Jukka Virtanen (director)

He starred in and directed many films written by Spede Pasanen, including Millipilleri, Pähkähullu Suomi and Noin 7 Veljestä, as well as playing bit parts in the Uuno Turhapuro franchise.

Virtanen started his directorial career in the 1960s and directed a high number of TV movies for YLE.

His first theatrical feature was Millipilleri in 1966 which he co-directed with Ere Kokkonen and Spede Pasanen, all of whom also played roles in the film.

Virtanen is also recognised as the long-term host of Levyraati on MTV3, based on the British show format Juke Box Jury.

Based on the format, he later hosted a similar program called Runoraati in which the panel rated poems.

He was the narrator of the Finnish version of the Czech cartoon O loupežníku Rumcajsovi (Rosvo-Rudolf), as well as audio-books based on the character.