Kari Väänänen

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 scifi parody where he played the Russian president He also starred in Jim Jarmuschs 1991 film Night on Earth From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia