Martti Suosalo

Finnish actor and singer

Martti Suosalo
Suosalo in 2012.
Born	Martti Juhani Suosalo (1962-07-19) 19 July 1962 (age 61) Oulu, Finland
Occupation(s)	Actor, singer

Martti Juhani Suosalo (born 19 July 1962) is a Finnish actor and singer.

Suosalo was born in Oulu, and began his career in 1986 with an appearance in a TV series. He began to work as a regular actor on Finnish television but also appeared in several films in the early 1990s such as the 1994 film Aapo alongside actors such as Taisto Reimaluoto, Ulla Koivuranta and Kai Lehtinen.

While most of his work has been in television in 1999 Suosalo appeared in just about every major film produced in Finland that year appearing on the big screen in films such as Rentun Ruusu, Sibelius and Lapin kullan kimallus.

In 2006, Suosalo has appeared in the TV series Ilonen talo and in the movie Kalteva torni, which stars another Suosalo family member, his 7-year-old daughter Siiri Suosalo, in her first major movie role.

Suosalo voiced the Finnish janitor Ahti in the 2019 video game Control by Remedy Entertainment, for which he won the British Academy Games Award for Performer in a Supporting Role.^[1] He reprises his role as Ahti for the 2023 video game Alan Wake II.

At the 2020 Vienna Independent Film Festival Martti Suosalo received the Best Actor award for his role in Laugh or Die.^[2]

Partial filmography

The Winter War (Talvisota, 1989)
Hobitit (1993)
The Last Wedding (1995)
The Swan and the Wanderer (Kulkuri ja joutsen, 1999)
Gold Fever in Lapland (Lapin kullan kimallus, 1999)
The Rose of the Rascal (Rentun ruusu, 2001)
The Classic (Klassikko, 2001)
Sibelius (2003)
The Leaning Tower (Kalteva torni, 2006)
Black Ice (Musta jää, 2007)
Ricky Rapper (Risto Räppääjä, 2008)
Last Cowboy Standing (Skavabölen pojat, 2009)
Ricky Rapper and the Bicycle Thief (Risto Räppääjä ja polkupyörävaras, 2009)
Ja saapuu oikea yö (2012)
Control (2019, video game)^[3]
Syke-Movie: Hätätila (Based on the Finnish Syke television series, 2021)
Fallen Leaves (Kuolleet lehdet, 2023)
Alan Wake II (2023, video game)

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2019	British Academy Games Awards	Performer in a Supporting Role	Control	Won	^[4]
2024	British Academy Games Awards	Performer in a Supporting Role	Alan Wake II	Longlisted	^[5]

References

^ Chilton, Louis (2 April 2020). "Bafta Games Awards 2020: The results in full". The Independent. Retrieved 2 April 2020.
^ "VIFF 2020 Winners | VIFF 2021".
^ Takahashi, Dean (27 November 2019). "Sam Lake interview — How storytelling creates value in games". Venture Beat. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
^ "2020 BAFTA Games Awards: The Winners". 3 March 2020.
^ "The 60 Best Video Games of 2023". BAFTA. 14 December 2023. Retrieved 14 December 2023.