Juhani Niemelä was born on June 17, 1941 in Iitti, Finland as Arto Juhani Niemelä. He is an actor and director, known for Der Clan - Die Geschichte der Frösche (1984), The Man Without a Past (2002) and Under the North Star (2009). He has been married to Irene Björkengren since 1961. They have two children.