- Films
- 22
- Avg rating
- 6.86
- Peak run
- 1962’05
- 7+ run
- 3 films
Every film, by IMDb rating
The career
Dot size shows IMDb votes. Films with fewer than 1,000 votes sit on the baseline.
As an actor, films with 1,000+ votes
Esko by the numbers
Average
6.86
8 rated films
Vote weighted
6.91
bigger films count more
Median
7.0
half are better
Consistency
±0.66
rating spread
Career
64y
1962 to 2025
Total votes
39.3K
across every film
Best
7.6
Mother of Mine
Worst
5.9
The Storage
Newest first
Filmography
| 2025 | Super Furball and the Lying Squirrel | Jättiläismarsu | · | 33 |
| 2018 | The Storage 2 | · | · | 442 |
| 2018 | Super Furball | Jättiläismarsu | · | 270 |
| 2017 | The Sixth Time | Matteus | · | 525 |
| 2017 | The Dissidents | Lars-Jukka Lampinen | 6.4 | 1,233 |
| 2013 | Mieletön elokuu | Ståhl | · | 308 |
| 2012 | Once Upon a Time in the North | Antti Välitalo | 6.1 | 1,722 |
| 2011 | The Storage | Kataja | 5.9 | 1,458 |
| 2005 | Mother of Mine | Eero Lahti - nykyaika | 7.6 | 4,825 |
| 1999 | Kiss Me in the Rain | Esa Linnainmaa | · | 345 |
| 1994 | Uuno Turhapuron veli | Tarmo Turhapuro | · | 457 |
| 1993 | The Last Border | · | · | 555 |
| 1992 | The Prodigal Son | Lindström | · | 535 |
| 1991 | Sergeant Körmy and the Underwater Vehicles | Ruotsalainen vakooja | · | 688 |
| 1989 |  The Winter War | · | 7.5 | 9,273 |
| 1989 | Cha Cha Cha | · | · | 368 |
| 1988 | Plainlands | Veikko | · | 919 |
| 1988 |  Ariel | · | 7.4 | 10,055 |
| 1987 | Hamlet Goes Business | Klaus | 6.8 | 2,784 |
| 1970 | Speedy Gonzales - noin 7 veljeksen poika | Manolito | · | 582 |
Better together?
Esko Salminen's regulars
- Ere KokkonenDirector and actor · 2 films
- Veikko AaltonenDirector and actor · 2 films
- Taru MäkeläDirector and actor · 2 films · 5.90 avg▼−0.48
The number on the right is the lift: their average together minus the average of their two careers. Acting pairs here count billed roles (an actor in a director's top six, co-stars both in the top five); each duo page counts every film they made together in those roles.
Films together: Ere Kokkonen and Esko Salminen movies · Veikko Aaltonen and Esko Salminen movies · Taru Mäkelä and Esko Salminen movies
Takes
On Esko Salminen
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