Vesa-Matti Loiri

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Vesa-Matti "Vesku" Loiri (born January 4, 1945, Helsinki) is a Finnish actor, musician and comedian, who is best known for his role as Uuno Turhapuro, which he played in total of 20 movies between years 1973 and 2004.

Loiri became an actor in the year 1962, when he had a role in the movie "Pojat", which was directed by Mikko Niskanen. Loiri did most of his work with Spede Pasanen. In 2005, he starred in the film Kaksipäisen kotkan varjossa, which was directed by Timo Koivusalo.

As a musician, Loiri has performed Perttu Hietanen's compositions, Eino Leino's poems and Juha "Watt" Vainio's songs. Loiri also plays the flute. He was the voice of the Genie in the Finnish dub of Disney's Aladdin, even performing the musical number Friend Like Me.