 Åke Lindman's breakthrough as an actor came with his role as the stubborn soldier Lehto in Edvin Laine's movie "The Unknown Soldier" from 1955.Later, he would also achieve fame as captain Torsten Jansson in the Swedish soap opera "Rederiet".Lindman also found success as the director of, amongst others, the TV-series "Stormskärs Maja" and the movie "Framom främsta linjen", a movie about the Finland-Swedish infantry regiment 61 during the defence of the Karelian Isthmus in 1944.