Yrjö Tuominen (April 20, 1892 in Vaasa – October 13, 1946) was a Finnish actor.
He studied at Tampere in the Swedish Technical College, and got a job in a Tampere linen factory as a machine draftsman. He started as an actor at the Tampere Workers' Theatre in 1919, then the Tampere Theatre. He then moved to the Helsinki theatre scene, where his future wife, Eine Laine, worked. At The National Theatre of Finland he developed a reputation as a fine character actor, and performed in roles as numerous Shakespearean characters such as King Lear.
Yrjö Tuominen is seen in more than 50 films. His movie career began in 1924, but it is his 1930s and 1940s films which he is best remembered for such as Tukkipojan morsian (1931), Aatamin puvussa ja vähän Eevankin (1931), Onnenpotku (1936), Pohjalaisia (1936), Asessorin naishuolet (1937), Seitsemän veljestä (1939), Kohtalo johtaa meitä (1943), and Katariina ja Munkkiniemen kreivi (1945). In the 1940s up to his death he usually played respectable folk such as vicars, professors or judges and other people of authority.
1946
1946
as Kustaa Åhman
1946
as Randell
1946
as Mr. Bergroth
1945
as Robert Suurkari
1945
as Väinö Suominen
1945
as The judge
1945
1945
as Asseri Tantere
1944
as Dean (uncredited)
1944
as Väinö Suominen
1944
as Martin
1944
1943
as Väinö Suominen
1943
as Adam Goldschmidt
1943
1943
as Arho
1943
as Gerhard
1942
as Abraham Väisänen
1942
as Väinö Suominen
1942
as Dr. Pelle Oksanen
1942
as Kapperi
1942
as Joosua Kankkunen
1942
as Esko Kumpula
1941
as Henrik von Heideman
1941
as Väinö Suominen
1941
as Clas Irvas
1940
1940
as Vilho Vikström
1940
as Juror
1939
as Police Chief
1939
as Julius Horn
1939
as Albert Merthen
1939
as Judge Kotka
1938
as Niko Järvelä
1938
as Miemonen
1938
as Notkola
1938
as Hyvärinen
1937
as (uncredited)
1937
as Railroad Boss
1937
as Ylitalo
1937
as Pakkola
1936
as (uncredited)
1936
as Pelmula
1936
as K.L. Rauta
1935
as Salomon Mares
1935
1934
as August Suvanto
1934
1933
1932
as Salomon Harju (voice) (uncredited)
1931
as (uncredited)
1931
as Humalainen kestikievarissa
1931
as Paavo Kehkonen
1927
as Paksu-Sakari
1925
as (uncredited)
1924
as (uncredited)