Samuel Harjanne
Samuel Harjanne is a director and actor 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.
Internationally he has been directing in the United Kingdom, Sweden and Estonia.
His works include new productions of Come From Away, Matilda and Anastasia.
He is the founder of Harjanne Company Ltd
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 (musical)|Priscilla, Queen of the Desert] – Helsinki – Finland, 2022
- Anastasia – Tampere – Finland, 2022
- The [Bridges of Madison County (musical)|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
- School of Rock – Tampere – Finland, 2024
- Kinky Boots – Tartu – Estonia, 2024
- Disney's Beauty and the Beast – Copenhagen – Denmark, 2025
Actor
- Avenue Q – Nicky
- High School Musical – Ryan
- High School Musical 2 – Ryan
- Spring Awakening – Ernst
- Les Misérables – Feuilly & Enjolras
- Striking 12 – Brandon
- When the Robbers Came to Cardamom Town – Tommi
- Legally Blonde – Carlos
- Next to normal – Henry
- Jekyll & Hyde – u/s Jekyll & Hyde, ensemble
- Les Misérables – Enjolras
- Tanz der Vampire – Herbert
Voice over works
Voice over director
- Bridge to Terabithia – Finnish Director
- SamSam – Finnish Director
- High School Musical – El Desafio – Finnish Director
- Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs – Finnish Director
- Gnomeo and Juliet – Finnish Director
- Sharpay's Fabulous Adventure – Finnish Director
- Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 – Finnish Director
- Pete's Dragon – Finnish Director
- Disney's Beauty and the Beast – Finnish Director
- Artemis Fowl – Finnish Director
Television animation
- Recess – Vince, Butch
- Kim Possible – Ron Stoppable
- Teenage [Mutant Ninja Turtles (2003 TV series)|Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2003)] – Leonardo
- The Replacements – Donny Rottweiler, Johnny Kunnari
- Phineas and Ferb – Jeremy Johnson, Buford Van Stomm and Carl
- Avatar: The Last Airbender – Sokka
- Lego NinjaGo: Masters of Spinjitzu – Jay
Anime
- Transformers: Cybertron – Coby, Red Alert
- Transformers: Armada – Rad
- Pokémon – Season 17 Theme Song & Random additional voice dubbing roles
- Digimon Tamers – Ryo Akiyama, Grani
- Digimon Adventure 02 – Ken Ichijouji
- Beyblade – Ray
- Battle B-Daman – Enjyu, Joshua, Cain
Live action television
- LazyTown – Pixeli
- Hannah Montana – Jackson Stewart
Live action films
- Spy Kids 2 – Gary Giggles
- The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe – Peter Pevensie
- High School Musical – Ryan Evans
- High School Musical 2 – Ryan Evans
- Alvin and the Chipmunks – Theodore
- The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian – Peter Pevensie
- Camp Rock – Jason
- Hannah Montana: The Movie – Jackson Stewart
- Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel – Theodore
- Camp Rock 2 – Jason
- Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked – Theodore
Animated films
- Recess: School's Out – Vince
- Bambi – Young Bambi
- Cars – Snot Rod
- Surf's Up – Mikey Abromowitz
- Ratatouille – Linguini
- The Simpsons Movie – Nelson Muntz, Martin Prince
- Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs – Additional voice role
- Rio – Kipo
- Happy Feet 2 – Bill
- The [Adventures of Tintin (film)|The Adventures of Tintin: Secret of the Unicorn] – Tintin
- Rio 2 – Tulio
Video game roles
- Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone – Fred Weasley and George Weasley
- Harry Potter and [the Chamber of Secrets (video game)|Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets] – Fred Weasley, George Weasley and Percy Weasley
- Harry Potter and the [Goblet of Fire (video game)|Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire] – Harry Potter
- Crash of the Titans – Tiny Tiger
- Crash: Mind over Mutant – Tiny Tiger
- The Legend of Spyro: A New Beginning – Spyro the Dragon
- The Legend of Spyro: The Eternal Night – Spyro the Dragon
- The Legend of Spyro: Dawn of the Dragon – Spyro the Dragon