Kari Väänänen
ActingPersonal Info
gender
Male
birthday
September 17, 1953 (72 yrs)
place of birth
Ivalo, Finland
also known as
Kari Kyösti Väänänen · Teddy-Boy Dalton · Karl Vaananen · Kari Vaananen
total credits
50 movies
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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