a suburban kid. She goes to school, lives with her Mom and sometimes her Dad, and her life
Wonderland
2017-12-01
Recently divorced Helena is getting anxious about spending christmas alone. Her best friend invites
Deadweight
2016-02-11
Ahti Ikonen is a reliable captain at the height of his career. He is in command of the 35,000-ton co
Matti and Sami and the Three Biggest Mistakes in the Universe
2018-04-19
Matti is 11 years old and dreams of a family vacation in his father’s native country, Finland. He ma
Rikos & rakkaus
1999-02-05
In a comedy set in Rovaniemi, the parish’s housekeeper Kristiina Pahka falls in love with Marsipaani
The Fakir
2006-09-16
The Fakir is fairy tale about the responsibility of ones life, and avoiding it.
On the Road to Emmaus
2001-10-05
A cynical city dweller returns to his hometown to sell his family home, but becomes unexpectedly nos
Void
2018-09-28
Eero’s career as an author is spiraling down: he just can’t get started with his new novel. The ambi
The Mine
2016-01-22
A young and ambitious civil servant Jussi finds himself being in charge of the environmental permit
Maria's Paradise
2019-10-04
A teenage orphan girl Salome lives within a sect lead by charismatic and ruthless Maria Åkerblom. Du
Somebody Should Do Something
2019-06-07
Somebody Should Do Something tells a story of insecurity and longing for freedom, of fear that drive
The Last Ones
2020-11-13
Tundra of Lapland, Finland. Rupi, a young man who fills his days dealing and drinking, works in a mi
Unna and Nuuk
2006-01-20
11-year-old Unna travels in time to the stone age with the help of a magic drum.
The Home of Dark Butterflies
2008-01-11
Haunted by his traumatic past and cautious about the prospects of an uncertain future, a fourteen ye
Poliisin poika
1998-11-01
The petty criminal Trampas is released from prison and immediately starts planning new jobs with his
Falling Angels
2008-12-05
The daughter of two famous writers, Helena upholds her late father's reputation, reciting his poems
Two Bodies on a Beach
2019-03-07
A woman wakes up on a beach tied in a plastic press wearing only underwear and high heels. “Not agai
Are You Hungry?
2019-09-10
A single mother struggles to connect with her adopted son, who she believes is gay. Her assumptions
Eden
2020-08-07
Eden is a coming-of-age film about a Protestant Confirmation camp on a summer’s week, set in the arc
Gone
2019-11-29
Stuck living in his childhood home, now with his own family, Matti has been yearning for change. One
The Potato Venture
2020-12-25
A young Start-up entrepreneur tries to start importing potato to 17th century Finland. The new class
It’s All Right
2019-09-25
A raped women meets the authorities.
The Flight Before Christmas
2008-09-22
A young reindeer named Niko dreams about flying like his father, whom he has never met. Despite cons
Happier Times, Grump
2018-08-24
The Grump prepares to die – everything is done and his wife is dead. He’s making his own coffin when
Forest Giant
2020-09-11
Pasi returns to his childhood town, asked to reconfigure the local plywood factory. With a child on
Force of Habit
2019-09-27
Force of Habit follows the lives of various women throughout one day. Hilla is having a romantic vac
Lights in the Dusk
2006-02-03
Outcast by his co-workers and living alone, Koistinen is a security guard who works the night shift
Blue Corner
2002-10-11
Dreams perimeter Matti Ijäksen has written and directed, praised to the skies domestic film, which i
Super Furball Saves the Future
2022-10-14
To save the world, Super Furball has to save the bees. In order to do so, the heroic guinea pig has
Waste Land
2016-01-01
Waste Land is a tragicomic ensemble film about a bunch of kids squatting an abandoned seaside hotel.
Helene
2020-01-17
Year 1915. Helene Schjerfbeck lives as a forgotten artist with her elderly mother in the countryside
Johanneksen leipäpuu
1994-05-02
Manical portrait of a small businessman.
Kauhun millimetrit
1992-03-06
Marja Sauri, who lives in Helsinki at the end of the 1980s, is going to the store to replace defecti
For the Living and the Dead
2005-02-18
An ordinary suburban family is shattered when their youngest son is killed in an accidental fire whi
Night of the Living Dicks
2021-03-01
A woman who has had enough of anonymous dick pics finds eyeglasses that give her the ability to see
A Clear Winter's Day
1997-12-25
An old man gets lost looking for a post office. Every time he turns around a street corner, he ends
Spring Break
2020-07-19
The mother of a family is sick with COVID-19. Quarantine and worries have driven them apart, until t
Bubble
2022-11-25
16-year-old Eveliina accidentally sees her mother kissing another woman. Fearing her parents' divorc
The Bouncer
2020-11-01
A night club bouncer gets disgusted of all the violence and repression of the weak he is seeing. He
Super Furball and the Lying Squirrel
2025-12-19
A little girl has secret superpowers but can’t use them when a highway project is threatening the ne
Little Siberia
2025-03-20
A pastor's faith turns upside down when a meteorite lands in his small Finnish town, its impact stir
Father's Day
2026-03-06
Tinke, who has been drinking his health away, lives in a care home, where his dark humour and his fr
Therapy
2025-12-25
Therapist Leena and her soon-to-be ex-husband Pekka run a relationship camp in the midst of their ow
Viisasten kivi
1996-03-15
A young woman has to attend a self-improvement camp
MIS?ING
2025-12-05
Five friends celebrate the growing media visibility of social media witch Lulu, by mocking age-old d
The Patient
2010-09-19
Graveyard shift of a guard gets an unexpected turn.
Sisu: Road to Revenge
2025-10-21
Returning to the house where his family was brutally murdered during the war, ‘the man who refuses t