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He is best known for his role as Chewbacca in the Star Wars saga, taking over the role from Peter Mayhew, first as a body double, with Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015), and later as the lead in Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017), Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018) and in Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (2019).
Joonas Suotamo was born on 3 October 1986 in Espoo, Finland. He is an actor, known for Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018), Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker (2019) and Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens (2015).
22 hours ago · Joonas Suotamo, who took over the role of Chewbacca from Peter Mayhew, played Kelnacca in The Acolyte, but the character met an early end in the show's fourth episode.
May 24, 2018 · When 31-year-old Finnish actor Joonas Suotamo first stepped into the role of Star Wars’ towering, hairy Wookiee character Chewbacca for 2015’s The Force Awakens, he repeatedly dodged press ...
Mar 21, 2018 · Stepping into the role of Chewbacca, Joonas Suotamo had -- both literally and figuratively -- some pretty big shoes to fill. (Not Chewie's, of course -- he doesn't wear any.) We're talking about those of Peter Mayhew, the 7-foot-2 actor who played the world's favorite Wookiee since 1977's Star Wars: A New Hope.
142K Followers, 882 Following, 611 Posts - Joonas Suotamo (@joonassuotamo) on Instagram: "Co-pilot of the fastest hunk of junk in the galaxy.
Joonas became Chewbacca in Star Wars: The Last Jedi and continued throughout the last chapter of the Skywalker trilogy, Episode IX: The Rise of Skywalker. He is currently set to return to the Star Wars galaxy, this time as a new character in the highly anticipated show 'The Acolyte'.
May 25, 2018 · Joonas Suotamo, the new Chewbacca, opens up about his experiences filming Solo: A Star Wars Story! It took less than a year for Joonas Suotamo to become a beloved staple within Star Wars...
Jun 4, 2018 · Having transitioned into the role in The Force Awakens, Finnish actor Joonas Suotamo fully took over for Peter Mayhew as the Millennium Falcon’s co-pilot in The Last Jedi....
May 8, 2019 · Peter Mayhew, who died April 30 at 74, made Chewbacca unique just by being real, says new Chewbacca actor Joonas Suotamo.
