
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

as Kalevi Repo

as Tilanhoitaja Anselmi
1999

as Man #1 Helsinki
1991

as Kalevi Repo
2000

as Harjanne
1998

as Kari
1990

as Opettaja Lauri Peltonen
2002

as Isä
2008

as Iisakki
2007

as Cabbie
1999

as Lääkäri Järvinen
2022

as Mark Messien
1998

as Aragorn
1993
as Homelius
2019

as Uutis-Seppo
2024

as Tarmo
2022

as Homelius
2019

as Romppainen
2019

2018

as Santa
2017

as Räihäsen isä
2017

as Arvo
2017

as Ivan
2015

as Hurja-Kaarlo
2015

2013

as Jalo Rautakumpu
2012

as Mr. Tiilikainen
2011

as Self
2011

as Severi
2009

as Niilo
2009

as Salmela
2009

as Iisakki
2007

as Police Lieutenant Usko Saastamoinen
2007

as Laakkonen
2006

as P.E. teacher
2006

as President Uljanov
2005

as Jarmo Kesämaa
2004

as der Große Enrico
2004
as Harjanne
1 ep.

as Tilanhoitaja Anselmi
1 episodes

as Kalevi Repo
17 episodes

as Harjanne
1 episodes

as Opettaja Lauri Peltonen
1 episodes

as Isä
10 episodes

as Lääkäri Järvinen
6 episodes

as Mark Messien
1 episodes

as Aragorn
9 episodes

as Kana-Jorma
12 episodes

as Mafiapomo
1 episodes

as Antti Mäkinen
12 episodes

as Kauko Junni
36 episodes