Jorma Tommila Finnish pronunciation ˈjormɑ ˈtomːilɑ born 1959 is a Finnish actor Winner of the Jussi Award for Best Actor in 1997 Tommila is best known for playing Aatami Korpi in the film Sisu 2022 Tommila was born in Rauma Finland and spent his youth in Kiukainen His father died when Jorma was four years old after suffering from injuries to his lungs in World War II Tommila was raised by his mother and his older sister Kielo Tommila is also an actress He lives with his family in Vaasa He is married to actress Ida HelanderTommila the sister of director Jalmari Helander He is the father of Onni Tommila who is also an actor Whilst at Helsinki Theatre Academy in 1987 Tommila was one of four founding members of Gods Theater a Finnish theater group that made experimental and radical stage art their performances including full frontal nudity the setting off of fire extinguishers and the performers throwing faeces into the crowd The four were arrested and fined and given suspended prison sentences They were also expelled from the college the expulsion prompting protests from fellow students In 1997 Tommila won the Jussi Award for Best Actor for his role in the film The Christmas Party directed by his God Theatres fellow founder Jari Halonen Tommilas character in the film Sisu filmed in Lapland with a budget of 6 million has been compared with Rambo played by Sylvester Stallone in the 1982 film and with John Wick played by Keanu Reeves He has also been described as a new action cinema icon Tommila portrays Aatami Korpi an excommando and gold prospector who strikes gold but has his bounty stolen by Nazi soldiers Korpi with courage and unimaginable determination in the face of overwhelming odds becomes a oneman death squad who will go to outrageous lengths to get his gold back even if it means killing every last Nazi in his path For the role Tommila won the award for best actor at the Sitges Film Festival in 2022