Esko Nikkari
Actor
Biography
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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.
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Filmography
The Man Without a Past
as Bank Robber 2002
Ariel
as Car Dealer 1988
The Match Factory Girl
as Stepfather 1990
Drifting Clouds
as Restaurant Manager 1996
The Winter War
as Yrjö 'Ylli' Alanen 1989
Crime and Punishment
as Inspector Pennanen 1983
Juha
as Police Chief 1999
Hamlet Goes Business
as Polonius 1987
The Worthless
as Harström 1982
The Last Wedding
as Jalmari Pesonen / Grim Reaper (voice) 1995
Hurmaava joukkoitsemurha
as Sakari Piippo 2000
Goodbye, Trainmen
as Trainman Kauno Saario 1992
A Summer by the River
as Hannes 1998
Plainlands
as Paavo 1988
The Rose of the Rascal
as Väiski 2001
Vääpeli Körmy ja etelän hetelmät
as Pohjalainen perheenpää 1992