Petri Poikolainen
Jun 26, 1975 (50 years old) in Pieksämäki, Finland
Petri Poikolainen (born 1975 in Pieksämäki) was a Finnish actor. He graduated from the Helsinki Theatre Academy in 2000 and worked as an actor for eight years, until he was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 2008, which led to his blindness. Poikolainen played the lead role in Teemu Nikki's film The Blind Man Who Did Not Want to See Titanic (2021) for which he got a Jussi Award for the Best Actor in 2022.
