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

Known For

Fjällnäs
Fjällnäs
The Zurich Affair - Wagner's One and Only Love
The Zurich Affair - Wagner's One and Only Love
Fanatics
Fanatics
Itty Bitty Princess
Itty Bitty Princess
Silence
Silence
Game Over
Game Over
Gloriously Wasted
Gloriously Wasted
Opponent
Opponent

Filmography

2025 Ella and Friends – Operation Otter
as
2025 Täydelliset vieraat
as
2024 Spy from a Distance
as Self
2024 Valhalla Project
as
2024 Seconds
as Sampo Vainio
2024 Itty Bitty Princess
as Mittarimies
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