Kirill Käro
Kirill Valerievich Käro (Russian: Кири́лл Вале́рьевич Кя́ро; born 24 February 1975) is a Russian actor. He is best known for playing the lead character in 32 episodes of The Sniffer (2013-2017), as George Safronov in 16 episodes of Netflix robot sci-fi Better than Us (2019), and as Sergey in the zombie television series To the Lake (2020).
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Born | Tallinn, Estonia | 24 February 1975
Nationality | Estonian |
Citizenship | Soviet Union →
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Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 2002–present |
Early Years
Kirill Käro was born in Tallinn, Estonia.[1] Käro's father was a sea captain of mixed Estonian-Russian descent, and his Russian mother was a teacher.[2] His first cousin, once removed, is actor Volli Käro.[3] After graduating from secondary school at Lasnamäe in 1992, he entered a five-year acting course at the Boris Shchukin Theatre Institute in Moscow, Russia.[4] Following graduation in 1997, Käro continued to work at the Boris Shchukin Theatre Institute under the mentorship of Armen Dzhigarkhanyan.[1]
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.[4]
Career
Käro'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".[5]
In 2019, Käro played a main role as George Safronov in sixteen episodes of the Netflix Russian android thriller series Better than Us.[6]
In 2020, Käro starred as Sergey in a lead role of the Russian platform Premier television series To the Lake, the series was acquired by Netflix and broadcast in October 2020.[7]
Filmography
Film
Year | Title | Role |
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2002 | Pääsemine (Short) | (En. Escape) |
2005 | Behind the Door (Short) | Boy |
2007 | 18-14 | Denisov |
2008 | Volshebnik (En. Wizard) | Officer of the special department |
2009 | Golubka (En. Dove) | Volodka Hippie |
2009 | Help Gone Mad (Lat: Sumasshedshaya pomoshch ) | (Comedy film) |
2010 | The Afghan Caravan (Ukraine) | Pomoschnik mashinista |
2010 | Punane elavhõbe (En. Red Mercury) | Sämm |
2011 | Ushyol i ne vernulsya | (En. Left and Not Returned) |
2011 | Insignificant Details of a Random Episode (Short) | (En. Minor details of a random episode) |
2011 | Noch na zakate leta (En. Still at Sunset) | Tom |
2011 | Rotilõks (En. Rat trap) (Estonia) | Pjotr |
2012 | Nogi – atavizm (Short) | (En. Legs atavism) |
2013 | Dom, milyy dom | (En. Home Sweet Home) |
2014 | Doktor (Short) (En. Doctor) | Doktor |
2014 | Sex, kofe, sigarety (En. Sex, coffee, cigarettes) | Waiter (segment The Constant) |
2014 | Star | ? |
2015 | Veradarts | Priest |
2015 | Rodina[8] | (En. Homeland) |
2015 | Pobeg iz Moskvabada[8] | (En. Escape from Moskvabad) |
2015 | The Fencer | Aleksei |
2016 | Proezdom (Short) En.(Driveway) | Boba |
2016 | All That Jam | Fedor 01 |
2016 | Noch svyatogo Valentina (En. St. Valentine's night) | Valentin |
2017 | Green Cats | Kirill |
2018 | Golos morya (Short) (En. Voice of the sea) | Ivan |
2019 | Vongozero (film) (En. The Outbreak)[8] | Sergei |
2019 | Galangal (Short) | ? |
2020 | Pereigrovka (Short) (En.Replay) | Timur |
Television
Year | Title | Role |
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2005 | Uboynaya sila (TV series) | Garik (episode – Bratstvo Po Oruzhiyu ) |
2007 | Liquidation (miniseries) | Slava / Shekhtel's Nephew (2 episodes) |
2008 | Pari na lyubov (TV Movie) | (En. Money for Love) |
2008 | Valeriy Kharlamov. Dopolnitelnoe vremya (TV Movie) (En. Additional time) | Boris Mikhaylov |
2009 | Zastava Zhilina (TV series) (En.The flag of Zhilin) | Major Gennadi Yershov |
2009 | Lyubov na rayone (TV series) (En. Love in the area) | Military commissariat employee (1 episode) |
2010 | Tsvety ot Lizy (TV Miniseries) (En. Flowers from Lizy) | Smurnoy |
2010 | Chelovek niotkuda (TV Movie) | (En. The Man from Nowhere) |
2012 | Lektsii dlya domokhozyaek (TV Movie) | (En. Lectures for Housewives) |
2012 | Tri dnya leytenanta Kravtsova (TV series) | (En. Three days of Lieutenant Kravtsov) |
2014 | Muzhskie kanikuli (TV Series) | (En. Men's vacation) |
2014 | Vsyo snachala (TV Miniseries) (En. All over again) | 3 episodes |
2015 | Izmeny (TV Miniseries) (En. Treason) | Kirill (16 episodes) |
2015 | Dzhuna (TV Miniseries) (En. June) | Writer |
2016 | Nauchi menya zhit (TV Miniseries) (En. Teach me to live) | Ilya Lavrov |
2013–2017 | Nyukhach (TV series) (En.The Sniffer) | The Sniffer (24 episodes) |
2017 | Koroleva 'Margo' " (TV Miniseries) | ? |
2017 - 2019 | Psikhologini (Psychologists) (TV series)[8][6] | Mikhail Slutskiy (22 episodes) |
2018–2019 | Better than Us (TV series)[8][6] | Georgy Nikolaevich Safronov (16 episodes) |
2020 | To the Lake (TV series)[7] | Sergey (8 episodes) |
References
- "Kirill Käro: biography". manygoodtips.com. 2019.
- "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.
- "Actor Kirill Käro: Personal Life, Biography, Film". sw.unansea.com. 2019.
- "ActorKirill Käro". ivi.ru. 2019.
- "Better than Us". Netflix. 2019.
- "To the Lake". netflix.com. 2020.
- "Kirill Käro Filmography (extracts)". kinoglaz.fr. 2019.