Saku Taittonen

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Saku Taittonen

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Saku Taittonen is an emerging actor from Finland. In 2025, he was selected for the Tallinn Black Night Star program and won the Best Newcomer Jussi Award (Finnish Academy Awards) for his role in the film My Name is Dingo. Next he will be seen as Knut in the Amazon series Bloodaxe.

Saku Taittonen
Vita as Open in Filmmakers
29 years
Gendermale
Year of birth1996 (29 years)
Acting age20-35 years
NationalityFinnish
Main professionActor
Driver's licensesCar class
Eye colorgray-green
Hair colorblond(e)
Height (cm)185
LanguagesFinnish(native)English
AccentsFinnish
InstrumentsDrumsGuitarPiano
SportIce hockeyAlpine skiingBaseballBoxingGymnasticsWeightliftingAcrobatics
Training

Theatre Academy of Helsinki 2020-2025 Master of Arts
Degree in Music 2020

Film
2024
LEVOTON TUHKIMO (Feature film)
Neumann, Pertti (lead)
Mari Rantasila Yellow Film
2021
A Day Without Prohibition (Short film)
Olavi
Elisa Kujala Aalto University
Television
2026
Bloodaxe
Knut
Michael and Horatio Hirst Amazon
2025
Höyhensarja
Jedi (lead)
Maria Mononen Warner Bros Finland
2022
Helsinki-Syndrome
Elias Karo (in his youth)
Juuso Syrjä, Lenka Hellstedt, Marko Mäkilaakso Fisher King Oy
Theater
2023
Untitled
Untitled performer
Ene-Liis Semper Helsinki City Theater