
Esko Nikkari
Actor
Born: November 23, 1938 (68 years old)
Died: December 17, 2006
Place of birth: Lapua, Finland
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 (40)
- Shadows in Paradise (1986, ★ 7.3)
- The Match Factory Girl (1990, ★ 7.4)
- The Clan: Tale of the Frogs (1984, ★ 6.5)
- Hamlet Goes Business (1987, ★ 6.7)
- The Rose of the Rascal (2001, ★ 6.2)
- The Worthless (1982, ★ 6.2)
- Crime and Punishment (1983, ★ 6.9)
- A Summer by the River (1998, ★ 6.8)
- The Winter War (1989, ★ 7)
- Cha Cha Cha (1989, ★ 6.8)
- The Man Without a Past (2002, ★ 7.4)
- Drifting Clouds (1996, ★ 7.6)
- Ariel (1988, ★ 7.1)
- Goodbye, Trainmen (1992, ★ 5.7)
- Plainlands (1988, ★ 5.8)
- Farewell, Mr. President (1987, ★ 5.8)
- Lakeuden kutsu (2000, ★ 5.5)
- Dirty Hands (2015, ★ 5.1)
- The Last Wedding (1995, ★ 5.8)
- Juha (1999, ★ 6.7)
- Niskavuori (1984, ★ 6)
- Lentsu (1990, ★ 6.1)
- Vääpeli Körmy ja etelän hetelmät (1992, ★ 4.5)
- Land of Love (2003, ★ 4.6)
- Hurmaava joukkoitsemurha (2000, ★ 4.5)
- Pekko ja poika (1994, ★ 5.4)
- Hei kliffaa hei (1985, ★ 4.4)
- Kaikki pelissä (1994, ★ 5.3)
- Shadow of the Eagle (2005, ★ 4)
- Pekko aikamiespojan poikamiesaika (1993, ★ 4.8)