Risto Mäkelä

January 14, 1924 · Raahe, Finland

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.

Often works with

Pentti Irjala
8 titles together
Inspector Palmu's Error, Akseli and Elina, Aatamin puvussa… ja vähän Eevankin
Leo Jokela
7 titles together
Inspector Palmu's Error, Gas, Inspector Palmu!, Opettajatar seikkailee
Toivo Mäkelä
7 titles together
Inspector Palmu's Error, Gas, Inspector Palmu!, The Scarlet Dove
Rauha Rentola
6 titles together
Gas, Inspector Palmu!, The Scarlet Dove, Naiset, jotka minulle annoit
Paavo Hukkinen
6 titles together
The Scarlet Dove, Opettajatar seikkailee, Naiset, jotka minulle annoit
Kaarlo Wilska
5 titles together
Inspector Palmu's Error, Naiset, jotka minulle annoit, Hän varasti elämän

Full filmography · 27

Kissa ja Varjo
as Mies kasvitieteellisessä puutarhassa
1993
Lepakkolinna
as Sigismund Köllö, The Innkeeper
1980
Piilopirtti
as kirkkoherra
1978
An Unknown Friend
as Unto Åkerblom
1978
Trust
as Strike speaker
1976
Aatamin puvussa… ja vähän Eevankin
as vankikarkuri Yrjö Granberg
1971
Akseli and Elina
as Lasse
1970
Turkasen tenava!
as Ville
1963
Totuus on armoton
as Peteri
1963
Villin Pohjolan kulta
cast
1963
Naiset, jotka minulle annoit
as Ahokas
1962
Hän varasti elämän
as Henrik Leino 'Kaarlo Mäenpää'
1962