Reidar Palmgren
Biography
Reidar Palmgren, born in 1966 in Helsinki, is a Finnish writer and actor. He lives in Tampere, Finland. Palmgren's debut novel The Feet was first awarded the Helsingin Sanomat Literature Award and the Academic Bookstore Award for best-selling debut novels.
Known For & Full Filmography8 Titles
Drama Series - 2012, 16 episodes • as Tuomisaari
An outstanding performance featuring brilliant storytelling, high stakes drama, and unforgettable character arcs.
Drama Series - 1999, 16 episodes • as Elias Seppä
The lives of the aristocratic Lindhof family and their servants from 1798 to 1907.
Drama Series - 2016, 16 episodes • Main Cast Role
Four young adults with different stories but the same destination; closed psychiatric ward.
Movie - 2001, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
Jukka, 13, is coached in photography by his openly gay art teacher. With his dead father's old camera, Jukka sees Johanna, a beautiful girl in her early twenties being physically abused by her stepfather. With the help of the local fire department, Jukka comes to her rescue. He quickly befriends the girl who works in a nearby supermarket, claims to become her manager and enters her in a beauty contest.
Movie - 2024, 2h 15m • as Saarnaaja
A poet who has had enough of modern society leaves everything behind and begins a spiritual and physical hike towards nature and their selfhood, their soul.
Movie - 2005, 2h 15m • as Jokke
Story about human relationships, love and forgiveness.
Movie - 2004, 2h 15m • as Jousimäki
The film shows how Midsummer was celebrated in North Karelia in 1973.
Movie - 1990, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
About the history of the contraceptive tool and reminds us of the importance of using a condom in combating sexually transmitted diseases.