# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/simo-salminen
# Generated: 2026-08-13T03:13:51.615Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/simo-salminen"
name: "Simo Salminen"
slug: "simo-salminen"
description: "Simo Veli Atte Salminen was a Finnish comic-actor best known for his many performances in movies and television shows by Spede Pasanen, usually playing his sidekick in some fashion."
tagline: "Finnish comedian and actor"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Simo_Salminen.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Comedians"
  slug: "comedians"
profileType:
  name: "Comedian"
  slug: "comedian"
birthDate: "1932-11-08"
deathDate: "2015-09-02"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.96
  momentum:             15
  historical:           8.603888
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0758741/"
    handle:    "nm0758741"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/918859"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%85%D9%88_%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%86"
    title: "سيمو سالمينين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simo_Salminen"
    title: "Simo Salminen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simo_Salminen"
    title: "Simo Salminen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simo_Salminen"
    title: "Simo Salminen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simo_Salminen"
    title: "Simo Salminen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simo_Salminen"
    title: "Simo Salminen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simo_Salminen"
    title: "Simo Salminen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simo_Salminen"
    title: "Simo Salminen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/7e886a1c-1c17-4100-b444-722107b8f204"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7518079"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/116161"
    title: "Simo Salminen"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump