Known For: Finnish strength athlete and actor
Category: Actors
Country: Finland
Date of Birth: Tuesday, 01 December 1970
Language English
Jouko Ahola is a Finnish former strongman, powerlifter and actor. He is a two time World's Strongest Man winner, a two time Europe's Strongest Man winner, and is regarded as one of the best pound for pound strongmen in history.
| BirthPlace | Hämeenlinna |
| Height | 185 |
| Weight | 125 kg |
| Website | http://www.dlc.fi/~gold-cam/jokke.html |
| Wikipedia | Jouko_Ahola |
After his strongman career, Ahola has directed his focus towards films. So far, his most notable roles have been in Kingdom of Heaven, Bad Day to Go Fishing, War of the Dead and Invincible. Ahola starred in Werner Herzog's 2001 film Invincible as early 20th century Jewish strongman Zishe Breitbart. Jouko played a former world wrestling champion in Alvaro Brechner's 2009 film Bad day to go fishing, (Mal día para pescar). The film premiered at Cannes Film Festival. Jouko appeared in the music video for Robin's "Faija skitsoo" in 2012. He also made a cameo appearance on the second season of The Dudesons TV series, which aired worldwide in 2008. Jouko also serves as a judge and event organizer for the World's Strongest Man contest. In 2013 he appears in the new History Channel series Vikings.
