Draft:Vincent Willestrand

Vincent Willestrand (b. 1988) is a Finnish-born actor.

Life and career
Born in Finland, Willestrand has spent most of his life abroad, living in countries such as Russia, the United States and Great Britain. He studied acting at Rose Bruford College of Theatre and Performance, London. In addition to that, he has studied at the Theatre Academy, Helsinki, and Lavakunstikooli, Tallinn.

Willestrand played Hamlet in the Shakespeare interpretation directed by Grzegorz Bral in the ranks of the internationally awarded Song of the Goat Theatre. The play was performed on the London stage and in Poland at the Gdansk Shakespeare Festival 2015. Willestrand played ' Private Sihvonen' in the film and TV series The Unknown Soldier (2017 film) directed by Aku Louhimies based on Väinö Linna's original novel. He played the role of Janne Niinimaa in Aleksi Mäkelä's film 95 and the role of Brädi in JP Siil's film Veljeni vartija.

In Jalmari Helander's action film Sisu, Willestrand plays one of the ' antagonists' chasing Jorma Tommila's Aatami protagonist alongside Aksel Hennie and Jack Doolan. Other notable directors in whose works Willestrand has appeared are Zaida Bergroth, Juho Kuosmanen, Pirjo Honkasalo, Jyri Kähönen and Michal Kwiecinski. In addition, he has acted in numerous short films and television productions, such as the internationally successful Bordertown series.

As part of his voice acting work, Willestrand has made radio recordings for Yleisradio.

The Unknown Soldier (2017 film)
During the filming of The Unknown Soldier in 2016, Willestrand, despite his protests, was taken to a medical centre for rehydration during the filming of the major attack due to dehydration caused by hot weather and physical exertion. In the winter shoots of the film, Sihvonen, who he played, was written as Eero Aho's Rokka's patrol partner for the snowy night scene where Corporal Rokka shoots a group of Russian enemies. The screenwriter Jari Rantala says that, in contrast to the original work, he and Louhimies wanted Rokka's momentary transformation to be witnessed by a comrade from his own squad instead of Lampinen in the novel.

Movies

 * Betoniyö (2013)
 * Muutoksii (2014)
 * Lovemilla (2015)
 * Hymyilevä mies (2016)
 * Tuntematon sotilas (2017
 * 95 (2017)
 * Veljeni vartija (2018)
 * Milosc jest wszystkim (2018)
 * Marian paratiisi (2019)
 * Fucking with Nobody (2020)
 * Sisu (2022)
 * Metsurin tarina (2022)
 * Another Day to Live Through (2023)

Television series

 * #lovemilla (2014)
 * Bitwisards (2016)
 * Presidentti (2017)
 * Bordertown (2018)
 * Meidän pitää puhua (2018)
 * Tuntematon sotilas (2018-2019)
 * Ivalo (2021)
 * Pala sydämestä (2021)
 * Helsinki-syndrooma (2022)
 * Pysäyttäkää Nyqvist (2022)
 * Syke (2022)
 * Kullannuput (2023)