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 82
Sincerely Yours in Cold Blood
2000
Kaverille ei jätetä
1999
Night on Earth
1991
The Unknown Soldier
1985
The Hobbits
1993
Suojelijat
2008
The Tough Ones
1999
Team Ahma
1998
Kajaani
2017
Calamari Union
1985
Jurismia!
2002
Kohtaamiset ja erot
1994
Taivaan tulet
2007
Christmas Story
2007
Lehmän vuosi
2006
Jon
1983
The Man Who Died
2022
Näkemiin, hyvästi
1986
Ambush
1999
Drifting Clouds
1996
Lääkärit tulessa
1998
Spy Games
1999
Trench Road
2004
Laulu
1986
Kukunor
1989
Rosso
1985
Bohemian Eyes
2011
The Breakthrough
1981
Apinan vuosi
1983
Paper Star
1989
The Rise and Fall of a Friendship
2012
Mestari
1992
We Are the Pirates of the Roads
2015
Seitsemän
2001
The Grump: In Search of an Escort
2022
Leningrad Cowboys Go America
1989
Ryhmäteatteri
2018
Amazon
1990
Honey Baby
2004
La Vie de Bohème
1992
Pedon merkki
1981
Star Wreck: In the Pirkinning
2005
Train Birds
1998
Zombie and the Ghost Train
1991
Leningrad Cowboys Meet Moses
1994
Dirty Hands
2015
Bad Luck Love
2000
Sambolico
1996
Ripa Hits the Skids
1993
V2: Dead Angel
2007
Siriuksen vieraat
1987
Helsinki Napoli All Night Long
1987
The Clan: Tale of the Frogs
1984
The House of Branching Love
2009
Cha Cha Cha
1989
Backwood Philosopher
2009
Master Cheng
2019
Kuoleman hellä kosketus
1982
Lapland Odyssey 3
2017
Dolly and Her Lover
1990
Hamlet Goes Business
1987
Onni von Sopanen
2006
The Missile
2024
Älä itke Iines
1987
Let My People Go !
2011
The Last Border
1993
One Foot Under
2009
Rock'n Roll Never Dies
2006
Fingerpori
2019
Underwater Iceland
1997
Kiwi Christmas
2017
Kuningas lähtee Ranskaan
1986
Highway Society
2000
Iron Horsemen
1995
Land of Love
2003
Ylösnousemus
1985
Viimeiset rotannahat
1985
Goodbye Gibraltar
1993
Kymmenen riivinrautaa
2002
Lakeuden kutsu
2000
Harmagedon
1986
Arne's Legacy
2013
