Esko Nikkari
Date of birth: 1938-11-23
Place of birth: Lapua, Finland
Known for: Acting
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Esko Nikkari, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Movie Credits
Shadows in Paradise
1986-10-17
Nikander, a rubbish collector and would-be entrepreneur, finds his plans for success dashed when his
The Match Factory Girl
1990-01-12
Iris is a shy and dowdy young woman stuck in a dead-end job at a match factory, who dreams of findin
The Clan: Tale of the Frogs
1984-11-30
Young Alex Sammakko has seen his brothers defy the law in a series of deeds that first land them in
Hamlet Goes Business
1987-08-21
When Hamlet discovers his father’s deceased body, he finds himself pulled into a power struggle as h
The Rose of the Rascal
2001-01-12
The life of Irwin Goodman, a Finnish singer.
Nonstop
1987-01-01
A revolver changes hands seven times, each time serving a different purpose shot in a film style whi
The Worthless
1982-10-15
Manne, Harri, and Ville Alfa are rootless twenty-somethings in search of purpose for their banal liv
Lumikit
1986-08-20
A hospital room drama in which women talk about love, children, relationships with men, and life in
The Minister of State
1997-01-25
A man uses a case of mistaken identity to gain the confidence of a small village, and in the process
Goodbye, Trainmen
1992-09-04
Small-town boys Vähy and Hapa are best friends who swear an eternal blood oath. As they grow up, how
Crime and Punishment
1983-12-02
In Helsinki, an ex-law student turned slaughterhouse worker commits a senseless crime that catapults
Plainlands
1988-02-26
Based on a novel of the same name by the Finnish author, Antti Tuuri, this delicious late-80's comed
Päätepysäkki
1986-10-17
Matti turns 16 and becomes a man, at least in his father's eyes. Matti wanders around Helsinki, and
Macbeth
1987-01-16
A Finnish film version of Macbeth. Macbeth, the Thane of Glamis, receives a prophecy from a trio of
Koomikko
1983-03-11
Aspiring young comedian Hepi rides a moped and sleeps in cars left at a garage for repair. He joins
A Summer by the River
1998-02-13
Kuningasjätkä is set in North Karelia in the mid-1950s and depicts the summer of 10-year-old Topi at
Kauhea murhamies Lalli
1981-05-08
TV play about the legend of Lalli.
Farewell, Mr. President
1987-01-16
Asko Mertanen is a waiter who is very interested in shooting. He gets fed up how the things are run
Lakeuden kutsu
2000-01-14
Businessman Erkki Hakala returns to Ostrobothnia after years in Florida and buys a metal workshop in
Ihmiselon ihanuus ja kurjuus
1988-12-16
Two young lovers, Anna and Martti, are split apart but are reunited many years later when their live
Vääpeli Körmy ja etelän hetelmät
1992-10-09
The Minister of Defence asks sergeant Körmy to take part in operation, where the United States and R
Land of Love
2003-12-19
A comedy of a Finnish man who falls in love, gets tangled deeper into a circle of lies and finds out
Dirty Hands
2015-06-27
A political drama set in the fictional country of Illyria between 1943 and 1945, the story is about
Tilinteko
1987-02-13
Two men, Nieminen and Varjola, commit a mail van robbery. Varjola betrays his friend: shoots him and
Aapo
1994-07-29
Finland 1917. Aapo is a single peasantry who tries to live a good life before the finnish civil war
Vaiennut kylä
1997-01-31
A criminal investigator arrives to investigate the murder of Annikki Niemi in a village whose reside
The Winter War
1989-11-30
Russia attacked Finland in late November 1939. This film tells the story of a Finnish platoon of res
Hurmaava joukkoitsemurha
2000-03-03
Two men, who both have tried to commit a suicide, decide to found a "Let's do it together"-suicide a
Cha Cha Cha
1989-01-20
A lawyer pays a visit to Matti Ojanperä, a bum living under a bridge in the Helsinki harbour, to inf
Rikos & rakkaus
1999-02-05
In a comedy set in Rovaniemi, the parish’s housekeeper Kristiina Pahka falls in love with Marsipaani
The Last Wedding
1995-02-17
Pekka arrives back to his home village of Jerusalem to celebrate the last wedding of the village. Hi
Hei kliffaa hei
1985-02-08
The film is based on characters from the Mänttien TV-asema sketches featured on the Spede Show.
The Man Without a Past
2002-03-01
Arriving in Helsinki, a nameless man is beaten within an inch of his life by thugs, miraculously rec
Kaikki pelissä
1994-04-15
A film group is making movie in the little town. Writer Pentti Töysä interrupts film group's press c
Drifting Clouds
1996-01-26
The ever-poker-faced Ilona loses her job as a restaurant hostess, as her tram driver husband, Lauri,
Shadow of the Eagle
2005-09-09
The story of a young poet who became a symbol for Finnish optimism and was subsequently forced under
Pekko ja unissakävelijä
1997-09-26
Pipsa has fallen prey to a shady scientist Kalevi. Pekko tries to save her.
Pekko ja massahurmaaja
1995-09-01
Pekko is jealous when Pipsa is under the spell of the handsome Markku. The children Kalle and Katari
Pekko ja poika
1994-10-28
A child who is the subject of a custody dispute flees from the social welfare authority from Tyräaho
Pekko aikamiespojan poikamiesaika
1993-09-17
Pekko has a crush on Pipsa, a beautiful archeologist.
Pekko ja muukalainen
1996-09-06
A Black man arriving in Tyräaho causes consternation among the villagers. Meeri Aavasuo wants an ado
Ariel
1988-10-21
A Finnish man goes to the city to find a job after the mine where he worked is closed and his father
Marked
1984-09-15
Irma Auer (Satu Silvo) is a former call-girl, trying to distance herself from the past. In a séance
Juha
1999-02-26
A farmer's wife is seduced into running away from her stolid older husband by a city slicker, who en
Syöksykierre
1981-10-30
Drama set in Stockholm and Helsinki and a village whose existence is threatened by a power plant. A
The Wrestler
1985-09-26
An ageing wrestler and circus strongman is put in an institution located somewhere in a world of its
Niskavuori
1984-12-21
Ilona, a young teacher, arrives in a village in Tavastia. She and Aarne, the wealthy owner of the Ni
Pieni pyhiinvaellus
2000-03-17
In a religious rural community in the 1950s, Ritva, a young woman has kept her pregnancy a secret. H
Eight Mirrors
1982-01-01
Mean girls bully Anna-Maija after she is seen kissing a boy. Her parents notice that the girl's affa
Rampe & Naukkis – kaikkien aikojen superpari
1990-11-23
The musical characters Rampe and Naukkis became popular from the TV series Hymyhuulet and Pulttibois
Tie naisen sydämeen
1996-09-27
Pentti Anttila is a journalist, who accidentally ends up in to a mental institution. There he meets