Joonas Saartamo
Actor
- Born
- May 6, 1980 (age 46) · Helsinki, Finland
Joonas Saartamo, born in Helsinki in 1980, is among the finest actors in Finland today.
Joonas graduated from Helsinki Theatre Academy in 2012. He is known from the movies One-Way Ticket to Mombasa (2002), Beauty and the Bastard (2005), Silence (2011), The Mine (2016), The happiest day in the life of Olli Mäkiand (2016), which won the film award Un Certain Regard in Cannes. In televison he is known from the series; Pelkovaara (2004), Protectors (2008) and Welcome To Texas, season 1 (2017). The second series of Welcome To Texas will be screened in spring 2019.
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Jonaas has one of the major supporting roles in the film success and classic story The Unknown Solider, which premiered in 2017. Based on this story and edited material, a TV series will be screened in 2019. He will appear in a movie being released soon - Bayoneta - a boxing drama.
Saartamo won the Jussi Statue in 2011 (The Finnish Oscar) for the best male actor in a leading role and has been nominated twice, once as the best male actor in a supporting role and once as best male in a leading role. Joonas is also known as the hip-hop artist Jonde, previously known as Alarik.
in 2019, Joonas will play the role of Richard Wagner in the movie The Zurich Liaison
Known for
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- 2026GAP as Manosphere coach
- 2026Vinski 2 as Konsta
- 2025Ella and Friends – Operation Otter
- 2025Perfect strangers as Simo
- 2024Spy from a Distance as Self
- 2024Itty Bitty Princess as Mittarimies
- 2023Opponent as Coach
- 2021Attack on Finland as Falcon Pilot
- 2021Resistant as Arndt Pekurinen (voice)
- 2021Fjällnäs as Yannick
