Joonas Suotamo
Acting Born Oct 3, 1986 Espoo, Finland 9 credits
Biography
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).
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Full filmography
- Wednesday (2022) as Lurch
- Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017) as Chewbacca
- Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (2019) as Chewbacca
- Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015) as Chewbacca Double
- The Acolyte (2024) as Kelnacca
- Willow (2022) as The Scourge
- Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018) as Chewbacca
- The Skywalker Legacy (2020) as Self
- Kasdan on Kasdan (2018) as Self