Esko Nikkari
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Esko Nikkari | |
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Died | 17 December 2006 | (aged 68)
Awards | Jussi for Best Supporting Actor 1990 The Match Factory Girl |
Esko Nikkari (23 November 1938 – 17 December 2006) was a prolific Finnish actor who made more than 70 appearances on film and television. He was born in Lapua, and made his screen debut 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. He died in Seinäjoki.
Partial filmography[]
- The Worthless (Arvottomat, 1982)
- Rikos ja Rangaistus (1983)
- (1984)
- Niskavuori (1984)
- Shadows in Paradise (1986)
- (1987)
- (1988)
- Ariel (1988)
- (1988)
- Talvisota (1989)
- The Match Factory Girl (1990)
- (1992)
- (1993)
- Aapo (1994)
- (1994)
- Kivenpyörittäjän kylä (1995)
- (1995)
- (1996)
- Drifting Clouds (1996)
- (1997)
- (1997)
- The Minister of State (1997)
- Kuningasjätkä (1998)
- The Swan and the Wanderer (1998)
- Juha (1999)
- (1999)
- (2000)
- Rentun ruusu (2001)
- Ponterosa (2001)
- The Man Without a Past (2002)
- (2002)
- Sibelius (2003)
- (2003)
- Shadow of the Eagle (2005)
- (2005)
TV roles[]
- Kylmäverisesti sinun (2000)
- (1998)
- (1996)
- Kotikatu (1995)
- (1995)
- (1990)
Awards and recognitions[]
- Humanismin käsi Award 1988
- Jussi Award 1991
External links[]
- Esko Nikkari at IMDb
Categories:
- 1938 births
- 2006 deaths
- People from Lapua
- Finnish male actors
- Deaths from cancer in Finland
- Finnish actor stubs