Profile via TMDB · Courtesy of TMDB
Joonas Suotamo
Sign in to saveAlso known as Joonas Viljami Suotamo
Finnish basketball player and actor
Film & TV
Espoo, Finland
Joonas Suotamo is a Finnish actor and a former professional basketball player. He is best known for his role as Chewbacca in the Star Wars saga – first as a body double in Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015) and later as the lead in Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017) and Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018).
Known for
- The Acolyte — Kelnacca2024
- Willow — The Scourge2022
- Wednesday — Lurch2022
- The Skywalker Legacy — Self2020
- Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker — Chewbacca2019
- Kasdan on Kasdan — Self2018
- Solo: A Star Wars Story — Chewbacca2018
- Star Wars: The Last Jedi — Chewbacca2017
- Star Wars: The Force Awakens — Chewbacca Double2015
via TMDB
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Joonas
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Finland
- Place of birth
- Espoo
- Occupation
- film actor
- Educated at
- Pennsylvania State University
- Languages spoken
- Finnish
- Sport
- basketball
- Position played
- center
- Country for sport
- Finland
- Mass
- 105
- Official website
- joonassuotamo.com
- Image
- Joonas Suotamo (cropped).jpg
- Height
- 211.5
Show 6 more facts
- date of birth
- 1986-10-03
- name in native language
- Joonas Viljami Suotamo
- Commons category
- Joonas Suotamo
- end of work period
- 2015-00-00
- start of work period
- 2004-00-00
- social media followers
- 65419
via Wikidata · CC0