Tuomas Holopainen

Tuomas Lauri Johannes Holopainen is a Finnish songwriter, multi-instrumentalist musician, screenwriter and record producer, best known as the founder, leader, keyboardist and songwriter of symphonic metal band Nightwish. He has also studied jazz and classical styles, but prefers to be influenced by harmonic film music. He has also played in the bands Nattvindens Gråt and Darkwoods My Betrothed. His current side projects are the gothic metal band For My Pain... and the band of Timo Rautiainen. Holopainen has written several songs that have been included in movie soundtracks, including recent collaboration with Nightwish bass player, and male vocalist Marco Hietala on "While Your Lips Are Still Red", for the Finnish film Lieksa! in 2007. He also co-wrote Nightwish's own film, Imaginaerum, released in November 2012. Description above from the Wikipedia article Tuomas Holopainen, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Tuomas Holopainen is known for work in acting across film and television. New Release currently presents 28 verified screen credits connected to this profile. Selected work includes Kaamos (2026), Nightwish - Virtual Live Show From the Islanders Arms 2021 (2022), Imaginaerum (2012), Rock-Suomi (2010), Nightwish: End of Innocence (2003), Nightwish: Live at Bloodstock (2018), Nightwish: Vehicle Of Spirit (2016), Nightwish: End of an Era (2006). The recorded credits span 2001 to 2026, including 26 movies and 2 TV shows. The filmography below lists available titles, release years and known roles. This profile is updated as additional verified information becomes available.