Esko Nikkari
Birthday: 1938-11-23
Place of Birth: Lapua, Finland
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.
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Shadows in Paradise
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The Match Factory Girl
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The Clan: Tale of the Frogs
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Hamlet Goes Business
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Nonstop
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The Worthless
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Lumikit
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The Minister of State
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Goodbye, Trainmen
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Crime and Punishment
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Plainlands
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Päätepysäkki
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Macbeth
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Koomikko
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A Summer by the River
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Farewell, Mr. President
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Lakeuden kutsu
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Ihmiselon ihanuus ja kurjuus
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Vääpeli Körmy ja etelän hetelmät
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Land of Love
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Dirty Hands
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Tilinteko
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Aapo
Finland 1917. Aapo is a single peasantry who tries to live a good life before the finnish civil war ...
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Vaiennut kylä
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The Winter War
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Hurmaava joukkoitsemurha
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Cha Cha Cha
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Rikos & rakkaus
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The Last Wedding
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Hei kliffaa hei
The film is based on characters from the Mänttien TV-asema sketches featured on the Spede Show....
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The Man Without a Past
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Kaikki pelissä
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Drifting Clouds
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Shadow of the Eagle
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Pekko ja unissakävelijä
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Pekko ja massahurmaaja
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Pekko ja poika
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Pekko aikamiespojan poikamiesaika
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Pekko ja muukalainen
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Ariel
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Marked
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Juha
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Syöksykierre
Drama set in Stockholm and Helsinki and a village whose existence is threatened by a power plant. A ...
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The Wrestler
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Niskavuori
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Pieni pyhiinvaellus
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Eight Mirrors
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Rampe & Naukkis – kaikkien aikojen superpari
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Tie naisen sydämeen
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