Esko Nikkari

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Esko Nikkari
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

Kaksipäisen kotkan varjossa (2005), which is the last full-length movie he appeared in. He died in Seinäjoki
.

Filmography

Film

Television

Awards and recognitions

  • Humanismin käsi Award 1988
  • Jussi Award
    1991

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