Joonas Saartamo
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. 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
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- 2024 · Spy from a Distance as Self
- 2024 · Valhalla Project as
- 2024 · Sekunnit as Sampo Vainio
- 2024 · Itty Bitty Princess as
- 2024 · Utö as Henri
- 2023 · Forgiven as Mikko
- 2023 · Opponent as Coach
- 2023 · The Hired Hand as Jaska
- 2022 · Munkkivuori as Markku Määttä
- 2021 · Attack on Finland as Falcon Pilot
- 2021 · Resistant as Arndt Pekurinen (voice)
- 2021 · Fjällnäs as Yannick
- 2021 · Mister8 as Vertti
- 2021 · The Zurich Affair - Wagner's One and Only Love as
- 2020 · Carrier as Leo
- 2020 · Laughing Matters as Tommi
- 2020 · White Lines as Finnish Guy
- 2019 · Taisto - muovista ja rakkaudesta as Jonne
- 2018 · Unknown Soldier as Lahtinen
- 2018 · Bayonet as Remu
- 2018 · The Night Thief as Heikki
- 2017 · Unknown Soldier as Lahtinen
- 2017 · Welcome to Texas as Tume
- 2017 · Jill, Joy and the Mysterious Stranger as Mr. Vaaksanheimo
- 2016 · Rolli and the Secret of All Time as Siili Suhonen (voice)
- 2016 · The Happiest Day in the Life of Olli Mäki as Boxer
- 2016 · The Mine as Jussi Karevuo
- 2015 · Jill and Joy's Winter as Mr. Vaaksanheimo
- 2014 · Headfirst as Saken poika
- 2014 · Nurses as Eliel
- 2014 · Thicker Than Water as Chaufför
- 2013 · Pocket Parking as
- 2012 · Gloriously Wasted as Juha Berg
- 2012 · Fanatics as Komentaja
- 2011 · Silence as Eino Lahtela
- 2010 · Gimme Some Respect as Kassu
- 2008 · Suojelijat as Roope
- 2007 · 1944 The Final Defence as Lääkintämies
- 2006 · Onni von Sopanen as Pizza boy
- 2005 · Beauty and the Bastard as Kondis
- 2005 · Game Over as Harri
- 2002 · One-Way Ticket to Mombasa as Jusa
- 2001 · Ken tulta pyytää as Kaizu, Jeminan poikaystävä
- 2000 · Sincerely Yours in Cold Blood as Rami Ylenius
- Future · Ella & Friends – Nature Calls as