

Kari Väänänen
Acting
September 17, 1953
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. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Filmography


La Vie de Bohème

Dirty Hands

Paper Star

Leningrad Cowboys Go America

Cha Cha Cha

Helsinki Napoli All Night Long

Hamlet Goes Business

Älä itke Iines

Näkemiin, hyvästi

Harmagedon

Rosso

Ylösnousemus

The Clan: Tale of the Frogs

Apinan vuosi
