He performed as an actor during the 1970s in many amateur theatres, at the same time that he studied at the Finnish Theatre Academy, where he completed his studies in the year 1977.
V průběhu 70. let vystupoval jako herec v mnoha amatérských divadlech ve stejné době, kdy studoval na finské divadelní akademii, kde svá studia dokončil v roce 1977.