Heikki Silvennoinen

Heikki Silvennoinen

Heikki Johannes Silvennoinen was a Finnish musician and an actor. He was a guitarist and a songwriter in several notable Finnish bands of the 1970s and 1980s, and also recorded solo albums. He was best known in Finland as a member of the comedy troupe Kummeli, whose eponymous television show debuted in 1991. Silvennoinen ran a production company called Pirkka-Hämeen Apina& Gorilla Oy. With his fellow comedian, Timo Kahilainen, he owned Porkkana Ryhmä Oy, responsible for Kummeli's output.