Martti Suosalo

Acting

Martti Suosalo

Born 1962-07-19 · Oulu, Finland

Martti Juhani Suosalo is a Finnish actor and singer. 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. He 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.

Acting credits

Fallen Leaves poster
7.1

In modern-day Helsinki, two lonely souls in search of love meet by chance in a karaoke bar. However, their path to happiness is beset by obstacles – from lost phone numbers to mistaken addresses, alcoholism, and a charming stray dog.

Fallen Leaves

2023

Vinski 2 poster
NR

The town of Hömpstad is once again under threat from criminals and Vinski's help is needed. When the criminals manage to steal the invisibility powder for themselves, Vinski has a real showdown on his hands.

Vinski 2

2026

The Winter War poster
6.9

After Nazi Germany invades Poland in September 1939, Russia attacks Finland two months later. Finnish reservists leave home and go to war. Brothers Martti and Paavo Hakala, farmers from the municipality of Kauhava in the province of Pohjanmaa/Ostrobothnia, serve in a Finnish platoon.

The Winter War

1989

The Last Wedding poster
6.1

Pekka arrives back to his home village of Jerusalem to celebrate the last wedding of the village. His own marriage seems to have reached a dead end. The people of the village gather to prepare for the event, and the bitter spectrum of all human life, with its joys and sorrows, is condensed into one summer's day.

The Last Wedding

1995

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Karavaani

1992

Little Siberia poster
6.0

A pastor's faith turns upside down when a meteorite lands in his small Finnish town, its impact stirring up chaos and criminal intentions.

Little Siberia

2025

Blindfolded poster
6.3

Two 9-year-old boys, Jontti and Länki, grow up in a Finnish seaside town in the 1960s. Länki's biggest dream is to run away on a ship to the sea where his father is rumoured to have died. Jontti too must discover that his father is not what he appears to be. When his dad moves away with another woman, Jontti is determined to win him back.

Blindfolded

1999

Palkkasoturi poster
5.8

The story of a modest man, played by Ilkka Heiskanen, who decides to become a mercenary in the Yugoslavian civil war. This decision leaves him completely destitute. His parents do not approve of his decision, nor do his friends at the local bar.

Palkkasoturi

1997

The Leaning Tower poster
5.5

A middle-aged mental patient suffering from a split personality travels to Italy where his two personalities set off all kinds of confusing developments.

The Leaning Tower

2006

Kikka! poster
6.2

Cosmetics saleswoman Kirsi Viilonen dreams of a career as a star artist. When Kirsi meets DJ and radio journalist Paula, she decides to give in completely to her dream of becoming a singer. Despite the scorn of the male-dominated music world, Paula recognizes the star in Kirsi and together they get her a recording contract. Kikka's career takes off when her nipple is accidentally flashed on a TV show. Kikka immediately becomes a national celebrity and one of Finland's best-selling female artists.

Kikka!

2022

The Swan and the Wanderer poster
7.1

The film tells the story of two very popular Finnish singer/songwriters: Tapio Rautavaara and Repe Helismaa, who worked together until their relationship got frictious for a long time. The film covers the years from 1949 to 1965. Since the film is based on real-life persons it also tells much about the change in Finland during those years and of course much about Finnish popular music.

The Swan and the Wanderer

1999

Aalto poster
6.1

Aalto is one of the greatest names in modern architecture and design, Aino and Alvar Aalto gave their signature to iconic Scandic design. The first cinematic portrait of their life love story is an enchanting journey of their creations and influence around the world.

Aalto

2020

Nightless Night poster
9.0

A hard-boiled detective finds himself entangled with a strange cult and macabre rituals.

Nightless Night

2023

Kolme yötä poster
5.0

No synopsis available yet.

Kolme yötä

1989

Invisible Hero poster
6.5

10-year-old Vinski feels like an outsider and invisible among his age-mates, and even with his single mother Krista. Vinski meets a mysterious pharmacist who gives him a bottle of magical powder. A powder, that allows you to become invisible for real and walk through walls. It is fantastic to have the powers of a super hero, but soon a group of crooks becomes interested in the secret of invisibility as well.

Invisible Hero

2021

White Lies poster
3.6

The relationship between a priest's wife and the renovator crackles with passion. While the rectory terrace is being restored, there is a triangular drama at the fore: a priest, a priest’s wife and a renovator.

White Lies

1994

Lunastus poster
5.2

In a small village in Eastern Finland in 1918, Patrick, who has taken care of the chaplain, teacher and physician, has been filled with loneliness and brutal spirit of work for five years.

Lunastus

1997

Tango Kabaree poster
8.0

A fictitious biography of Aira Samulin, the goddess of dance and importer of all the international dance crazes to Finland for some fifty years. The life story of this extravagant ever-teen, well beyond the usual retirement age, is told inside a fictitious plot about a Master of Ceremonies trying to persuade Aira to stage a show at his cabaret restaurant. Besides Aira Samulin, many other Finnish celebrities appear among the eccentric lineup auditioning for the show, playing more or less their fictionalised selves.

Tango Kabaree

2001

Yöjuna poster
5.0

A midnight freight train collides with a mysteriously abandoned truck at Rajamäki station, derailing and revealing that its cargo manifests were falsified. Investigation secretary Ari Nykänen uncovers a scheme smuggling explosives out of the country, with evidence pointing to collusion among senior VR executives.

Yöjuna

1996

Tuulikaappimaa poster
5.2

An arctic comedy about the childlike, sincere Kauko and his desire to grow up. It is a story about two brothers who accidentally end up in each other's pants. In the Lapland summer night, they encounter lovers, petty criminals, and Kauko, who is learning the ABCs of love.

Tuulikaappimaa

2003

The Rose of the Rascal poster
6.4

The life of Irwin Goodman, a Finnish singer.

The Rose of the Rascal

2001

Wonderland poster
5.1

Recently divorced Helena is getting anxious about spending christmas alone. Her best friend invites her to spend old time christmas on a farm - only place they can afford.

Wonderland

2017

The Well poster
4.5

This very serious drama, based on a true incident, explores the unremitting labor which put a young mother living in rural isolation into the situation of being charged with having thrown her children down a well. Her husband is an unimaginative, work-obsessed man who cannot see that her constant hard work without any support or sympathy from anyone is driving the sensitive woman to consider suicide. When the loutish fellow discovers that his wife and three children are missing, he calls the police, and a manhunt begins. The police discover the oldest boy alive, and find that the mother tried to drown herself, but has survived. The two younger children remained missing.

The Well

1992

Sibelius poster
4.8

Director Timo Koivusalo point of view about life of classical music composer Jean Sibelius, who is a national composer of Finland.

Sibelius

2003

Behind the camera