Jorma Tommila

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Known For

Acting

Known Credits

31

Gender

Male

Birthday

1959-01-01 (65 years old)

Place of Birth

Panelia, Finland

Also Known As

  • Йорма Томміла

Jorma Tommila

Biography

Jorma Tommila (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈjo̞rmɑ 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 Helander-Tommila, 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 God's 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 Theatre's fellow founder Jari Halonen.

Tommila's 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 ex-commando 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 one-man 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.

Known For

Sisu
7.5%

Sisu

Jan 27, 2023

Big Game
5.5%

Big Game

Mar 19, 2015

Scene of the Crime
6.2%

Scene of the Crime

Nov 29, 1970

Rare Exports Inc.
7.0%

Rare Exports Inc.

Jun 19, 2003

Vares: Private Eye
6.1%

Vares: Private Eye

Jul 23, 2004

Priest of Evil
5.5%

Priest of Evil

Oct 29, 2010

Raid
5.8%

Raid

Jan 31, 2003

Bad Luck Love
6.3%

Bad Luck Love

Sep 29, 2000

The Visitor
6.2%

The Visitor

Dec 8, 2008

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Acting

2023
Sisu as Aatami
2022
On Thin Ice as Pomo
2019
Man and a Junior as Tarhasetä
2017
Heroes of the Baltic Sea as Lauri Tott
2016
Heroes of the Baltic Sea as Lauri Tott
2015
The Legacy as Isä
2015
Big Game as Tapio
2014
Nurses as Hannan isä
2012
Kimmo as Rafe
2010
Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale as Rauno
2010
Priest of Evil as Matias Krankke
2008
The Visitor as The Father
2008
Sisters Apart as Harri
2008
Lukio as Liikanen
2007
High Hopes
2007
The Year of the Wolf as Jarkko Salminen
2006
The Fakir as Guardian Angel
2005
The Official Rare Exports Inc. Safety Instructions 2005 as Sniper
2004
Vares: Private Eye as Antero Kraft
2003
Rare Exports Inc. as Sniper
2003
Raid as Legionary
2001
Rollo and the Spirit of the Woods as Röllien kylänvanhin
2001
Ukkonen as Akseli Ukkonen
2000
Bad Luck Love as Ali
1999
Iceman
1999
Maxmillian Tarzan as Tarzanin ääni (voice)
1996
Joulubileet as Bona Merenkylä
1995
Lipton Cockton in the Shadows of Sodoma as Lipton Cockton
1992
Back to the USSR as Reima Elo
1985
Hamlet as Marcellus
1970
Scene of the Crime as Kalevi

Directing

1992
Back to the USSR as Assistant Director

Editing

1996
Joulubileet as Editor

Production

1996
Joulubileet as Producer
1992
Back to the USSR as Producer

Writing

Kullervo as Writer
2002
The Life of Aleksis Kivi as Writer
1999
Iceman as Writer
1999
Maxmillian Tarzan as Writer
1992
Back to the USSR as Writer
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