Olavi Uusivirta

Olavi Uusivirta (born 28 July 1983 in Helsinki, Finland) is a Finnish rock/pop singer, songwriter and actor.

When his family moved back to Helsinki in 1996 he started at the Kruununhaka secondary school in a music oriented class.

[1] At the end of his secondary school years his main instrument was drums, but slowly he grew more interest in singing.

During his high school years his cousin Jiri Kuronen encouraged him to try songwriting and asked him to provide lyrics to the songs he wrote.

He graduated from Kallio Upper Secondary School of the Performing Arts in 2002 and wrote a recording contract with Universal Music in the spring of his senior year.

"Raivo Härkä", a single from that album was also featured in Bad Boys (Pahat Pojat in Finnish) a 2003 movie by Aleksi Mäkelä.

Two years later in 2005 Uusivirta released his second album titled Me ei kuolla koskaan, which was certified gold nationally.

From the album, two songs became radio hits: ”On niin helppoo olla onnellinen" and "Me ei kuolla koskaan".

In February 2013 a bunch of the singer's hit songs and tracks were assembled onto a compilation album 27 suosikkia (27 favourites).

He also sang the role of the Shepherd (Paimen) in the two-part theme album Pisara ja lammas by Absoluuttinen Nollapiste in 2012 and 2014.

In spring 2002 Uusivirta played the drug dealer "Neppe" in a couple episodes of a Finnish drama series Salatut Elämät.