About Timo
Timo is an international actor trained in the UK in the renowned Royal Birmingham Conservatoire. Currently he is based in Helsinki, Finland.
Timo is a tall, strong actor with a charismatic stage and screen presence. He brings his characters across with expressiveness, but as truthful and natural human beings. His typecasting is often characters with authority or fragility. E.g. a ruthless general or a simple minded lonely man, looking for love of his life.
Timo speaks Finnish, English, Estonian and Russian. He has also acted in Polish and Germany. He is trained by British Academy of Stage and Screen Combat in three weapons and he is skilled in bass guitar and singing.
Amongst others his stage work includes plays like Picnic by William Inge, A Bright Room Called Day by Tony Kushner and As You Like It by William Shakespeare.
Example of his screen work includes Emmy nominee series Wingman prod. YLE, Lapua 1976 prod. Blankface and Rose d'Or nominee Stop Nyqvist prod. YLE
His voice work includes Winter War stories for War and Peace museum Muisti, radio drama for YLE and Finnish voice over for Netflix's My Dad The Bounty Hunter
Timo is gaining momentum in the industry and he is constantly training to improve. He is hungry for exciting new opportunities to tackle and astounding stories to tell.
Do not hesitate to get in touch.
Height: 6'3", 193 cm
Weight: 108 kg
Role age: 30 - 40 years
Year of birth: 1987
Ethnicity: East European, Scandinavian, White
Nationality: Finnish, Estonian
Eye colour: Hazel
Hair colour: Brown
Hair Lengths Short
Beard: Stubble
Voice Quality: Deep
Voice Character: Serious
Memberships: Spotlight, Equity,
Näyttelijänliitto, Helsingin Freet
Eesti Näitlejate Liit (EADB), Imdb
Currently
Theatre:
Imatra City Theatre | Pam Gems' - Piaf | dir. Timo Rissanen |
Marcel Cerdan
Premiere 04.02.2023 - https://teatteri-imatra.fi/ohjelmisto/piaf-%E2%80%93-pikkuvarpunen
Film
Blankface Oy. | Lapua 1976 | dir. Toni Kurkimäki | 2023
Reijo Holma
Television
Yellow Film & TV | Manni | dir. Jussi Hiltunen and Max Ovaska | 2024
Neeme Järve
Yellow Film & TV | Nurses | dir. Juha Lankinen | 2023
Tarmo Kovanen
YLE | Stop Nyqvist | dir. Juha Lankinen | 2021
Aleksandr Kitajev
Yellow Film & TV | FAST| dir. Saara Cantell | 2020
Nazi Prisoner
YLE | Wingman | dir. Kari Ketonen | 2020
Nikolai
Stage
Post Theatre Collective | Suomen Mestari | dir. David Kozma | 2023
Sander
Koko Theatre | Pikkuveli - Väikevend | dir. Samuli Reunanen | 2023
Jaan Koolmets
Post Theatre Collective | Out of Touch | dir. David Kozma | 2021/2022
Sami
Crescent Theatre | Picnic | dir. Danièle Sanderson | 2019
Howard Bevans
Birmingham Hippodrome | As You Like It | dir. Scott Ellis | 2018
Charles the wrestler / Duke Senior
Old Rep | Three Winters | dir. Lise Olson | 2018
Vlado Kos
RBC | A Bright Room Called Day | dir. Hannah Kaye | 2018
Herr Swetts
RBC | Terror | dir. Stephen Simms | 2018
Georges Danton
Birmingham Hippodrome | The Hostage | dir. Jake Murray | 2017
Russian Sailor
RBC | A Woman of No Importance | dir. Alan Dunnett | 2017
Lord Illingworth
Sidewalk Salsa | Pakolais Cabaret | dir. Tatjana Bodjansky | 2015
The Estonian
Phoenix Theatre London | Wealth Secrets | dir. Jorge Diaz | 2014
Art
Työväen Akatemia | Kirsikkapuisto (Cherry Orchard) | dir. Marjaana Kuusniemi | 2014
Leonid Gayev
Vantaan Näyttämö | Suomen Hevonen | dir. Esko Vuorio | 2013
Kai
Web Series
Jermyn St. Theatre | Butter Wouldn't Melt | 2021
The Poet
VICE | Doppelganger | dir. Oobah Butler | 2019
Auditionee
Voice Over
Netflix | My Dad the Bounty Hunter | Eurotroll | 2023
B'caala
Post Theatre Collective | Middle Eastern Bloc s.3. ep. Holy Monkey | dir. David Kozma | 2023
Boyfriend
Post Theatre Collective | Middle Eastern Bloc s.2. ep. Inside | dir. David Kozma | 2021
Stalker
Teatteri 2.0 | Kun Kissakin Kuoli Aloin Nauraa | dir. Elina Snicker | 2021
Umbrella Man
War and Peace Museum - Muisti | dir. Pekka Laasonen | 2020
Risto Ryti, Api, Heikka, Onni
Verimalja | dir. Jarno Elonen | 2020
Korpraali Saari
The Night Night Website | Noah and The Monster Under the Bed | dir. Ella Stone | 2019
Narrator
Short Film
Neon Snow | dir. Tomi Rantanen | 2023
Mr. Thomson
Helsinki Casting | The Last Roast | dir. Emma Ahola | 2022
Heta
Sean McGrail Films | This is Our Town | dir. Sean McGrail | 2019
Timo
RBC | A Man in The Room | dir. Clifford Milner | 2019
Man
RBC | Siege in The Turtle Head Point | dir. Clifford Milner | 2019
Michael
Radio Drama
YLE | Kallion Kimppa | dir. Jarno Kuosa | 2021
Märt
Commercial
Lucy Loves Stories | Atria | dir. Johannes Salonen | 2021/2022
Father
Mjölk | Telia "Avaa maailmasi" | dir. Miikka Lommi | 2020
Street hockey - father
Hasan & Partners | Sisu - Potku | dir. Tuomas Salminen | 2020
Antti
Lucy Loves stories | Fazer Leipomoherkut | dir. Johannes Salonen | 2020
Mauri