Åke Leonard Lindman was a Finnish stage and screen actor, film and stage director. In his youth he was a football player, playing defence for the Finnish national team during the Olympics in Helsinki 1952. His breakthrough as an actor came with his role as the stubborn soldier Lehto in Edvin Laine's movie The Unknown Soldier from 1955.
Known For
Reds
(1981)
Scandinavian Escort
The Shoes of the Fisherman
(1968)
Soldier Releasing Lakota (uncredited)
The Unknown Soldier
(1955)
Lehto
The Hunters
(1996)
Åke Zetterlund
Full Filmography
Acting
Hornankoski
(1949)
Artturi Yli-Koskela
Tanssi yli hautojen
(1950)
Hallin Janne
(1950)
Prisoner in Siberia inciting a mutiny
Suomalaistyttöjä Tukholmassa
(1952)
Erik
The White Reindeer
(1952)
Forester
Yö on pitkä
(1952)
Åke Strandberg
Pekka Puupää
(1953)
Petteri (uncredited)
Varsovan laulu
(1953)
'Bear'
Me tulemme taas
(1953)
Kymmpi
The Log Drivers
(1953)
Arthur
Pekka ja Pätkä lumimiehen jäljillä
(1954)
Riku Sundman
Kovanaama
(1954)
Prisoner
Niskavuoren Aarne
(1954)
The Unknown Soldier
(1955)
Lehto
Rakkaus kahleissa
(1955)
Pertti Kuusi
Viettelysten tie
(1955)
Martti
Kukonlaulusta kukonlauluun
(1955)
Eino Kustaala
Kiinni on ja pysyy
(1955)
Arpi
Olet mennyt minun vereeni
(1956)
Erkki
Silja – nuorena nukkunut
(1956)
Valkoisten komppanianpäällikkö
Vihdoinkin hääyö…
(1957)
Teemu 'Pupu' Järvinen
1918
(1957)
Samuel Bro
Risti ja liekki
(1957)
Ingen morgondag
(1957)
escaped prisoner
Herra sotaministeri
(1957)
(uncredited)
The Lady in Black
(1958)
David Frohm
Moonwolf
(1959)
Head logger
Kohtalo tekee siirron
(1959)
Mauri Petäjämaa
Ei ruumiita makuuhuoneeseen
(1959)
Mike
Isaskar Keturin ihmeelliset seikkailut
(1960)
Liukas
Lumisten metsien tyttö
(1960)
Jukka
Preludes to Ecstasy
(1961)
Hermansson
The Boy in the Tree
(1961)
Sten Sundberg
Me
(1961)
Urpo
Kertokaa se hänelle…
(1961)
(uncredited)
Naiset, jotka minulle annoit
(1962)
Åke Lindman (uncredited)
Älä nuolase…
(1962)
(uncredited)
Hän varasti elämän
(1962)
Oke Järvinen
Villin Pohjolan salattu laakso
(1963)
Joel Vorna
Teerenpeliä
(1963)
Technical Manager (uncredited)
Villin Pohjolan kulta
(1963)
Joel Vorna
Make Like a Thief
(1964)
Arvo Mäki
Laukaus Kyproksessa
(1965)
The Shoes of the Fisherman
(1968)
Soldier Releasing Lakota (uncredited)
Telefon
(1977)
Lieutenant Alexandrov
An Unknown Friend
(1978)
inspector Olavi Susikoski
Misfire
(1978)
Rurik Lindgren
Reds
(1981)
Scandinavian Escort
Genombrottet
(1981)
TV-chefen
Zoombie
(1982)
Port Foreman
Klippet
(1982)
The Chainsaw
(1983)
Evert
Kalabaliken i Bender
(1983)
Dirty Story
(1984)
Järnstedt
Lysande landning
(1987)
David Dreyer
Ondskans år
(1987)
Uncle Gösta
Lain ulkopuolella
(1987)
Principal
The Moon God
(1988)
Husbonden
(1989)
Skipper
Riktiga män bär alltid slips
(1991)
Stålhane
Mannen utan ansikte
(1995)
President (voice)
Lotat
(1995)
Man Reading Aloud in Prologue
Yöjuna
(1996)
Kalevi Wallin, VR:n pääjohtaja
The Hunters
(1996)
Åke Zetterlund
A Little Christmas Story
(1999)
The Book of Fate
(2003)
Galagf
Directing
Kukonlaulusta kukonlauluun
(1955)
Assistant Director
Musta rakkaus
(1957)
Assistant Director
Kertokaa se hänelle…
(1961)
Director
Preludes to Ecstasy
(1961)
Assistant Director
Kun tuomi kukkii
(1962)
Director
"Ei se mitään!" sanoi Eemeli
(1962)
Director
Jengi
(1963)
Director
Make Like a Thief
(1964)
Director
Laukaus Kyproksessa
(1965)
Director
Inför havets anlete
(1967)
Director
Grottan
(1970)
Director
Profeten i Pajala
(1982)
Director
The Enchanted Road
(1986)
Director
Harjunpää ja kiusantekijät
(1993)
Director
Lapin kullan kimallus
(1999)
Director
Beyond the Front Line
(2004)
Director
1944 The Final Defence
(2007)
Director
Production