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Martti Suosalo

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Martti Suosalo
Suosalo in 2012
Born
Martti Juhani Suosalo

(1962-07-19) 19 July 1962 (age 62)
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

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Awards and nominations

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

References

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  1. ^ Chilton, Louis (2 April 2020). "Bafta Games Awards 2020: The results in full". The Independent. Retrieved 2 April 2020.
  2. ^ "VIFF 2020 Winners | VIFF 2021".
  3. ^ Takahashi, Dean (27 November 2019). "Sam Lake interview — How storytelling creates value in games". Venture Beat. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
  4. ^ "2020 BAFTA Games Awards: The Winners". 3 March 2020.
  5. ^ "The 60 Best Video Games of 2023". BAFTA. 14 December 2023. Retrieved 14 December 2023.
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