Kari Väänänen
Acting
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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As actor 83
Night on Earth
1991
Sincerely Yours in Cold Blood
2000
VÄNÄ
2000
Kaverille ei jätetä
1999
Team Ahma
1998
Spy Games
1999
Christmas Story
2007
The Unknown Soldier
1985
Taivaan tulet
2007
Kohtaamiset ja erot
1994
La Vie de Bohème
1992
Lehmän vuosi
2006
Jon
1983
The Tough Ones
1999
Drifting Clouds
1996
Ambush
1999
The Grump: In Search of an Escort
2022
Lääkärit tulessa
1998
Suojelijat
2008
Leningrad Cowboys Go America
1989
The Man Who Died
2022
Calamari Union
1985
Näkemiin, hyvästi
1986
Rosso
1985
Honey Baby
2004
We Are the Pirates of the Roads
2015
The Hobbits
1993
Jurismia!
2002
Amazon
1990
Ryhmäteatteri
2018
Dirty Hands
2015
Apinan vuosi
1983
Kajaani
2017
Paper Star
1989
Laulu
1986
The House of Branching Love
2009
The Rise and Fall of a Friendship
2012
Hamlet Goes Business
1987
Bad Luck Love
2000
Seitsemän
2001
Kukunor
1989
Pedon merkki
1981
Master Cheng
2019
Leningrad Cowboys Meet Moses
1994
V2: Dead Angel
2007
The Last Border
1993
Cha Cha Cha
1989
Bohemian Eyes
2011
Trench Road
2004
Onni von Sopanen
2006
Let My People Go !
2011
Siriuksen vieraat
1987
Sambolico
1996
Ripa Hits the Skids
1993
Helsinki Napoli All Night Long
1987
Mestari
1992
Train Birds
1998
Dolly and Her Lover
1990
Star Wreck: In the Pirkinning
2005
Backwood Philosopher
2009
The Missile
2024
Zombie and the Ghost Train
1991
Kymmenen riivinrautaa
2002
Fingerpori
2019
One Foot Under
2009
The Breakthrough
1981
Viimeiset rotannahat
1985
Highway Society
2000
Land of Love
2003
Ylösnousemus
1985
Kuoleman hellä kosketus
1982
Iron Horsemen
1995
The Clan: Tale of the Frogs
1984
Arne's Legacy
2013
Lakeuden kutsu
2000
Lapland Odyssey 3
2017
Kuningas lähtee Ranskaan
1986
Älä itke Iines
1987
Underwater Iceland
1997
Harmagedon
1986
Goodbye Gibraltar
1993
Kiwi Christmas
2017
Rock'n Roll Never Dies
2006
