Kari Väänänen
Actor
- Born
- September 17, 1953 (age 73) · Ivalo, Finland
Kari Kyösti Väänänen (born 17 September 1953 in Ivalo) is a Finnish actor and director. Domestically he is a member of the Ryhmäteatteri group of actors. He was introduced to international audiences by Aki Kaurismäki; and belongs to the list of his "trusted" stable of actors.
His most challenging role has been the eponymous mafia hitman of Rosso, for which he learned all his lines phonetically, without previously speaking a word of Italian. Kari Väänänen was featured in Star Wreck, a Finnish sci-fi parody where he played the Russian president. He also starred in Jim Jarmusch's 1991 film Night on Earth.
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Known for
Night on Earth
December 12, 1991
Leningrad Cowboys Go America
March 24, 1989
Drifting Clouds
January 26, 1996
La Vie de Bohème
February 27, 1992
Christmas Story
November 16, 2007
Calamari Union
February 8, 1985
Star Wreck: In the Pirkinning
August 20, 2005
Master Cheng
September 27, 2019
Leningrad Cowboys Meet Moses
February 17, 1994
Hamlet Goes Business
August 21, 1987
The Tough Ones
January 15, 1999
The Unknown Soldier
December 6, 1985
Acting71
- 2024The Missile as Uutis-Seppo
- 2022The Grump: In Search of an Escort as Tarmo
- 2019Fingerpori as Homelius
- 2019Master Cheng as Romppainen
- 2018Ryhmäteatteri
- 2017Kiwi Christmas as Santa
- 2017Lapland Odyssey 3 as Räihäsen isä
- 2017Kajaani as Arvo
- 2015Dirty Hands as Ivan
- 2015We Are the Pirates of the Roads as Hurja-Kaarlo