Personal Info
Birth date
1971-11-01 (53 Years)
Gender
Male
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
Helsinki, Finland
Also known as
-Jani Volanen
Biography
Jani Kristian Volanen (born 1 November 1971) is a Finnish actor, director and writer. He has appeared in films such as The Romanov Stones (1993), Homecoming (2015), The Mine (2016), Dogs Don't Wear Pants (2019) and Hatching (2022). He is also a creator of a mystery thriller series Summer of Sorrow.
Filmography
Deadwind
6.9
Overview:
When Sofia Karppi, a detective in her 30's who is trying to get over her husband's death, discovers the body of a young woman on a construction site, she triggers a chain of events that threatens to destroy her life again.Bullets
5.4
Overview:
An ex-terrorist, Madina Taburova, who was presumed dead, turns up in Helsinki seeking political asylum. Using a fake identity, the Intelligence Agency officer Mari Saari has to befriend this ex-terrorist to find out why she’s here. In order to uncover the mystery, Mari Saari has to form an unlikely partnership with an older streetwise narcotics cop. But everything is not as it seems.Nurses
7.9
Overview:
Like good soldiers in a war-zone, hospital staff are expected to respect the chain of command when dealing with life and death situations. But what happens when smug doctors, arrogant surgeons, and out-of-touch administrators make that easier said than done? Nurses deals with the professional and personal lives of four female colleagues who cope in different ways with the challenges of life on the trauma ward. With determination, strength, and a dark sense of humor, they achieve the demanding and inspiring task of saving lives in a system that sometimes seems designed to do the opposite.Studio Julmahuvi
8.4
Overview:
Sketch show Studio Julmahuvi ran for 8 episodes on YLE in 1998. The show is a parody of YLE's own programming, squeezing an entire evening's worth of programming into a half-hour show which included everything from news and weather to a children's show and a German police drama, with commercials and TV-spots on the side. The show was created with an impressive budget of 67 000 € per episode which resulted in extremely high production-values.Munkkivuori
8.2
Overview:
In early 1980s a young child disappears. The lack of police support pushes the concerned parents to take justice into their own hands and launch a desperate manhunt that is seen from the perspective of the local children.Sincerely Yours in Cold Blood
7.3
Overview:
Kylmäverisesti sinun (Sincerely Yours in Cold Blood) is a Finnish true crime drama television series. All episodes are based on real life cases. The show follows Helsinki central police department investigator Veli Miettinen and lawyer Mira Kataja as they tackle with personal life problems and try to keep their relationship purely professional.Operation Interheil
NYR
Overview:
Thriller about Antti, an unemployed architect who is hired by the Security Police to infiltrate an ultra-right-wing organisation in a town in southern Finland. The group is passive and not dangerous. To keep his job Antti starts to invent action for the group.Mennen tullen
9
Overview:
Mennen Tullen is a four-part parody mini-series created by Studio Julmahuvi. It aired on YLE between 2000 and -01. Though created in a form of a serious murder-mystery it is in fact a dark comedy with occasional absurd elements, technology and conventions. The cast of characters are from Julmahuvi's various fictional cop-series and there are also other references to Julmahuvi's previous productions.Jefferson Anderson
8.067
Overview:
Jefferson Anderson is a Finnish animated sitcom. The computer-animated series portrays a satirical view of daily events in Helsinki at a police precinct in the suburb of Pasila. The series is made by members of the same team that made the award-winning series The Autocrats, a political animated satire. In 2007, the Finnish Broadcasting Company sent Pasila to compete for the Rose d'Or.Eden
6.5
Overview:
Eden is a coming-of-age film about a Protestant Confirmation camp on a summer’s week, set in the archipelago of Helsinki. Aliisa is the intellectually confident non-believer, Jenna is the queen bee and Panu is the scared bird. The experience of these teenagers is affected by Tiina, a young and eager priest.Dogs Don't Wear Pants
6.908
Overview:
Juha has lost his wife in an accident. Years after, he still feels numb and unable to connect with people. Meeting Mona, a dominatrix, changes everything.Hatching
6.267
Overview:
12 year old Tinja is desperate to please her mother, a woman obsessed with presenting the image of a perfect family. One night, Tinja finds a strange egg. What hatches is beyond belief.M/S Romantic
7
Overview:
One night on a cruise ship between Helsinki and Stockholm, six stories of happiness and misfortune.The Mine
6.8
Overview:
A young and ambitious civil servant Jussi finds himself being in charge of the environmental permit of a huge nickel and uranium mine in Northern Finland. The Talvivaara mine, led by a charismatic globe trotting visioner Pekka Perä is introducing an entirely new method of collecting minerals whilst creating jobs in one of the poorest areas in Scandinavia. Jussi slowly discovers that he has been led astray by several people and that the new method has serious downsides he did not forsee. The mine is causing environmental hazards that are being hushed down. A new application for another permit is brough to his table by the same mine. Along with the application comes an interesting job offer and a chance of a new beginning. Jussi has to decide whether he will play along and if so, with whom.Happier Times, Grump
6.788
Overview:
The Grump prepares to die – everything is done and his wife is dead. He’s making his own coffin when the life walks in, all of a sudden. The granddaughter needs the stubbornness and wisdom of her grandpa. In return, The Grump gets a meaning for his life – and a big secret.Man's Job
5.8
Overview:
Juha is 38 years old and has three small children and a depressed wife. He sees himself as strong and believes a man should provide for his family. But one day Juha is fired from his job. Ashamed, he weaves a web of lies to hide the fact from his family. With the help of his friend Olli, Juha begins prostituting himself to support his wife and children. With this he makes in two hours what it took him two days to earn before. The shame and deception mushroom, but the pay from the new profession seems to offset the downside.Lapland Odyssey 3
5.3
Overview:
In the third instalment of the franchise, Janne embarks on an epic hike, a journey of self-discovery. His dreams of a tranquil retreat into nature are quickly shattered however, when Räihänen and Kämäräinen both decide to come along for the trip. Meanwhile Janne’s spouse Inari gets the chance to go back to work, but only if she can prove she’s “management material” and a real leader. Inari enters the Swamp Soccer tournament, where to her horror she finds out her ex Little Mikko is also competing.Forbidden Fruit
6.3
Overview:
Two 18-year old girls from a christian fundamentalist community flee to a city for a summer job.Laugh or Die
6.3
Overview:
Parikka, the actor once called the Funniest Man in Finland, and his troupe are about to be executed for the atrocities committed during the Civil War in Finland. Jaeger Lieutenant Nyborg, an admirer of Parikka, suspects a definite miscarriage of justice. He wants to save the actors. The forthcoming visit of the German General von der Goltz to the prison island provides him with a suitable opportunity. Nyborg suggests that the actors prepare a comical performance for the visitor and not be shot. Instead, they will be given a new trial. Preparing a comedy in the horrible circumstances, in the midst of hunger and death, seems quite an overwhelming task. Only a handful of real actors are still alive, the rest of the troupe consists of stagehands. Parikka has to use all his inventive skills to be able to produce something funny.Matti: Hell Is for Heroes
5.513
Overview:
Four Olympic gold medals, seven World Championship titles, four World Cup tour championships, and forty six World Cup circuit victories. Once his career as a professional athlete ended however, the other side of his personality emerged into public view in all of its vulgarity. An alcohol dependency, several marriages accompanied by numerous marital problems, petty crime, uncontrolled acts of violence, and greedy hangers-on.Ladies of Steel
5.4
Overview:
Inkeri, 75, has hit her husband on the head with a solid iron frying pan and is planning to bury him in their garden. Before facing the rest of her life in prison, there may yet be a moment left to really live. Inkeri makes her sisters Sylvi and Raili join her on a trip to the Koli National Park. Will Inkeri find in her that free young woman who desired a feminist revolution in the 70s?Butterflies
5.5
Overview:
Siiri, a hardworking millennial, wants to be successful in her job as the advisor to the Minister of Economic Affairs. She craves a promotion. Siiri’s job takes her and the hard-to-handle minister, an unpredictable eccentric boss lady, to a big tango festival in a small Finnish town. Siiri’s father Petri, a former tango artist and an overly optimistic middle-aged man, wants to make himself useful to Siiri while trying to hide the fact that he himself is homeless, bankrupt and finally at his wits end. Over the course of one summer weekend both Siiri’s and Petri’s facade comes tumbling down but the tango keeps going on in the sweet Finnish summer night.Täydelliset vieraat
NYR
Overview:
A group of middle-aged friends get together for dinner. The playful banter between couples who have known each other all their lives escalates into a adult version of the childhood game of truth or dare when no one dares to refuse the challenge. For this evening, all calls, texts, WhatsApps and other messages are public. Is it true that no one has any secrets?Acting
2025Teräsleidit – kuin viimeistä päivää as Unknown
2025Täydelliset vieraat as Unknown
2025Summer Is Crazy as Otso
2024Butterflies as Petri
2022Hatching as Father
2020The Bouncer as The Bouncer
2020Eden as Asko
2020Ladies of Steel as Ville
2019Dogs Don't Wear Pants as Juha's Co-worker
2018Bullets (10 Episodes) as Jaska Lahti
2018Happier Times, Grump as Pekka
2018Laugh or Die as Hjalmar Kalm
2018Deadwind (12 Episodes) as Usko Bergdahl
2017Lapland Odyssey 3 as Kittilän runkkareiden pomo
2016The Mine as Pekka Perä
2015Distractions as Veli Korhonen
2015Homecoming as Kake
2014Nurses (13 Episodes) as Paul
2012Police Investigates as Ahti
2012Love and Other Troubles as Eikka
2011Virta (2 Episodes) as Petri Kivelä
2009On Thin Ice as Hans
2009Ihmebantu (0, 7 Episode) as Unknown, Various
2009One Foot Under as Priest
2009Forbidden Fruit as Ilari
2008Falling Angels as Lääkäri Erjomaa
2008Suojelijat (10 Episodes) as Rami
2007Playing Solo as Toimituspäällikkö
2007Maan mitta (3 Episodes) as Juha Kemppi
2007Man's Job as Olli
2007Jefferson Anderson (64 Episodes) as Kyösti Pöysti (Voice) / Juhani Kontiovaara (Voice)
2006The Prince of Soap as Ohjaaja
2006Matti: Hell Is for Heroes as Nipa
2001Operation Interheil (3 Episodes) as Antti Sahlberg
2000Mennen tullen (4 Episodes) as Unknown
2000Sincerely Yours in Cold Blood (2 Episodes) as Akseli
1999Kaverille ei jätetä (1, 1, 1, 1 Episode) as Mies kapakassa, Arto "Ape" Rutanen, Lasse, Taksikuski
1999An Eye for an Eye as Sulo Salo / Kalevi Salo
1999Rakastin epätoivoista naista as Baarimikko
1999Jerico 2000 as Unknown
1998Fire-Eater as Clown
1997Vääpeli Körmy ja kahtesti laukeava as Porttivahti Räikkönen
1997The Joyboys Story as Yanee
1995Toini ja Heikki Haaman Show (10 Episodes) as Unknown
1994Vääpeli Körmy – taisteluni as Vartiomies Räikkönen
1993Romanovin kivet as Henrik
1992Vääpeli Körmy ja etelän hetelmät as Alikersantti Räikkönen
1991Vääpeli Körmy ja vetenalaiset vehkeet as Sotamies Räikkönen
1990Vääpeli Körmy ja marsalkan sauva as Räikkönen
Writing
2022Munkkivuori (10, 10 Episode) ... Writer, Story
2020The Bouncer ... Writer
2019M/S Romantic (4 Episodes) ... Writer
2015Distractions ... Screenplay, Theatre Play
2010Putous (8 Episodes) ... Writer
2009Ihmebantu (7 Episodes) ... Writer
2002Rumble ... Screenplay
2000Mennen tullen (4 Episodes) ... Screenplay
1999Jerico 2000 ... Writer
1998Studio Julmahuvi (8 Episodes) ... Writer
1997The Joyboys Story ... Writer
1995Toini ja Heikki Haaman Show (10 Episodes) ... Writer
Directing
2022Munkkivuori (10 Episodes) ... Director
2019M/S Romantic (4 Episodes) ... Director
2010Putous (8 Episodes) ... Director
2009Ihmebantu (7 Episodes) ... Director
2002Rumble ... Director
2000Mennen tullen (4 Episodes) ... Director
1999Jerico 2000 ... Director
1998Studio Julmahuvi (8 Episodes) ... Director
1997The Joyboys Story ... Director