# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/stan-saanila
# Generated: 2026-08-13T13:00:38.923Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/stan-saanila"
name: "Stan Saanila"
slug: "stan-saanila"
description: "Stefan Olof \"Stan\" Saanila is a Finnish stand-up comedian. He was one of the team captains, opposite novelist Jari Tervo, in the television show Uutisvuoto, filling a vacancy left when longtime captain Tommy Tabermann stepped down in order to run for a place in the Parliament of Finland in 2007. Following Tabermann's election into the Parliament and his 2010 death, Saanila has continued as captain."
tagline: "Finnish comedian, actor and screenwriter"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Stan_Saanila.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Journalists"
  slug: "journalists"
profileType:
  name: "Journalist"
  slug: "journalist"
birthDate: "1968-06-27"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           37.59
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.072174666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/StanSaanila"
    handle:    "StanSaanila"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1438765/"
    handle:    "nm1438765"
sources:
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stan_Saanila"
    title: "Stan Saanila"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%A7"
    title: "ستان سانيلا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stan_Saanila"
    title: "Stan Saanila"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stan_Saanila"
    title: "Stan Saanila"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stan_Saanila"
    title: "Stan Saanila"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7597870"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/123400"
    title: "Stan Saanila"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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