Åke Lindman
Born: 1928-01-11 in Helsinki, Finland
Died: 2009-03-03
Known For: Acting
Biography
Åke Leonard Lindman was a Finnish stage and screen actor, film and stage director. In his youth he was a football player, playing defence for the Finnish national team during the Olympics in Helsinki 1952. His breakthrough as an actor came with his role as the stubborn soldier Lehto in Edvin Laine's movie The Unknown Soldier from 1955.
Filmography
2007
- 1944 The Final Defence ... (Director)
2004
- Beyond the Front Line ... (Director)
2003
- The Book of Fate as Galagf
2001
- Lapin kullan kimallus ... (Director)
1999
- Lapin kullan kimallus ... (Director)
- A Little Christmas Story
1997
- Ei vanhene koskaan as Åke Lindman
1996
- The House of Shadows as Handelsmannen
- The Hunters as Åke Zetterlund
- Yöjuna as Kalevi Wallin, VR:n pääjohtaja
1995
- Mannen utan ansikte as President (voice)
- Harjunpää ja heimolaiset ... (Director)
- Lotat as Man Reading Aloud in Prologue
1994
- Läckan as Rune Lager
- Håll huvet kallt as Malkolm
- Kiinnisidottu ... (Director)
1993
- Den korsikanske biskopen as Brandin
- Harjunpää ja kiusantekijät as aluehälytyskeskuksen päivystäjä (voice, uncredited)
1992
- Fem skott i senaten ... (Director)
1991
- Riktiga män bär alltid slips as Stålhane
1990
- Paradise America as Otto
1989
- Husbonden as Skipper
1988
- Nattseilere as Timo
- The Moon God
1987
- Lysande landning as David Dreyer
- Lain ulkopuolella as Principal
- Lysande landning as David Dreyer
- Ondskans år as Uncle Gösta
1986
- The Enchanted Road ... (Director)
1985
- Harjunpää och antastaren as Ahonius
1984
- Dirty Story as Järnstedt
1983
- Kalabaliken i Bender
- The Chainsaw as Evert
- Harjunpää och kalla döden ... (Director)
1982
- Zoombie as Port Foreman
- Jousiampuja as Eino Kanerva, "Eikka"
- Klippet
- Profeten i Pajala ... (Director)
1981
- Reds as Scandinavian Escort
- Genombrottet as TV-chefen
- Genombrottet as TV-chefen
1978
- Elämänmeno ... (Director)
- Misfire as Rurik Lindgren
- An Unknown Friend as inspector Olavi Susikoski
1977
- Telefon as Lieutenant Alexandrov
1976
- The Eagle Has Landed ... (Production Consultant)
- Stormskärs Maja ... (Director)
1970
- Grottan ... (Director)
1967
- Inför havets anlete ... (Director)
1965
1964
- Meidän Herramme muurahaisia as Huttunen
- Make Like a Thief as Arvo Mäki
1963
- Teerenpeliä as Technical Manager (uncredited)
- Jengi ... (Director)
- Villin Pohjolan kulta as Joel Vorna
- Villin Pohjolan salattu laakso as Joel Vorna
1962
- "Ei se mitään!" sanoi Eemeli ... (Director)
- Älä nuolase… as (uncredited)
- Hän varasti elämän as Oke Järvinen
- Kun tuomi kukkii ... (Director)
- Naiset, jotka minulle annoit as Åke Lindman (uncredited)
1961
- The Boy in the Tree as Sten Sundberg
- Kertokaa se hänelle… as (uncredited)
- Preludes to Ecstasy as Hermansson
- Me as Urpo
1960
- Julkalendern as Malkolm
- Isaskar Keturin ihmeelliset seikkailut as Liukas
- Lumisten metsien tyttö as Jukka
1959
- Moonwolf as Head logger
- Ei ruumiita makuuhuoneeseen as Mike
- Kohtalo tekee siirron as Mauri Petäjämaa
1958
- The Lady in Black as David Frohm
1957
- 1918 as Samuel Bro
- Ingen morgondag as escaped prisoner
- Vihdoinkin hääyö… as Teemu 'Pupu' Järvinen
- Herra sotaministeri as (uncredited)
- Musta rakkaus ... (Assistant Director)
- Risti ja liekki
1956
- Silja – nuorena nukkunut as Valkoisten komppanianpäällikkö
- Olet mennyt minun vereeni as Erkki
1955
- The Unknown Soldier as Lehto
- Kiinni on ja pysyy as Arpi
- Kukonlaulusta kukonlauluun as Eino Kustaala
- Rakkaus kahleissa as Pertti Kuusi
- Viettelysten tie as Martti
1954
- Niskavuoren Aarne
- Kovanaama as Prisoner
- Pekka ja Pätkä lumimiehen jäljillä as Riku Sundman
1953
- Varsovan laulu as 'Bear'
- Me tulemme taas as Kymmpi
- The Log Drivers as Arthur
- Pekka Puupää as Petteri (uncredited)
1952
- The White Reindeer as Forester
- Yö on pitkä as Åke Strandberg
- Suomalaistyttöjä Tukholmassa as Erik
1950
- Tanssi yli hautojen
- Hallin Janne as Prisoner in Siberia inciting a mutiny
1949
- Hornankoski as Artturi Yli-Koskela