Peter Franzén
1.5Acting

Peter Franzén

Aug 14, 1971 - Keminmaa, Finland

Peter Vilhelm Franzén (born August 14, 1971) is a Finnish actor, author, screenwriter, and director.

As an actor, Franzén has appeared in over 50 films and TV series. For his role in Dog Nail Clipper (2004), Franzén was awarded a Jussi Award for Best Actor as well as earning praise from film critic Jay Weissberg from Variety magazine who called the actor "one of the most talented and versatile thesps in Finland".

In his career he has appeared in Finnish, Estonian, German, English, Swedish, and Hungarian speaking roles. In 2015, Franzén was cast as King Harald Finehair from the fourth season of Vikings. Franzén has also casted in Amazon Prime Video's upcoming The Wheel of Time TV series.

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Movie1998Train BirdsLako's Lover
Movie2003Bad Boys: A True StoryOtto Takkunen
Movie2003At Point BlankJuha
Movie2009HellsinkiKrisu
Movie2000BaddingOssi
Movie2006Matti: Hell Is for HeroesNick Nevada
Movie2004The ThreatMagnus
Movie2001Rollo and the Spirit of the WoodsLakeija
Movie2002Names in MarbleSulo Kallio
Movie1999AmbushEero Perkola
Movie2004Set PointHarri
Movie2001On the Road to EmmausMankka-Arvi
Movie2004Dog Nail ClipperMertsi Arhippa Vepsäläinen
Movie2008Three Wise MenSanta Claus
Movie2012Vares: The Path of the Righteous MenTaisto Raappana
Movie2011Body of WaterElias
Movie2012Road NorthPertti Paakku
Movie2012PurgeHans Pekk
Movie2013Open Up to MeSami
Movie1998A Summer by the RiverKottarainen
Movie1998AsphaltoMies
Movie2013Heart of a LionTeppo
Movie1995Suolaista ja makeaaIle
Movie2023BoudicaWolfgar
Movie2013Above Dark WatersKake
Movie2015The GunmanReiniger
Movie2007Red Is the Color ofDavid Stellar
Movie2023Black LotusPaul
MovieN/AAlibiRod Bryant
Movie2023Nightless NightIlmari Huotari / The Murderer
Movie2023The AbyssTage Vibenius
Movie2015Johan Falk: Blood DiamondsMilo Mikhailov
Movie2015Johan Falk: The EndMilo Mikhailov
Movie2015HomecomingTomi
Movie2016Beck 31 - GunvaldRisto Kangas
Movie2016The MineRaimo
Movie2001Kites Over HelsinkiSammy Ceder
Movie2010Priest of EvilTimo Harjunpää
Movie2009Rally On!Suko
Movie2016Eero Saarinen: The Architect Who Saw the FutureEero Saarinen (voice)
Movie2002Lovers & LeaversMarko
Movie2018Ashes in the SnowCommander Komarov
Movie1994Kissan kuolemaSaku
Movie2001Jewel of the SaharaYoung Francois Renard
Movie2007The MatriarchLaszlo
Movie1999Rikos & rakkausKonstaapeli Jussi Rosenström
Movie2000Bad Luck LoveReino
Movie2007CleanerPolice Officer Bronson
Movie2008IsabellaAndrea
Movie2021MeanderAdam
Movie2006Baba's CarsPekka Kukka
Movie1996Tie naisen sydämeenKauko Kinnunen
Movie2015Lapland Odyssey 2Jorma
Movie2020Tale of the Sleeping GiantsNarrator (Voice)
Movie2010PrincessSaastamoinen
Movie2006Mystery of the WolfAntero Venesmaa
Movie1993Takatöölö StoryHeltat nuorina
Movie2023HamstersHamsteri
Movie1996Deadly Rituals of the Flesh Loving Freaks - KatoamispisteMan
Movie1997Jäänmurtaja
TV Show1998V.I.P.Nazi1
TV Show2022Helsinki SyndromeElias Karo14
TV Show2019Love, Death & RobotsSnow (voice)1
TV Show1998The Wild ThornberrysGuard (voice)1
TV Show2008True BloodHrolf1
TV Show2015NapamiehetAsianajaja2
TV Show2021The Wheel of TimeStepin2
TV Show2013VikingsKing Harald Finehair54
TV Show2007Karjalan kunnaillaJarkko "Jake" Rosenius36
TV Show2022Untold Arctic WarsNarrator (voice)6
TV Show2024ConflictKapt. Rami Ohrankämmen6
TV Show2003IrtiottojaAntti2
TV Show2002CSI: MiamiIvan Radu1
TV Show2006Studio Impossible15
TV Show2024Twilight of the GodsGlaumar (voice)2

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MovieN/AJäniksen vuosiWriterWriting
Movie2013Above Dark WatersDirectorDirecting
Movie2013Above Dark WatersScreenplayWriting
Movie2013Above Dark WatersNovelWriting
MovieN/AKerpeikkariDirectorDirecting
MovieN/AKerpeikkariWriterWriting
Movie2020Kill AnneliExecutive ProducerProduction