# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ville-veikko-salminen
# Generated: 2026-08-15T07:46:18.961Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ville-veikko-salminen"
name: "Ville-Veikko Salminen"
slug: "ville-veikko-salminen"
description: "Ville-Veikko Salminen was a Finnish film, television, stage actor and director. He was one of the founders of the acting companies for both Yleisradio and Mainostelevisio. He is best remembered for his roles in the films of Spede Pasanen, often playing a handsome, suave womanizer - but also had an extensive career in films and TV outside his films."
tagline: "Finnish actor and director (1937–2006)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ville-Veikko_Salminen_vuonna_1960.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1937-08-23"
deathDate: "2006-01-16"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           36.52
  momentum:             0.5952380952380952
  historical:           5.736537333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     44.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0758745/"
    handle:    "nm0758745"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/2893880"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A4%D9%8A%D9%84_%DA%A4%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%88_%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%86"
    title: "ڤيل ڤيكو سالمينين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ville-Veikko_Salminen"
    title: "Ville-Veikko Salminen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ville-Veikko_Salminen"
    title: "Ville-Veikko Salminen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ville-Veikko_Salminen"
    title: "Ville-Veikko Salminen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ville-Veikko_Salminen"
    title: "Ville-Veikko Salminen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7930995"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/222325"
    title: "Ville-Veikko Salminen"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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