Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthdate
1938-11-23
Day of Death
2006-12-17
Place of Birth
Lapua, Finland
Esko Nikkari
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Esko Nikkari (23 November 1938 Lapua, Finland – 17 December 2006 in Seinäjoki, Finland) was a prolific Finnish actor who made more than 70 appearances on film and television. He debuted in 1974 in the movie Karvat. Nikkari was a workhorse of the Kaurismäki brothers, with whom he first worked on Rikos ja rangaistus in 1983. His last role with Aki Kaurismäki was in Man without a Past in 2002. He starred in the 1994 film Aapo opposite actors such as Taisto Reimaluoto, Ulla Koivuranta and Kai Lehtinen. More recently, he has appeared in a number of Timo Koivusalo films such as Kaksipäisen kotkan varjossa (2005), which is the last full-length movie he appeared in. Description above from the Wikipedia article Esko Nikkari, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography (53)
Dirty Hands
2015
Shadow of the Eagle
2005
Land of Love
2003
The Man Without a Past
2002
Ponterosa
2001
The Rose of the Rascal
2001
Pieni pyhiinvaellus
2000
Hurmaava joukkoitsemurha
2000
Lakeuden kutsu
2000
Juha
1999
Rikos & rakkaus
1999
A Summer by the River
1998
Pekko ja unissakävelijä
1997
Vaiennut kylä
1997
