Jukka Sipilä (12 May 1936, Kivijärvi – 7 August 2004, Helsinki, Finland) was a prolific Finnish actor and television director.

He began acting in film in the 1960s and took up TV directing shortly in the early 1970s before concentrating on acting again. He appeared in films such as the 1983 James Bond spoof Agent 000 and the Deadly Curves opposite actors Ilmari Saarelainen and Tenho Sauren. He retired in 2003 shortly before his death.

Jukka Sipilä

Selected filmography

Mona Lisan hymy, 1966

Käpy selän alla, 1966

Lapualaismorsian, 1967

Täällä Pohjantähden alla, 1968

Leikkikalugangsteri, 1969

Sixtynine 69, 1969

Naisenkuvia, 1970

Lampaansyöjät, 1972

Hellyys, 1972

Pohjantähti, 1973

Mies. joka ei osannut sanoa ei, 1975

Ihmemies, 1979

Kiljusten herrasväki, 1981

Hukkaputki TV-comedy show (1981–1983) Agentti 000 ja kuoleman kurvit, 1983 Uuno Turhapuro muuttaa maalle, 1986 Vääpeli Körmy ja vetenalaiset vehkeet, 1991 Lipton Cockton in the Shadows of Sodoma, 1995 Pahat pojat, 2002

Jukka Sipilä

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Finnish male actors

Finnish television directors

1936 births

2004 deaths

Jukka Sipilä