Nicke Lignell is a Finnish actor

Actor

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, who has acted in many TV shows and movies. In addition to his acting career, he writes a regular column for the Finnish newspaper

Newspaper

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 Iltalehti

Iltalehti

Iltalehti is a daily tabloid newspaper and the third largest newspaper in Finland. Of tabloid newspapers, Iltalehti has a market share of 40% and its biggest rival Ilta-Sanomat has a market share of 60%...

 and does voiceover

VoiceOver

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s. His wife, Raakel Lignell, is also a celebrity in her own right. Together they have 5 children.

On 30 December 2006, the car Lignell and his mother were travelling in was hit in Ekenäs

Ekenäs

Ekenäs is a former town and municipality of Finland comprising the former municipalities Snappertuna and Tenala together with the town of Ekenäs. It was merged with Pohja and Karis to form the new municipality of Raseborg on January 1, 2009....

 by a drunk driver who blew 2.41‰ on a breathalyzer

Breathalyzer

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 test. After being cut out of the car he was driving, Lignell was whisked away to Töölö Hospital in Helsinki

Helsinki

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 for surgery

Surgery

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 along with the drunk driver. Lignell was then put in the ICU

Intensive Care Unit

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 to recover from a skull fracture

Skull fracture

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 and cerebral hemorrhage.

Lignell hosts the Finnish version of Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?

Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?

Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader? is a television game show format based on asking grade-school level questions to adults, hosted by Jeff Foxworthy...

quiz show.

Filmography

• Party
• Fem skott i senaten (Five shots in the Senate)
• Akvaariorakkaus (Love in a Fish Bowl)
• Ihmeidentekijät
• Kotikatu
• Underbara kvinnor vid vatten (Amazing Women by the Sea)
• Saari
• Team Ahma
• Parhaat vuodet
• Lovers & Leavers
  Lovers & Leavers
  Lovers & Leavers is a 2002 Finnish romantic drama film directed by Aku Louhimies. The film is written by Katja Kallio and Louhimies, based on Kallio's novel Kuutamolla: Levoton tarina rakastamisesta...
  
  (Kuutamolla)
• Addiction (Levottomat 3)
• Käenpesä
• Onnen varjot
• Voitto kotiin
  Family Feud around the world
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  (TV show)
• Fiksumpi kuin koululainen
  Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?
  Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader? is a television game show format based on asking grade-school level questions to adults, hosted by Jeff Foxworthy...
  
  

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