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I guess someone could think Tony Halme could qualify as a poor man's Thompson...
According to Finnish Wikipedia, his album Mestarit salilla sold platinum... It's mostly joke stuff as you can see...
Oh, and he also makes an appearance in John McTiernan's Die Hard with a Vengeance as Roman, one of the baddies that McClane kills in the elevator (I think).
Tony Christian Halme (born January 6, 1963) is a former member of the Finnish Parliament, representing the True Finns party. He is also known by the pseudonym Viikinki he used to appear in the Finnish version of the TV game show American Gladiators in the 1990s. He has also been a professional wrestler as Ludvig Borga and professional boxer who held the Finnish heavyweight championship.
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His earlier career in show-fighting and boxing have given Halme a "tough guy" image, enhanced by well-publicized instances when he had defended himself in bar brawls. Halme does not hide his nativist views and tends to speak in a rash, direct manner, which tends to catch the public eye. He has also suggested that Finland should send drug dealers to Russian prisons as this would result in considerable cost savings, and a prison term in Russia would be a more effective deterrent. The populist party of True Finns took him as an independent candidate in the parliamentary elections of 2003. His share of about 17,000 votes was the 7th highest in Helsinki parliamentary district. Most of his voters are from the poorest suburbs where unemployment is high. Some political analysts believe the Halme phenomenon to be a form of protest, but some fear this marks the rise of a political racist right-wing movement.
During his parliamentary career, Halme has raised controversies. The day after the elections, Halme referred to president Halonen as a lesbian in a radio interview. Halme stated that if a lesbian can be president of Finland and he can be a member of Parliament, anything seems possible. A huge uproar ensued as much of the Finnish media treated the statement as a personal attack on Halonen; Halonen herself made no comment. Halme later apologized, stating that he was sorry that the statement had been interpreted as an insult and that he had been under the genuine impression that Halonen was a lesbian. [1] ...
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His earlier career in show-fighting and boxing have given Halme a "tough guy" image, enhanced by well-publicized instances when he had defended himself in bar brawls. Halme does not hide his nativist views and tends to speak in a rash, direct manner, which tends to catch the public eye. He has also suggested that Finland should send drug dealers to Russian prisons as this would result in considerable cost savings, and a prison term in Russia would be a more effective deterrent. The populist party of True Finns took him as an independent candidate in the parliamentary elections of 2003. His share of about 17,000 votes was the 7th highest in Helsinki parliamentary district. Most of his voters are from the poorest suburbs where unemployment is high. Some political analysts believe the Halme phenomenon to be a form of protest, but some fear this marks the rise of a political racist right-wing movement.
During his parliamentary career, Halme has raised controversies. The day after the elections, Halme referred to president Halonen as a lesbian in a radio interview. Halme stated that if a lesbian can be president of Finland and he can be a member of Parliament, anything seems possible. A huge uproar ensued as much of the Finnish media treated the statement as a personal attack on Halonen; Halonen herself made no comment. Halme later apologized, stating that he was sorry that the statement had been interpreted as an insult and that he had been under the genuine impression that Halonen was a lesbian. [1] ...
Oh, and he also makes an appearance in John McTiernan's Die Hard with a Vengeance as Roman, one of the baddies that McClane kills in the elevator (I think).
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