Kari Väänänen, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Kari Väänänen

Finnish actor and film director

Date of Birth: 17-Sep-1953

Place of Birth: Ivalo, Regional State Administrative Agency for Lapland, Finland

Profession: screenwriter, singer, stage actor, film director, television actor, film actor

Nationality: Finland

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

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.