Petr "Pekka" Milonoff | |
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| Born | 22 February 1947 |
| Citizenship | Finnish |
| Occupation | Actor and Director of Theatre and Film |
| Children | Juho Milonoff, Eero Milonoff, Tuomas Milonoff |
Petr "Pekka" Milonoff (born 22 February 1947 in Helsinki) is a Finnish theatre- and film director and an actor of Russian, German and Swedish ancestry. [1] His sons Juho (born 1974) and Eero (born 1980) are also actors. Juho's twin brother Tuomas works with lights, electricity and filming in TV sets.
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