Jussi Tapani Jurkka (15 June 1930 – 9 April 1982) was a Finnish actor.
Also his brother Sakari Jurkka and sister Vappu Jurkka worked as actors, and so did his cousins Rauli Tuomi and Liisa Tuomi.
[1] During his career, Jurkka appeared in 32 films, such as Morsiusseppele (1954), The Unknown Soldier (1955) and Punainen viiva (1959).
In television, he appeared in a sketch comedy show Parempi myöhään... (1979–1980) with Pentti Siimes and Ritva Valkama.
[3] Having been a heavy smoker all his life, Jurkka died of throat cancer at the age of 51.