Career
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.
