
Joonas Saartamo
Acting
1980-05-06 - Present
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
Credits

Attack on FinlandasFalcon Pilot

Unknown SoldierasLahtinen

OpponentasCoach

The Happiest Day in the Life of Olli MäkiasBoxer

Jill, Joy and the Mysterious StrangerasMr. Vaaksanheimo

1944 The Final DefenceasLääkintämies

Laughing MattersasTommi

BayonetasRemu

Jill and Joy's WinterasMr. Vaaksanheimo

Itty Bitty PrincessasMittarimies

Ella and Friends – Operation Otteras

The MineasJussi Karevuo

Rolli and the Secret of All TimeasSiili Suhonen (voice)

FanaticsasKomentaja

Game OverasHarri

Beauty and the BastardasKondis

CarrierasLeo
Pocket Parkingas

Onni von SopanenasPizza boy

HeadfirstasSaken poika

Gloriously WastedasJuha Berg

One-Way Ticket to MombasaasJusa

Täydelliset vieraatas

SilenceasEino Lahtela

ResistantasArndt Pekurinen (voice)

The Zurich Affair - Wagner's One and Only Loveas

Gimme Some RespectasKassu

Ken tulta pyytääasKaizu, Jeminan poikaystävä

Spy from a DistanceasSelf

The Night ThiefasHeikki

FjällnäsasYannick