Esko Nikkari, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Esko Nikkari

Finnish actor

Date of Birth: 23-Nov-1938

Place of Birth: Lapua, Finland

Date of Death: 17-Dec-2006

Profession: actor

Nationality: Finland

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

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.