JA
Photo of Jouko Ahola

Jouko Ahola

ActorBorn December 1, 1970 (54 years)
Jouko Ahola (born 1 December 1970 in Hämeenlinna) is a Finnish strongman and actor. He won the 1997 and 1999 World's Strongest Man, and finished second in 1998. Ahola won the Europe's Strongest Man contest twice in 1998 and 1999, and finished fourth in 1996. Jouko won the World's Strongest Team in 1997 and 1999, and was second in 1998. Jouko was a very successful strongman competitor, at 6' 1" (1.85 m) and 270 lbs (122.5 kg), corresponding to a BMI of 35.8, which is low by WSM standards.

He is currently directing his focus towards films, and can be seen in Kingdom of Heaven and Invincible. He also serves as a judge and event organizer for the World's Strongest Man contest.

Description above from the Wikipedia article Jouko Ahola, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

  • Kingdom of Heaven
  • Invincible
  • Get Away
  • War of the Dead
  • Bad Day to Go Fishing
  • 7 Millionaires
  • The Wendy Effect
  • Toinen mies

Filmography

2024
Get Away · as Sven
2022
Toinen mies · as Peter
2020
The Potato Venture · as Birger's Guard #1
2018
Veljeni vartija · as Oululainen Portsari
2016
Bordertown (FI) (TV Series) · as Hamid
2015
The Wendy Effect · as Yeton
2014
2013
Ella and Friends 2 · as Paten Turvamies
2013
Vikings (TV Series) · as Kauko
2012
Roba (TV Series) · as Veitsimies
2011
War of the Dead · as Captain Niemi
2009
Bad Day to Go Fishing · as Jacob Van Oppen
2006
2005
2001
Invincible · as Zishe Breitbart

Take Plex everywhere

Watch free anytime, anywhere, on almost any device.
See the full list of supported devices