# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/kari-vaananen
# Generated: 2026-08-13T13:33:35.353Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/kari-vaananen"
name: "Kari Väänänen"
slug: "kari-vaananen"
description: "Kari Kyösti Väänänen 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."
tagline: "Finnish actor and film director"
image: "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/rQ6JbUkyGwvnb99JnJsZt74jjuc.jpg"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1953-09-17"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           47.45
  momentum:             3.692307692307693
  historical:           9.894530666666668
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0904901/"
    handle:    "nm0904901"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/430618"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%89_%DA%A4%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%86"
    title: "كارى ڤانانين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kari_V%C3%A4%C3%A4n%C3%A4nen"
    title: "Kari Väänänen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kari_V%C3%A4%C3%A4n%C3%A4nen"
    title: "Kari Väänänen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%B1%DB%8C_%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%86"
    title: "کاری وانانن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kari_V%C3%A4%C3%A4n%C3%A4nen"
    title: "Kari Väänänen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kari_V%C3%A4%C3%A4n%C3%A4nen"
    title: "Kari Väänänen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kari_V%C3%A4%C3%A4n%C3%A4nen"
    title: "Kari Väänänen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D1%8F%D1%8F%D0%BD%D1%8F%D0%BD%D0%B5%D0%BD%2C_%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B8"
    title: "Вяянянен, Кари"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kari_V%C3%A4%C3%A4n%C3%A4nen"
    title: "Kari Väänänen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/447b9644-351d-45f6-9b7e-627e40a98b53"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6227752"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/122402"
    title: "Kari Väänänen"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump