Santeri Kinnunen

{{Short description|Finnish actor (born 1969)}}

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|birth_name = Santeri Karl-Henrik Kinnunen

|birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1969|8|20|df=yes}}

|birth_place = Helsinki, Finland

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Santeri Karl-Henrik Kinnunen (born 20 August 1969) is a Finnish actor.{{cite web|url=https://elonet.finna.fi/Search/Results?filter[]=author2_id_str_mv%3A%22kavi.elonet_henkilo_147719%22|title=Santeri Kinnunen|website=Elonet|access-date=15 September 2023|language=fi}}{{cite book| title=Suomen teatterit ja teatterintekijät 1993 | publisher=Tammi | year=1993 | last1=Seppälä | first1=Riitta | last2=Tainio | first2=Ilona | page=218 | location=Helsinki | isbn=951-31-0236-X | language=fi}} Kinnunen, who spent most of his career at the Helsinki City Theatre, has acted in numerous film and television productions and worked as a voice actor.

Kinnunen started the Helsinki Theatre Academy in 1987, from which he graduated in 1991. He has acted in the KOM Theater in 1990 and 1991, in the Finnish National Theatre in 1991 and 1992, and in the Helsinki City Theater since 1992.{{cite journal|title=Santeri Kinnunen haki voimaa mökiltä|journal=Apu|number=52/2020|date=17 December 2020|pages=18–23|language=fi}} He is the son of actors Heikki Kinnunen and Rose-Marie Precht.{{cite web|url=https://anna.fi/ihmiset-ja-suhteet/julkkikset/nayttelija-santeri-kinnunen-48-hyvaksytyksi-tulemisen-tarve-on-ollut-kova|title=Näyttelijä Santeri Kinnunen: "Hyväksytyksi tulemisen tarve on ollut kova"|first=Sanna|last=Wirtavuori|work=Anna|date=6 March 2018|access-date=15 September 2023|language=fi}}