Antti Litja
Born: 1938-02-21 in Antrea, Finland [now Kamennogorsk, Russia]
Died: 2022-07-13
Known For: Acting
Biography
Antti Vilho Olavi Litja (21 February 1938 – 13 July 2022) was a Finnish actor. He made over 60 film and television appearances since 1959. A prominent figure in Finnish film in the 1970s and 1980s, since the mid-1990s he mostly appeared on television. Litja is probably the best known for his roles in the films The Year of the Hare (1977) and The Grump (2014).
Filmography
2014
- The Grump as Grump
2011
- Hella W as Raivio
- The Inspector as Yöportsari
2010
- Princess as Ylilääkäri Soininen
2009
- Twisted Roots as Isoisä
2008
- Falling Angels as Kustantaja
2007
- Sydänjää as Pentti Santamaa
2005
- Meidän jengi as Pentti Kaskeala
2004
- Gourmet Club as Herman Castrén
2002
- Blue Corner as Teppo Hanhijoki
2001
- Ou Nou as Yrjö Härmälä
- Ken tulta pyytää as tutkija Taisto Viljanen, Jessen isä
2000
- Hurmaava joukkoitsemurha as Jarl Hautala
1999
- Kaverille ei jätetä as Ylivääpeli Harju
1998
- Team Ahma as Harry Järvi
- Presidentin mies as Tasavallan Presidentti
1997
- Lahja as Kuitunen
- Palava rakkaus as Jaan Tönisson
1994
- Kaikki pelissä as Allan Blomberg
- Esa ja Vesa – auringonlaskun ratsastajat as Makkonen, poliisi
1992
- Päin perhettä as Pekka Syrjäntaka
- Puhallus as Teppo Järvinen
- Mestari as Liikemies Ruokanen
- Luonnollinen kuolema as Antero Aavamaa
1991
- Pakanamaan kartta as Poliisi
- Muuttolinnun aika as Ossi
1990
- Lentsu as Rinteelän Aleksi
1989
- Cha Cha Cha as Drunkard #1
1988
- Jumalia ei uhmata as Hanhivaara
- Ihmiselon ihanuus ja kurjuus as Jalmari Roimala
- Isku vasten kasvoja as Hanhivaara
1987
- Farewell, Mr. President as Detective Sergeant Hanhivaara
- Lain ulkopuolella as Antti Kaironen
- Macbeth as Dunkku
1986
- The Snow Queen as Rosvoveli
1984
- Päivää, herra Kivi as Medical Director Manninen
- The Clan: Tale of the Frogs as Benjamin Sammakko
- Rakkauselokuva as Kalevi Karlsson
1983
- Huhtikuu on kuukausista julmin as Olli
- Iso vaalee as Koivula
1981
- Kiljusen herrasväki as Ylipormestari
1980
- Aurinkotuuli as Paul
1979
- Ihmemies as Olli Ruusunen
1978
- Vartioitu kylä 1944 as Kersantti Tolvanen
1977
- The Year of the Hare as Kaarlo Vatanen
1976
- Loma as Aimo Niemi
1975
- Mies, joka ei osannut sanoa ei as Aimo Niemi
1974
- Sujut as Sotamies Erkkilä
1969
1962
- Tähdet kertovat, komisario Palmu as Jakkarala's Son
- Vaarallista vapautta as Pekka
1961
- Voi veljet, mikä päivä! as Fritsu Rantamo
1960
- Autotytöt as Enska
1959
- Vatsa sisään, rinta ulos! as (uncredited)