Olavi Uusivirta

Quick Facts

Full Name	Olavi Uusivirta
Occupation	Actor
Date Of Birth	Jul 28, 1983(1983-07-28)
Age	41
Country	Finland
Birth City	Helsinki
Horoscope	Cancer

Olavi Uusivirta Biography

Olavi Uusivirta is one of the most popular and richest Actor who was born on July 28, 1983 in Helsinki, Finland. Olavi Uusivirta (born on July 28 1983, Helsinki, Finland) is a Finnish pop/rock singer, songwriter, and actor.

In high school, the cousin Jiri Kuronen advised him to attempt songwriting and asked him to compose lyrics for the songs he composed. Inspired, Uusivirta started to write his own songs. After graduation, he attended Kallio the upper secondary school of acting arts and performing in the year 2002. He signed a recording contract for Universal Music in the spring of his senior year.

Uusivirta released his first album Nuoruustango at 20 years old. “Raivo Härkä”, a single from that album was also featured in Bad Boys (Pahat Pojat in Finnish) a 2003 movie by Aleksi Mäkelä. Two years later in 2005 Uusivirta released his second album titled Me ei kuolla koskaan, which sold gold nationally. From the album, two songs became radio hits: ”On niin helppoo olla onnellinen” and “Me ei kuolla koskaan”.

Uusivirta’s first big role as an actor was in Keisarikunta, a movie by director Pekka Mandart. The movie premiered in 2004 and Uusivirta played the role of Toni Wahlström. He also wrote and sung the movie’s signature theme, “Ei oltu niin kuin muut”.

While making his debut album Uusivirta tried to get into the Helsinki Theatre Academy and got to the final stage of auditions, but was not accepted. He attempted again in 2005, with similar results and was admitted on the third attempt in the year 2006. He received his master’s in acting at the end of the year 2012.

Olavi Uusivirta Net Worth

Olavi Uusivirta is one of the richest Actor from Finland. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Olavi Uusivirta 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Prior to his school years, Uusivirta was moved with his parents, first to Kotka and then to Karkkila because of his mother’s job. After the completion of primary school, he took up piano and guitar lessons. In addition, he attended classes in art and a theatre club run by his mother. In 1995, he went to the Mustikkamaa midsummer festival in Helsinki where a young Uusivirta witnessed Ismo Alanko’s performance. The show inspired him and influenced his life toward music and performing. He also was a part of Ruisrock at Turku at the end of 1996. Between 1997 and 1998, he also went to Roskilde Rock Festival. Roskilde rock festival in Roskilde, Denmark. After his family relocated back in Helsinki in 1996, he enrolled with his Kruununhaka secondary school as an oriented music class. 1 At the conclusion of his second year of secondary school, his primary instrument was drums, but he slowly began to take more interest in singing. His friends and he also had a cover-band which he sang.

In the spring of 2002 Uusivirta was the heroin trader “Neppe” in a couple episodes of the Finnish show called Salatut Elamat.

Uusivirta hosted Zulu, a TV-series for youth together with actress Henna Vänninen on Yle TV2 in 2003–2004. Yle would have liked to continue the program, but Uusivirta wanted to focus more on music and theatre. Since his appearance on the program Uusivirta has been asked to take part in many other music related programs but he has declined each one of them as his interests are really not on TV.

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Who is Olavi Uusivirta Dating?

According to our records, Olavi Uusivirta married to Saara Kotkaniemi. As of December 1, 2023, Olavi Uusivirta’s is not dating anyone.

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In 2010 Uusivirta played Rauli Badding Somerjoki in a radio musical Rakkaudella, Rauli Badding produced by Radioteatteri. The musical was played on Yle Radio Suomi in the summer.

Facts & Trivia

Olavi Ranked on the list of most popular Actor. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Finland. Olavi Uusivirta celebrates birthday on July 28 of every year.

In February 2013 a bunch of the singer’s hit songs and tracks were assembled onto a compilation album 27 suosikkia (27 favourites). The album also featured five unreleased tracks.