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Vesa-Matti "Vesku" Loiri (born 4 January 1945, Helsinki) is a Finnish actor, musician and comedian, best known for his role as Uuno Turhapuro, whom he portrayed in a total of 20 movies between the years 1973 and 2004. ==Life and career== Loiri became an actor in 1962, when he had a role in the movie ''Pojat'', directed by Mikko Niskanen. Loiri did his most recognised work with comedian-director-producer Spede Pasanen, starting from Noin Seitsemän Veljestä. Spede and Loiri also developed his highly popular Uuno Turhapuro persona which would star in one of Finland's longest and most commercially successful film-series. In 2005, he starred in the film ''Shadow of the Eagle'', which was directed by Timo Koivusalo. Six films starring Loiri are in the top 20 list of the highest-grossing domestic films in Finland. Total amount of tickets sold to the screenings of these six films is 3,715,948. As a musician, Loiri has performed Perttu Hietanen's compositions, Eino Leino's poems, Carl Michael Bellman's drinking songs and Juha "Watt" Vainio's songs. Loiri also plays the flute, a talent he put to use representing Finland at the Eurovision Song Contest 1980 in The Hague/Netherlands with the song "Huilumies", dedicated to his flute. He finished last in a field of 19 participating countries. During his career, Loiri has sold over 730,000 certified records in Finland and is currently the fifth-best-selling soloist and ninth-best-selling artist of all time in the country. He was the voice of the Genie in the Finnish dub of Disney's Aladdin, even performing the musical number ''Friend Like Me''. Loiri appeared in the premiere of Aulis Sallinen's opera ''Kullervo'' in Los Angeles in 1992, creating the role of the blind singer.〔Milnes, Rodney. 'Kullervo' – a child of our time. ''Opera'', June 1992, Vol 42, No 6, pp 652–655.〕 Loiri has also had a lifelong interest in sports. In billiards he had the office of chairman of the Finnish billiards association for multiple years. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Vesa-Matti Loiri」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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