Kari Väänänen
Biography
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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Personal info
Gender
Male
Birthday
1953-09-17
Place of birth
Ivalo, Finland
Images
Cast
Backwood Philosopher
2009
5.90
Night on Earth
1991
7.53
Underwater Iceland
1997
5.50
Apinan vuosi
1983
7.00
Leningrad Cowboys Go America
1989
6.92
Drifting Clouds
1996
7.56
Hamlet Goes Business
1987
6.60
The Missile
2024
6.60
La Vie de Bohème
1992
7.51
The Unknown Soldier
1985
6.90
V2: Dead Angel
2007
5.63
The Breakthrough
1981
0.00
Star Wreck: In the Pirkinning
2005
6.70
The Clan: Tale of the Frogs
1984
6.70
Lapland Odyssey 3
2017
5.40
Siriuksen vieraat
1987
1.00
Ambush
1999
5.90
Land of Love
2003
4.80
Honey Baby
2004
6.00
Highway Society
2000
5.80
Näkemiin, hyvästi
1986
6.00
Trench Road
2004
5.82
Amazon
1990
5.10
Dirty Hands
1989
5.30
Rock'n Roll Never Dies
2006
5.29
Dolly and Her Lover
1990
5.80
Lakeuden kutsu
2000
5.32
Helsinki Napoli All Night Long
1987
5.70
Jon
1983
5.83
Harmagedon
1986
7.00
Ripa Hits the Skids
1993
5.80
Kuoleman hellä kosketus
1982
1.00
Sambolico
1996
3.50
Train Birds
1998
6.11
Cha Cha Cha
1989
6.70
Spy Games
1999
4.60
Pedon merkki
1981
4.60
The House of Branching Love
2009
5.80
We Are the Pirates of the Roads
2015
4.70
Kiwi Christmas
2017
4.50
Viimeiset rotannahat
1985
5.30
Kuningas lähtee Ranskaan
1986
4.50
Rosso
1985
7.21
Paper Star
1989
4.60
Fingerpori
2019
4.10
Iron Horsemen
1995
6.00
Master Cheng
2019
7.10
Bad Luck Love
2000
5.80
Calamari Union
1985
6.89
Leningrad Cowboys Meet Moses
1994
5.80
Älä itke Iines
1987
2.50
Christmas Story
2007
7.22
Kymmenen riivinrautaa
2002
4.29
Goodbye Gibraltar
1993
0.00
Mestari
1992
3.70
Ylösnousemus
1985
5.50
Bohemian Eyes
2011
6.70
Kukunor
1989
0.00
Onni von Sopanen
2006
9.00
The Last Border
1993
4.20
The Tough Ones
1999
6.50
One Foot Under
2009
4.60
Zombie and the Ghost Train
1991
6.90
Ryhmäteatteri
2018
0.00
Let My People Go !
2011
5.20
Arne's Legacy
2013
0.00