History Creator / IlkkaVilli

* TheCastShowoff: Villi is fluent in ''five'' languages and has acted professionally in every single one of them. In ''Series/{{Bordertown}}'', his character usually takes the lead on speaking English as he's able to do it without much of an accent, and in ''Invisible Heroes'', he plays a Finnish diplomat to Chile and speaks his native Finnish, plus Swedish, a little German, and a lot of Chilean Spanish, which just happens to be the dialect that he already speaks.

!!Film and Television Roles:

* ''Series/{{Sorjonen}}'' ''(Bordertown)'' (2016-2020): Niko Uusitalo

* ''VideoGame/AlanWake'' (2010): [[Characters/RemedyConnectedUniverseAlanWake Alan Wake]] and Mr. Scratch (Model, motion capture and live action footage), various supporting roles (motion capture)
** ''VideoGame/AlanWakesAmericanNightmare'' (2012): Alan Wake and Mr. Scratch (Model, motion capture, and live action footage)
* ''VideoGame/QuantumBreak'' (2016): Alan Wake and Mr. Scratch (Live action footage)
* ''VideoGame/{{Control}}'' (2020): Alan Wake (Model, motion capture and live action footage), [[spoiler:[[AmbiguousSituation Thomas Zane]] (Model, motion capture, and voice)]]
* ''VideoGame/AlanWakeII'' (2023): Alan Wake and Mr. Scratch (Model, motion capture, and live action footage), [[spoiler:Thomas Zane (live action footage and voice)]]

* CreatorBacklash: In an official Remedy livestream, he said, without naming any works, that there have been some low points in his career where he found himself thinking, "If I never act again, at least I did ''Alan Wake''."

* SameLanguageDub: Despite being a fluent English speaker, at the time the first ''Alan Wake'' game was produced in the late 2000s, his slight Finnish accent didn't fit for a character from New York City, in addition to the producers wanting Alan to have a huskier, more "hardboiled noir" sort of voice, which led to him sharing the role with Matthew Porretta. He's mentioned working on his English accent over the years specifically to make himself easier to dub as Alan, to the point that by ''Alan Wake II'', some players have found that his natural voice in English sounds so similar to Alan's that they're surprised to learn that he does not, in fact, do Alan's voice. When he reprised the role for 2019's ''Control'', he received a character all his own that he portrays both in body and voice, although he and Porretta still share Alan, which they see as a collaboration- as Alan, Villi delivers Alan's dialogue in his own voice while performing the motion-capture, which Porretta uses as reference for his own vocal performance, and then Villi performs the facial capture and lipsyncs to Porretta's recordings, leading to both actors being influenced by each other's performances.
* TallDarkAndHandsome: He's about 6'2", and the lower camera angle in ''Alan Wake II'' (combined with him towering over most other characters [[ActingForTwo that aren't also played by himself]]) definitely emphasizes his height. Writer-Director of the ''Alan Wake'' series Sam Lake said that when he was casting for Alan, he was drawn to Villi immediately thanks to his expressive blue eyes, and also his handsome looks.

Fun fact: thanks to his family moving countries multiple times throughout his childhood, he's fluent in ''five'' languages and has acted professionally in at least three of those- his native Finnish, German (attended some elementary school in Vienna, Austria), English (grew up in the US and UK for a couple years on and off), Swedish (required subject in Finnish schools), and Spanish (foreign exchange student during high school in Santiago, Chile).

* ''Invisible Heroes'' (2019): [[TheDanza Ilkka Jaamala]]

* SameLanguageDub: Despite being a fluent English speaker, at the time the first ''Alan Wake'' game was produced in the late 2000s, his slight Finnish accent didn't fit for a character from New York City, in addition to the producers wanting Alan to have a huskier, more "hardboiled noir" sort of voice, which led to him sharing the role with Matthew Porretta. He's mentioned working on his English accent over the years specifically to make himself easier to dub as Alan, to the point that by ''Alan Wake II'', some players have found that his natural voice sounds so similar to Alan's that they're surprised to learn that he does not, in fact, do Alan's voice. When he reprised the role for 2019's ''Control'', he received a character all his own that he portrays both in body and voice, although he and Porretta still share Alan, which they see as a collaboration- as Alan, Villi delivers Alan's dialogue in his own voice while performing the motion-capture, which Porretta uses as reference for his own vocal performance, and then Villi performs the facial capture and lipsyncs to Porretta's recordings, leading to both actors being influenced by each other's performances.

Ilkka Villi (born 4 August 1975 in Helsinki, Finland) is a Finnish actor and writer. Having previously worked as a radio journalist, he has acted on stage, film, and television, and is best known for his role in ''Series/{{Sorjonen}}'', and abroad as the title role in ''Alan Wake''. He's also done quite a bit of Finnish-language voice work, mostly audiobooks (he narrates the 2021 Finnish translation of the ''Literature/{{Dune}}'' novels, for instance), but also animation, especially for Disney.

!!Finnish-Language Dubs:

* TallDarkAndHandsome

* LargeHam: He's often shown to have a rather calm personality offscreen, but his portrayal of ''[[VideoGame/AlanWakesAmericanNightmare Mr. Scratch]]'' was so over the top that Creator/MatthewPorretta, who provided the voice, admitted on more than one occasion that he was worried his own performance would "water it down".
* SameLanguageDub: Despite being a fluent English speaker, at the time the first ''Alan Wake'' game was produced in the late 2000s, his slight Finnish accent didn't fit for a character from New York City, in addition to the producers wanting Alan to have a huskier, more "hardboiled noir" sort of voice, which led to him sharing the role with Matthew Porretta. By the time he reprised the role for 2019's ''Control'', he received a character all his own in ''VideoGame/AlanWakeII'' that he portrays both in body and voice, although he and Porretta still share Alan, which they see as a collaboration- as Alan, Villi delivers Alan's dialogue in his own voice while performing the motion-capture, which Porretta uses as reference for his own vocal performance, and then Villi performs the facial capture and lipsyncs to Porretta's recordings, leading to both actors being influenced by each other's performances.

Fun fact: thanks to his family moving countries multiple times throughout his childhood, he speaks ''five'' languages and has acted professionally in at least three of those- his native Finnish, German (attended some elementary school in Vienna, Austria), English (grew up in the US for a couple years), Swedish (compulsory in Finnish schools), and Spanish (foreign exchange student in Santiago, Chile).

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Ferdinand}} (2017): Ferdinand

* SameLanguageDub: Despite being a fluent English speaker, at the time the first ''Alan Wake'' game was produced in the late 2000s, his slight Finnish accent didn't fit for a character from New York City, in addition to the producers wanting Alan to have a huskier, more "hardboiled New York noir" sort of voice, which led to him sharing the role with Matthew Porretta. By the time he reprised the role for 2019's ''Control'', he received a character all his own in ''VideoGame/AlanWakeII'' that he portrays both in body and voice, although he and Porretta still share Alan, which they see as a collaboration.

Ilkka Villi (born 4 August 1975 in Helsinki, Finland) is a Finnish actor and writer. Having previously worked as a radio journalist, he has acted on stage, film, and television, and is best known for his role in ''Series/{{Sorjonen}}'', as well as the title role in ''Alan Wake''. He's also done quite a bit of Finnish-language voice work, mostly audiobooks (he narrates the Finnish translation of the ''Literature/{{Dune}}'' novels, for instance), but also animation, mostly for Disney.

** ''VideoGame/AlanWakesAmericanNightmare'' (2012): Alan Wake and Mr. Scratch (Model, motion capture and live action footage)

* ''VideoGame/{{Control}}'' (2020): Alan Wake (Model, motion capture and live action footage), [[spoiler: [[AmbiguousSituation Thomas Zane]] (Model, motion capture and voice)]]
* ''VideoGame/AlanWakeII'' (2023): Alan Wake and Mr. Scratch (Model, motion capture and live action footage), [[spoiler:Thomas Zane (live action footage and voice)]]

* SameLanguageDub: Despite being a fluent English speaker, at the time the first ''Alan Wake'' game was produced in the late 2000s, his accent was deemed too noticeable for the role, in addition to the producers wanting Alan to have a huskier, more "hardboiled New York noir" sort of voice, which led to him sharing the role with Matthew Porretta. By the time he reprised the role for 2019's ''Control'', his accent was barely perceptible, leading to him getting a character all his own in ''VideoGame/AlanWakeII'' that he portrays both in body and voice, although he and Porretta still share Alan, which they see as a collaboration.

Ilkka Villi (born 4 August 1975 in Helsinki, Finland) is a Finnish actor and writer. Having previously worked as a radio journalist, he has acted on stage, film, and television, and is best known for his role in ''Sorjonen/{{Sorjonen}}'', as well as the title role in ''Alan Wake''. He's also done quite a bit of Finnish-language voice work, mostly audiobooks (he narrates the Finnish translation of the ''Literature/{{Dune}}'' novels, for instance), but also animation, mostly for Disney.

* ''{{Series/Sorjonen}}'' ''(Bordertown)'' (2016-2020): Niko Uusitalo

Ilkka Villi (born 4 August 1975 in Helsinki, Finland) is a Finnish actor and writer. Having previously worked as a radio journalist, he has acted on stage, film, and television, and is best known for his role in ''Sorjonen/{{Bordertown}}'', as well as the title role in ''Alan Wake''. He's also done quite a bit of Finnish-language voice work, mostly audiobooks (he narrates the Finnish translation of the ''Literature/{{Dune}}'' novels, for instance), but also animation, mostly for Disney.

Ilkka Villi (born 4 August 1975 in Helsinki, Finland) is a Finnish actor and writer. Having previously worked as a radio journalist, he has acted on stage, film and television, and is perhaps better known for his role in ''Sorjonen/Bordertown'', as well as the title role in ''Alan Wake''.

* ''Imaginaerum'': [[SerkisFolk Mr. White]] / Theodore Whitman
* ''Invisible Heroes'': [[TheDanza Ilkka Jaamala]]
* ''{{Series/Sorjonen}}'' ''(Bordertown)'': Niko Uusitalo
* ''Bright Falls'': Alan Wake
* ''[[Music/PoetsOfTheFall War (Music Video)]]'': Alan Wake

* ''VideoGame/AlanWake'': [[Characters/RemedyConnectedUniverseAlanWake Alan Wake]] and Mr. Scratch (Model, motion capture and live action footage), various supporting roles (motion capture)
** ''VideoGame/AlanWakesAmericanNightmare'': Alan Wake and Mr. Scratch (Model, motion capture and live action footage)
* ''VideoGame/QuantumBreak'': Alan Wake and Mr. Scratch (Live action footage)
* ''VideoGame/{{Control}}'': Alan Wake (Model, motion capture and live action footage), [[spoiler: [[AmbiguousSituation Thomas Zane]] (Model, motion capture and voice)]]
* ''VideoGame/AlanWakeII'': Alan Wake and Mr. Scratch (Model, motion capture and live action footage), [[spoiler: Thomas Zane (live action footage and voice)]]
* ''VideoGame/DeadByDaylight'': Alan Wake (Model)

* ActingForTwo: An interesting example. The majority of his appearances as Alan Wake also have him play his [[EvilDoppelganger doppelganger]], yet in all of these cases both are voiced by a [[Creator/MatthewPorretta different actor]][[spoiler:, with one exception]].

* LargeHam: He's often shown to have a rather calm personality offscreen, but his portrayal of ''[[VideoGame/AlanWakesAmericanNightmare Mr. Scratch]]'' was so over the top that [[Creator/MatthewPorretta Matthew Porretta]], who provided the voice, admitted on more than one occasion that he was worried his own performance would "water it down".
* SameLanguageDub: Despite being a fluent English speaker, at the time the first Alan Wake game was produced his accent was deemed too noticeable for the role, which led to him sharing it with Matthew Porretta.

Ilkka Villi (born 4 August 1975 in Helsinki, Finland) is a Finnish actor and writer. Having previously worked as a radio journalist, he has acted on stage, film and television, and is perhaps better known for his role in Sorjonen/Bordertown, as well as the title role in Alan Wake.

* ''VideoGame/AlanWake'': Alan Wake and Mr. Scratch (Model, motion capture and live action footage), various supporting roles (motion capture)

* LargeHam: He's often shown to have a rather calm personality offscreen, but his portrayal of ''VideoGame/AlanWakesAmericanNightmare Mr. Scratch'' was so over the top that [[Creator/MatthewPorretta Matthew Porretta]], who provided the voice, admitted on more than one occasion that he was worried his own performance would "water it down".

** ''VideoGame/AlanWakeII'': Alan Wake and Mr. Scratch (Model, motion capture and live action footage), [[spoiler: Thomas Zane (live action footage and voice)]]

** ''VideoGame/QuantumBreak'': Alan Wake and Mr. Scratch (Live action footage)

* ''VideoGame/AlanWakeII'': Alan Wake and Mr. Scratch (Model, motion capture and live action footage)

* InkSuitActor: For Alan Wake, naturally, do to its [[MediumBlending integration between game graphics and live action footage]].

* ''Sorjonen (Bordertown)'': Niko Uusitalo

* ''VideoGame/{{Control}}'': Alan Wake (Model, motion capture and live action footage), [[spoiler: [[AmbiguousSitutation Thomas Zane]] (Model, motion capture and voice)]]

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* SameLanguageDub: Despite being a fluent English speaker, at the time the first Alan Wake game was produced his accent was deemed to noticeable for the role, which led to him sharing it with Matthew Porretta.