Jani Volanen

Jani Kristian Volanen (born 1 November 1971) is a Finnish actor, writer and director. Born in Helsinki, he has appeared in more than fifty TV and movie productions and thirty professional theater productions since 1986. Volanen has also created and directed many comedy shows for Finnish television. Volanen often plays characters with personality disorders.

Volanen has won the Jussi Award for Jussi Award for Best Supporting Actor twice for his roles in the films A Man's Work (2007) and The Mine (2016 film) (Jättiläinen, 2016). In 2020, he wrote and starred in the short film The Bouncer (Poke) that won the 75th Jussi Awards Jussi Award for Best Short Film. Volanen won the Golden Venlas for Best Director, Best Screenplay and Best Drama Series for M/S Romantic in 2020 and for Summer of Sorrow (Munkkivuori) in 2023.