🎭 Actor
Kari Väänänen
🎂 Born 17 September 1953 (age 72)📍 Ivalo, Finland
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Popularity Score
68
Acting Credits
4
Directed
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
Known For
Directed Films(4)
Full Filmography(68 films)
YearTitleRating
1991Night on Earth★ 7.51999Spy Games★ 4.61992La Vie de Bohème★ 7.52007Christmas Story★ 7.21996Drifting Clouds★ 7.61987Hamlet Goes Business★ 6.72019Master Cheng★ 7.01999Ambush★ 6.01990Amazon★ 5.01989Leningrad Cowboys Go America★ 6.91998Train Birds★ 5.81996Sambolico★ 5.21985The Unknown Soldier★ 6.71999The Tough Ones★ 6.21993The Last Border★ 4.41993Ripa Hits the Skids★ 5.81995Iron Horsemen★ 6.52000Bad Luck Love★ 5.82009The House of Branching Love★ 5.52011Let My People Go !★ 5.01985Calamari Union★ 7.02004Honey Baby★ 5.72015Dirty Hands★ 5.52015We Are the Pirates of the Roads★ 4.72024The Missile★ 6.22019Fingerpori★ 3.91991Zombie and the Ghost Train★ 6.71994Leningrad Cowboys Meet Moses★ 5.81983Jon★ 6.31984The Clan: Tale of the Frogs★ 6.72005Star Wreck: In the Pirkinning★ 6.81989Cha Cha Cha★ 7.02012The Rise and Fall of a Friendship★ 3.52022The Grump: In Search of an Escort★ 5.91990Dolly and Her Lover★ 5.12007V2: Dead Angel★ 5.61987Helsinki Napoli All Night Long★ 5.91985Ylösnousemus★ 6.01997Underwater Iceland★ 6.32018Ryhmäteatteri★ 9.02013Arne's Legacy—1986Näkemiin, hyvästi★ 6.02009One Foot Under★ 4.22009Backwood Philosopher★ 5.82004Trench Road★ 5.71992Mestari★ 4.22011Bohemian Eyes★ 6.42017Kiwi Christmas★ 5.22006Rock'n Roll Never Dies★ 5.31987Siriuksen vieraat★ 3.01989Paper Star★ 4.71986Laulu★ 5.51985Rosso★ 7.42017Lapland Odyssey 3★ 5.21986Kuningas lähtee Ranskaan★ 5.02003Land of Love★ 4.92006Onni von Sopanen★ 9.01985Viimeiset rotannahat★ 5.01981The Breakthrough★ 7.01981Pedon merkki★ 4.52017Kajaani—2002Kymmenen riivinrautaa★ 4.31983Apinan vuosi★ 7.32000Lakeuden kutsu★ 5.81982Kuoleman hellä kosketus★ 3.71993Goodbye Gibraltar—1987Älä itke Iines★ 3.81986Harmagedon★ 8.0