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Markku Toikka is a Actor Finlandais born on 5 april 1955 at Somero (Finlande)
Markku Tapani Toikka (born 5 April 1955 in Somero, Finland) is a Finnish stand-up comedian and actor.
His acting roles include "Rahikainen" in Aki Kaurismäki's Crime and Punishment and "Pekka" in another Aki Kaurismäki film Calamari Union. In Calamari Union, Pekka appears for most of the film to gibber in English in an apparent schizophrenic delusion about his days as a soldier of fortune. This viewer interpretation is subverted towards the end of the movie, as a group of Latin American freedom fighters wreak their vengeance by shooting him like a dog.
As a stand-up comic, his shtick has largely been that of the balding middle aged man going through an identity crisis.
He lives in Helsinki with his wife, Ulla-Maija, and 2 children, son Toivo Toikka, who plays in band called "Security" and acts in amateur movies, and daughter named Tuuli.
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Birth name Markku Tapani Toikka
Nationality Finlande
Birth 5 april 1955 (69 years) at Somero (Finlande)
Nationality Finlande
Birth 5 april 1955 (69 years) at Somero (Finlande)
His acting roles include "Rahikainen" in Aki Kaurismäki's Crime and Punishment and "Pekka" in another Aki Kaurismäki film Calamari Union. In Calamari Union, Pekka appears for most of the film to gibber in English in an apparent schizophrenic delusion about his days as a soldier of fortune. This viewer interpretation is subverted towards the end of the movie, as a group of Latin American freedom fighters wreak their vengeance by shooting him like a dog.
As a stand-up comic, his shtick has largely been that of the balding middle aged man going through an identity crisis.
He lives in Helsinki with his wife, Ulla-Maija, and 2 children, son Toivo Toikka, who plays in band called "Security" and acts in amateur movies, and daughter named Tuuli.
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Upswing (2003)
, 1h38Genres Comedy, Comedy-drama
Actors Petteri Summanen, Kari-Pekka Toivonen, Ville Virtanen, Juha Veijonen, Hannu-Pekka Björkman, Markku Toikka
Roles Andersson
Rating65%
A dissatisfied yuppie couple in the IT business, with no kids and a fancy house in a prestige neighbourhood, have a few weeks off before the husbands's new career challenges. Envious about their friends' exotic holiday destinations, the husband meets a travel agent at a party, offering a the ultimate experience: a one month vacation under a false identity in Jakomäki, a suburban block of flats in Helsinki.
Calamari Union (1985)
, 1h22Directed by Aki Kaurismäki
Origin Finlande
Genres Drama, Comedy
Actors Sakari Kuosmanen, Matti Pellonpää, Pirkka-Pekka Petelius, Markku Toikka, Mato Valtonen, Kari Väänänen
Roles Pekka
Rating69%
Calamari Union tells the story of sixteen men, all called Frank (inspired by Frank Armoton) apart from one man called Pekka. Collectively the Franks and Pekka are unhappy with life in Kallio, a working-class district of Helsinki, and decide to move to Eira, an upper-class district, imagining it to be unspoiled. In fact the two districts are not very far apart, but the journey across the city takes on epic proportions, as each of the men falls by the wayside through marriage, work or death.
Crime and Punishment (1983)
, 1h33Directed by Aki Kaurismäki
Origin Finlande
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Markku Toikka, Esko Nikkari, Matti Pellonpää
Roles Antti Rahikainen
Rating70%
Une adaptation du roman Crime et Châtiment de Fiodor Dostoïevski.