Risto Mäkelä

Biography

Risto Väinö Kalevi Mäkelä (14 January 1924 Raahe - March 19, 1992 Helsinki) was a Finnish actor. The most significant roles of Mäkelä's film career take place in the early 1960s. From 1945 Mäkelä starred in the theater. He became known for Pyynik's summer theater, where he starred in the 1940s, well before his film career began. There, in his mid-1960s, his bravery role was Colonel Karjula of the Unknown Soldier. Mäkelä starred in the Pori and Tampere theaters, the Helsinki National Theater-Work Theater and the Finnish National Theater and visited the Radio Theater several times. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Known For

Inspector Palmu's Error

as Hagert

Gas, Inspector Palmu!

as Mustapää

The Scarlet Dove

as Mankela

Akseli and Elina

as Lasse

Aatamin puvussa… ja vähän Eevankin

as vankikarkuri Yrjö Granberg

Trust

as Strike speaker

Opettajatar seikkailee

as Ville

Totuus on armoton

as Peteri

An Unknown Friend

as Unto Åkerblom

Älä nuolase…

as Joonas