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Jorma Tommila
Acting

Jorma Tommila
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1959-01-01,Panelia, Finland
Gender
Male
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.

Filmography

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The Legacy
2015-08-19

6.044

Raid
2003-01-31

5.4

On Thin Ice
2022-08-26

Vares: Private Eye

6.2

Vares: Private Eye
2004-07-23

Rollo and the Spirit of the Woods

6.9

Rollo and the Spirit of the Woods
2001-12-21

Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale

6.21

Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale
2010-12-03

Rare Exports Inc.

7

Rare Exports Inc.
2003-06-19

The Official Rare Exports Inc. Safety Instructions 2005

7.2

The Official Rare Exports Inc. Safety Instructions 2005
2005-09-22

5.4

Sisters Apart
2008-09-05

6.175

The Visitor
2008-12-08

Lipton Cockton in the Shadows of Sodoma

5.4

Lipton Cockton in the Shadows of Sodoma
1995-04-21

7.077

Joulubileet
1996-11-29

6

Ukkonen
2001-09-24

5.143

Priest of Evil
2010-10-29

Back to the USSR

5.85

Back to the USSR
1992-03-27

5.792

Bad Luck Love
2000-09-29

5.493

Big Game
2014-09-05

The Year of the Wolf

5.813

The Year of the Wolf
2007-02-02

0

Hamlet
1985-10-10

9

The Fakir
2006-09-16

Maxmillian Tarzan

6.667

Maxmillian Tarzan
1999-01-01

10

Iceman
1999-06-04

7

High Hopes
2007-09-20

Man and a Junior

6.5

Man and a Junior
2019-11-15

7.404

Sisu
2022-09-09

Sisu: Road to Revenge

7.3

Sisu: Road to Revenge
2025-10-21

Heroes of the Baltic Sea

4.5

Heroes of the Baltic Sea
2016-12-26

7.5

Kimmo
2012-09-06

5

Lukio
2008-01-27

7.9

Nurses
2014-10-29

Scene of the Crime

6.19

Scene of the Crime
1970-11-29