Esko Salminen (born 12 October 1940) is a Finnish actor with careers on television, the stage and on the silver screen.
Born in Helsinki, Salminen's parents were actor and actress . He is of partial Russian descent through his biological father, actor and singer Tauno Palo, whose maternal grandfather was a Russian soldier. Actors , and are his half-brothers.
Salminen has been married to actress , dancer and, since 1989, to actress . He has two children with actress , one of whom is actor . Actresses and are also Salminen's children.