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Place of Birth: Tampere, Finland
About Matti Ranin
- Matti Helge Ranin (21 November 1926 – 24 November 2013) was a Finnish actor.Ranin had an extensive career in film.
- He was in his prime as film-actor in the 1950s and 60s, most famously playing Captain Kariluoto in an Edvin Laine film The Unknown Soldier.
- He also had a recurring role of Toivo Virta in the Komisario Palmu films and appeared as Lauri Salpakari in the 1968 film adaption of Täällä Pohjantähden alla.Ranin has also acted extensively as a voice-over artist in children's audio books, cartoons and TV shows.
- He became known as the voice of the horse Histamiini, performed in puppet theatre style programming and based on the children's books by Raili Mikkanen.
- Ranin also directed the Finnish voice-over of Disney's Beauty and the Beast and performed the role of Belle's father.
- Ranin also had long running television roles as Pentti Karvala in the hospital drama Ihmeiden tekijät and as Kaarlo Kares on the soap opera Kotikatu.
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