
Esko Nikkari
Born: 1938-11-23
Place of birth: Lapua, Finland
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

Big Bang
1998

Nonstop
1987

Eight Deadly Shots
1972

Team Ahma
1998

Koomikko
1983

The Winter War
1991

Drifting Clouds
1996

Pieni pyhiinvaellus
2000

The Man Without a Past
2002

The Match Factory Girl
1990

Shadows in Paradise
1986

Sincerely Yours in Cold Blood
2000

Ariel
1988

The Winter War
1989

Cha Cha Cha
1989

Lumikit
1986

Crime and Punishment
1983

A Summer by the River
1998