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Actor

Esko Nikkari

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Acting credits

59

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Large and steady acting portfolio.

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0.4

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Movies: 51Series: 8

TMDB ID: 53508

IMDb ID: nm0631741

Known for: Acting

Born: November 23, 1938

Died: December 17, 2006

Age: 68

Place of birth: Lapua, Finland

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1972 - 2015

Years active: 44

Average TMDB rating: 6.91

Wikidata: Q4349202

Also known as

Esko Vilhelm 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.

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