Joonas Suotamo

Birth : 1986-10-03, Espoo, Finland

History

Joonas Suotamo is a Finnish actor and a former professional basketball player. He is best known for his role as Chewbacca in the Star Wars saga – first as a body double in Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015) and later as the lead in Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017) and Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018).

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Movies

The Skywalker Legacy

Self

The story lives forever in this feature-length documentary that charts the making of Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker.

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

Chewbacca

The surviving Resistance faces the First Order once again as the journey of Rey, Finn and Poe Dameron continues. With the power and knowledge of generations behind them, the final battle begins.

Solo: A Star Wars Story

Chewbacca

Through a series of daring escapades deep within a dark and dangerous criminal underworld, Han Solo meets his mighty future copilot Chewbacca and encounters the notorious gambler Lando Calrissian.

Star Wars: The Last Jedi

Chewbacca

Rey develops her newly discovered abilities with the guidance of Luke Skywalker, who is unsettled by the strength of her powers. Meanwhile, the Resistance prepares to do battle with the First Order.

Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Chewbacca Double

Thirty years after defeating the Galactic Empire, Han Solo and his allies face a new threat from the evil Kylo Ren and his army of Stormtroopers.