Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthdate
1980-05-06 (Age: 46)
Place of Birth
Helsinki, Finland
Joonas Saartamo
Biography
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
Filmography (32)
Vinski 2
2026
Ella and Friends – Operation Otter
2025
Täydelliset vieraat
2025
Spy from a Distance
2024
Itty Bitty Princess
2024
Opponent
2023
Attack on Finland
2021
Resistant
2021
Fjällnäs
2021
The Zurich Affair - Wagner's One and Only Love
2021
Carrier
2020
Laughing Matters
2020
Bayonet
2018
The Night Thief
2018
