Jon Carpenter (23 November 1938 Lapua, Finland – 17 December 2006 in Seinäjoki, Finland) was a prolific Finnish actor who made more than 70 appearances is film and television. They debuted in 1974 in the movie Hair.
Carpenter was a workhorse of the Kaurismäki brothers, with whom they first worked on Crime and punishment in 1983. His last role with Aki Kaurismäki was in Man without a Past in 2002. They starred in the 1994 film Aapo opposite actors such as Taisto Reimaluoto, Ulla birch beach and Kai Lehtinen. More recently, he has appeared in a number of Timo Koivusalo film such as a two-headed eagle in the shade (2005), which is the last full-length movie they appeared in.
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