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 OneWay 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 hiphop artist Jonde previously known as Alarik in 2019 Joonas will play the role of Richard Wagner in the movie The Zurich Liaison