Janne Virtanen (actor)

Janne Asseri Virtanen (born 1967 in Raisio)^{[citation needed]} is a Finnish actor best known for his supporting role as Robert Degerman in the Finnish nordic noir series Bordertown, having won a Jussi Award for Best Actor in 2007 for the film Frozen City.^[1]

Virtanen was married to Hanna-Riikka Siitonen [fi] until her death from cancer in 2018.^[2] Virtanen and Siitonen have a daughter born in 2006.^[3][4] The whole family acted in YLE drama series Uusi päivä which Janne also directed.^{[citation needed]}