Kari Väänänen

Acting

Kari Väänänen

Born 1953-09-17 Ivalo, Finland 70 films

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 …

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Filmography

70 films
The Missile poster

Niina, a single mother working for a small-town newspaper, is drawn into an investigation into the…

The Missile

★ 6.2 2024

Fingerpori poster

Live action comedy about a fictional town and it's uncommon people, based on a comic strip 'Fingerp…

Fingerpori

★ 3.9 2019

Master Cheng poster

Cheng, 45, a restaurant owner from China, has travelled with his young son halfway around the world…

Master Cheng

★ 7.0 2019

Kiwi Christmas poster

Fed up with the materialism of Christmas, Santa runs away to New Zealand for a summer holiday. When…

Kiwi Christmas

★ 5.2 2017

Kajaani poster

After several years in France, Juho and Anna go back to see their sick father. Juho fears this trav…

Kajaani

★ 0.0 2017

Dirty Hands poster

A political drama set in the fictional country of Illyria between 1943 and 1945, the story is about…

Dirty Hands

★ 5.5 2015

Arne's Legacy poster

Arne comes into the family of an old friend of his father as a foster child. He hopes to find close…

Arne's Legacy

★ 0.0 2013