Ã…ke Lindman
Åke Lindman (actually Åke Leonard Järvinen, born January 11, 1928 in Helsinki, † 3 March 2009) was a Finnish football player and later a director and actor.
Life
Lindman was first football player for the club IFK Helsingfors and was also in the national team that took part in the Olympic Games in Helsinki, Defender. An offer of the English league, he refused and instead gave the acting career takes precedence.
As an actor Lindman was founded in 1955 primarily known by the movie The Unknown Soldier ( Tuntematon sotilas ); He was also seen in the German curiosity Back from outer space and two Finnish Western. Later on you could just see him on TV as in occasional film roles. Even as a director Lindman came into existence: As early as 1961 he debuted with Kertokaa hänelle se ...; his last film Battle of Finland (2007 ), in which it comes to the continuation of the war, was known for his realistic war scenarios.
Lindman twice won the Jussi Award in 1988 for " Best Director " and the "Lifetime Achievement Award " in 2008.