Samuel Harjanne Explained

Samuel Harjanne
Birth Date:	22 December 1987
Birth Place:	Finland
Occupation:	Director, Actor, Voice Over Artist
Years Active:	1997–present

Samuel Harjanne (born December 22, 1987) is a director originally from Finland. He is currently living in Denmark. Before his career as a director, he performed voice-dubbing roles in the Finnish language for foreign media, including major character roles, as well as in various musicals in the Finnish and Swedish speaking theatres in Finland. He has directed and/or acted in theaters in Finland, such as: Helsinki City Theatre, Åbo Svenska Teater, Turku City Theatre, Wasa Teater, Tampereen Työväen Teatteri and Tampereen teatteri. He has directed many musicals, ranging from Disney to Altar Boyz, and since the success of his production of Kinky Boots in Helsinki 2018, he is considered a notable musical theatre director of Finland.^{[1] [2]}

Internationally he has been directing in the United Kingdom, Sweden and Estonia.^[3]

His works include new productions of Come From Away,^[4] Matilda^[5] and Anastasia.^[6]

He is the founder of Harjanne Company Ltd ^[7]

Theatre works

Theatre director

• Altar Boyz – Helsinki – Finland, 2008
• The Wedding Singer – Pietarsaari – Finland, 2010
• You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown – Porvoo – Finland, 2011
• Aladdin – Helsinki – Finland, 2012
• I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change – Finnish Tour 2014
• The Three Little Pigs – Helsinki – Finland, 2014 / Finnish tour, 2015
• Loserville – Guildford – United Kingdom, 2015
• Don't Run – A New Musical – London – United Kingdom, 2015
• Käyttöohje kahdelle – Helsinki – Finland, 2016
• Spring Awakening – Tampere – Finland, 2017
• Les Misérables – Tallinn & Tartu – Estonia, 2017
• Billy Elliot – Tampere – Finland, 2018
• Kinky Boots – Helsinki & Tampere – Finland, 2018 & 2020
• Disney's The Little Mermaid – Helsinki – Finland, 2019
• Groundhog Day – Helsinki – Finland, 2020
• Maailma on tehty meitä varten – Helsinki – Finland, 2020
• Sister Act – Tartu – Estonia, 2020
• Spring Awakening – Gothenburg – Sweden, 2021
• Matilda the Musical – Tampere – Finland, 2021
• Priscilla, Queen of the Desert – Helsinki – Finland, 2022
• Anastasia – Tampere – Finland, 2022
• The Bridges of Madison County – Turku – Finland, 2022
• Come from Away – Tampere – Finland, 2022
• Wicked – Gothenburg – Sweden, 2023
• Annie – Oslo – Norway, 2023
• La Traviata – Tampere – Finland, 2024

Actor

• Avenue Q – Nicky (2007)
• High School Musical – Ryan (2008)
• High School Musical 2 – Ryan (2009)
• Spring Awakening – Ernst (2009)
• Les Misérables – Feuilly (2010–2011) & Enjolras (2012)
• Striking 12 – Brandon (2011)
• When the Robbers Came to Cardamom Town – Tommi (2011–2012)
• Legally Blonde – Carlos (2011)
• Next to normal – Henry (2012)
• Jekyll & Hyde – u/s Jekyll & Hyde, ensemble (2013)
• Les Misérables – Enjolras (2013–2014)
• Tanz der Vampire – Herbert (2016)

Voice over works

Voice over director

• Bridge to Terabithia – Finnish Director (2008)
• SamSam – Finnish Director (2009)
• High School Musical – El Desafio – Finnish Director (2009)
• Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs – Finnish Director (2009)
• Gnomeo and Juliet – Finnish Director (2011)
• Sharpay's Fabulous Adventure – Finnish Director (2011)
• Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 – Finnish Director (2013)
• Pete's Dragon – Finnish Director (2016)
• Disney's Beauty and the Beast – Finnish Director (2017)
• Artemis Fowl – Finnish Director (2020)

Television animation

• Recess – Vince, Butch (1997–2001)
• Kim Possible – Ron Stoppable (2002–2008)
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2003) – Leonardo (Seasons 1–2) (2003–2004) (Later replaced by: Markus Blom)
• The Replacements – Donny Rottweiler, Johnny Kunnari (2006–2009)
• Phineas and Ferb – Jeremy Johnson, Buford Van Stomm and Carl (2007–2015)
• – Sokka (2008)
• Lego NinjaGo: Masters of Spinjitzu – Jay (2011–current)

Anime

• – Coby, Red Alert
• – Rad
• Pokémon – Season 17 Theme Song & Random additional voice dubbing roles
• Digimon Tamers – Ryo Akiyama, Grani (2009)
• Digimon Adventure 02 – Ken Ichijouji (2002)
• Beyblade – Ray
• Battle B-Daman – Enjyu, Joshua, Cain (episodes 19–25)

Live action television

• LazyTown – Pixeli (Rúnar Freyr Gíslason) (voice)
• Hannah Montana – Jackson Stewart (Jason Earles) (2006)

Live action films

• Spy Kids 2 – Gary Giggles (Matt O'Leary) (2002)
• – Peter Pevensie (William Mosely) (2005)
• High School Musical – Ryan Evans (Lucas Grabeel) (2006)
• High School Musical 2 – Ryan Evans (Lucas Grabeel) (2007)
• Alvin and the Chipmunks – Theodore (Jesse McCartney) (2007) (voice)
• – Peter Pevensie (William Mosely) (2008)
• Camp Rock – Jason (Kevin Jonas) (2008)
• – Jackson Stewart (Jason Earles) (2009)
• – Theodore (Jesse McCartney) (2009) (voice)
• Camp Rock 2 – Jason (Kevin Jonas) (2010)
• – Theodore (Jesse McCartney) (2011) (voice)

Animated films

• – Vince (2001)
• Bambi – Young Bambi (1942) (2005 Finnish Re-dub Edition)
• Cars – Snot Rod (2006)
• Surf's Up – Mikey Abromowitz (2007)
• Ratatouille – Linguini (2007)
• The Simpsons Movie – Nelson Muntz, Martin Prince (2007)
• Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs – Additional voice role (2010)
• Rio – Kipo (2011)
• Happy Feet 2 – Bill (2011)
• The Adventures of Tintin: Secret of the Unicorn – Tintin (2011)
• Rio 2 – Tulio

Video game roles

• Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone – Fred Weasley and George Weasley (2001)
• Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets – Fred Weasley, George Weasley and Percy Weasley (2002)
• Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire – Harry Potter (2005)
• Crash of the Titans – Tiny Tiger (2007)
• – Tiny Tiger (2008)
• – Spyro the Dragon (2006)
• – Spyro the Dragon (2007)
• – Spyro the Dragon (2008)^[8]

External links

• Web site: Samuel Harjanne website.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Samuel Harjanne nousi rakettimaisesti Suomen musikaaliohjaajien eliittiin, mutta samalla elämään saapui uusi yksinäisyys – Nyt hän kertoo paineista jättituotantojen taustalla. 18 January 2020. Helsingin Sanomat.
2. Web site: Entinen lapsitähti ei saanut roolia musikaalista, suivaantui, lähti Britteihin opiskelemaan ja ohjaa nyt syksyn suurimmat ensi-illat: "Onhan siinä ihan hirveät riskit, että tänne tulee tällainen rääpäle". Yle Uutiset. 29 August 2018.
3. Web site: Kosmopoliitti: Samuel Harjanne | Mondo. 20 December 2020. www.apu.fi.
4. Web site: Tarina 9/11-iskusta TTT:n lavalle – menestysmusikaali kertoo, miten ihminen selviää poikkeusoloista. 5 May 2020. Ilta-Sanomat.
5. Web site: TTT:n uusi suurproduktio on Matilda-musikaali – lapsinäyttelijöiden haku alkaa lauantaina. 8 January 2020. Aamulehti.
6. Web site: Sadat näyttelijät ja musikaaliartistit osallistuvat koe-esiintymiseen viikonloppuna Tampereella – musikaalin kultasormi Samuel Harjanne hakee tähtiä uuden ohjauksen päärooleihin. 15 January 2021. Aamulehti.
7. Web site: Samuel Harjanne – Theatre Director | Actor | Creative Mind | Teacher.
8. Web site: The Voices of Legend of Spyro: Dawn of the Dragon, The (2008, Video Game) - Voice Cast Listing at Voice Chasers. 26 May 2019. voice chasers.com via web.archive.org.