Joonas Suotamo

BIOGRAPHY

Best known for playing the role of Chewbacca in the Star Wars film series, Joonas Viljami Suotamo is an actor and former professional basketball player from Finland. Suotamo had a keen interest in both stage performance and sports from a very early age. Suotamo was very good in academics and he was twice named the Academic All-Big Ten Team; during his youth, he played in the power forward and center positions for the Penn State Nittany Lions and also performed in various roles as a stage actor. His notable film credits include Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015), Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017) and Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018).