Aku Hirviniemi

Hirviniemi has worked for several theatres around Finland, including Helsinki, Riihimäki, Jyväskylä, Lahti and Hämeenlinna, while also acting in films and on television.

[4] In the spring of 2010, Hirviniemi became a household name in Finland when a weekly sketch comedy television show Putous premiered.

In 2014 Hirviniemi and another former Putous actor Jaakko Saariluoma hosted a comedy talk show Posse with The Dudesons.

[8][9] Aku Hirviniemi's sister is Aino-Kaisa Pekonen, a member of the Parliament of Finland and former Minister of Social Affairs and Health.

Hirviniemi admitted to the deed in November 2023 and made a public apology on his Instagram account to the women and to his fiancée.

[22] Later in the same month there was news that Hirviniemi had acted unprofessionally at the shooting of the Finnish version of the TV series I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!

[23] There was also news that Hirviniemi had approached some of the employees of the TV series in a sexually-oriented way, including both Finns and local Argentinians.