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Joonas Suotamo

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Joonas Viljami Suotamo (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈjoːnɑs ˈsuo̯tɑmo]; born 3 October 1986) is a Finnish actor and former professional basketball player. 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 principal performer of Chewbacca in Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017), Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018) and in Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (2019). He also plays Lurch in the second season of Wednesday on Netflix. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Joonas Suotamo is the 10,608th most popular actor (up from 10,972nd in 2019), the 543rd most popular biography from Finland (up from 560th in 2019) and the 17th most popular Finnish Actor.

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Joonas Suotamo ranks 10,608 out of 13,578. Before him are Rosemary DeCamp, Erica Leerhsen, Brendan Fletcher, Monet Mazur, JC Gonzalez, and Raza Murad. After him are Alok Nath, Jane Levy, Windsor Davies, Dakota Blue Richards, Enver Gjokaj, and Lee Jin.

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Among people born in 1986, Joonas Suotamo ranks 522. Before him are Caity Lotz, Yassine Chikhaoui, Ryan Coogler, Qri, Aki Toyosaki, and Nikola Peković. After him are Rishod Sobirov, Ömer Aşık, Ryan Donk, Alexander Radulov, Toro y Moi, and Ashley Bell.

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In Finland

Among people born in Finland, Joonas Suotamo ranks 543 out of 751. Before him are Petri Lindroos (1980), Mika Kallio (1982), Kimmo Timonen (1975), Satu Mäkelä-Nummela (1970), Aki Parviainen (1974), and Mikko Kolehmainen (1964). After him are Mikko Leppilampi (1978), Valtteri Filppula (1984), Pekka Rinne (1982), Fredrik Norrena (1973), Hannu Virta (1963), and Kiira Korpi (1988).

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Among ACTORS In Finland

Among actors born in Finland, Joonas Suotamo ranks 17. Before him are Tauno Palo (1908), Jasper Pääkkönen (1980), Pihla Viitala (1982), Krista Kosonen (1983), Jouko Ahola (1970), and Laura Birn (1981). After him are Mikko Leppilampi (1978), and Anna Easteden (1976).

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