Kirill Valeryevich Käro (Russian: Кири́лл Вале́рьевич Кя́ро; born 24 February 1975) is an Estonian Russian actor.[1] He is best known for playing the lead character in 32 episodes of The Sniffer (2013–2017), as George Safronov in 16 episodes of the Netflix sci-fi series Better than Us (2019), and as Sergey in the thriller series To the Lake (2020).
Kirill Käro | |
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 Käro in 2019 | |
| Born | Kirill Valerievich Käro 24 February 1975 Tallinn, Estonian SSR, Soviet Union |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 2002–present |
Biography
editEarly years
editKirill Käro was born in Tallinn, Estonian SSR, Soviet Union.[2] His father was a sea captain of mixed Estonian-Russian descent, and his Russian mother was a teacher.[3] His first cousin, once removed, is actor Volli Käro.[4] After graduating from secondary school at Lasnamäe in 1992, Käro entered a five-year acting course at the Boris Shchukin Theatre Institute in Moscow.[5] Following graduation in 1997, he continued to work at the Boris Shchukin Theatre Institute under the mentorship of Armen Dzhigarkhanyan.[3]
Käro returned to Tallinn in 1999, acting at the Russian Theatre for five years, before going back to Moscow to the Praktika Theatre in 2004.[5]
Career
editKäro's career in film and television began in 2008 with various small parts. In 2013, he landed the leading role in The Sniffer, for which he won the Association of Film and TV Producers award in the category Best Actor.[6]
In 2019, he played the main role of George Safronov in sixteen episodes of the Netflix Russian android thriller series Better than Us.[7]
In 2020, Käro starred as Sergey in the lead role of the Russian television series To the Lake. The show was acquired by Netflix and broadcast in October 2020.[8]
Selected filmography
editFilm
edit| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Help Gone Mad | ||
| 2011 | Insignificant Details of a Random Episode | Short | |
| Boris Godunov | Dmitry Andreevich Kurbsky | ||
| 2015 | The Fencer | Aleksei | |
| 2022 | Plast | Zhenya | |
| 2022 | Who's There? | Pyotr | |
| 2022 | Terrible Dad | Nikita Osipov | |
| 2022 | Dalyokiye blizkiye | ||
| 2022 | Pryamoy efir | Alexandr |
Television
edit| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Liquidation | Slava | 2 episodes |
| 2013–17 | The Sniffer | The Sniffer | 24 episodes |
| 2015 | Izmeny | Kirill | 16 episodes |
| 2017–19 | Psikhologini[9][7] | Mikhail Slutskiy | 22 episodes |
| 2018–19 | Better than Us[9][7] | Georgy Nikolaevich Safronov | 16 episodes |
| 2019 | Rasplata | Nikita Dolin | 8 episodes |
| To the Lake[8][9] | Sergey | 8 episodes | |
| 2020–21 | Passengers | Andrey | 8 episodes |
References
edit- ^ "Eestis sündinud vene näitleja Kirill Käro: Tallinnas pere juures käimiseks olen teinud vähemalt kümme koroonatesti" [Estonian-born Russian actor Kirill Käro: I have taken at least ten corona tests to visit my family in Tallinn]. Kroonika (in Estonian). Retrieved 1 July 2024.
- ^ "Кирилл Кяро биография. Биография Кирилл Кяро. Личная жизнь Кирилл Кяро. – Свободная Пресса". svpressa.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 1 July 2024.
- ^ a b "Кирилл Кяро". tele.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 13 October 2020.
- ^ Koppel, Nataly (4 June 2014). ""Nuuskija" staar Kirill Käro: Moskvas olen ma täielik eestlane, Tallinnas aga venelane" (in Estonian). Õhtuleht. Retrieved 31 August 2019.
- ^ a b "Actor Kirill Käro: Personal Life, Biography, Film". sw.unansea.com. 2019.
- ^ "ActorKirill Käro". ivi.ru. 2019.
- ^ a b c "Better than Us". Netflix. 2019.
- ^ a b "To the Lake". netflix.com. 2020.
- ^ a b c "Kirill Käro Filmography (extracts)". kinoglaz.fr. 2019.
External links
edit- Kirill Käro at IMDb
- Kirill Käro on Instagram