Kirill Käro
Born: 1975-02-24 in Tallinn, Estonian SSR, USSR [now Estonia]
Known For: Acting
Biography
Kirill Valerievich Käro (Russian: Кири́лл Вале́рьевич Кя́ро; born 24 February 1975) is an Estonian-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 the Netflix sci-fi series Better than Us (2019), and as Sergey in the thriller series To the Lake (2020). Kirill Käro was born in Tallinn, Estonia. His father was a sea captain of mixed Estonian-Russian descent, and his Russian mother was a teacher. His first cousin, once removed, is actor Volli Käro. After graduating from secondary school at Lasnamäe in 1992, Käro entered a five-year acting course at the Boris Shchukin Theatre Institute in Moscow. Following graduation in 1997, he continued to work at the Boris Shchukin Theatre Institute under the mentorship of Armen Dzhigarkhanyan. 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. 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. In 2019, he played the main role of George Safronov in sixteen episodes of the Netflix Russian android thriller series Better than Us. 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.
Filmography
2025
- Redemption
- Chelyuskin. First as Отто Юльевич Шмидт
- How to Tame a Fox
- Tsiniki as Глеб Терехов
- Pavel. The First and the Last
- Hypnosis as отец Григорий
- Дорогой Вилли as Вилли Брандт
- Natali and Aleksandr as Коршунов
- Berlin Heat
- Constantinople as Бородаевский
- Man and Woman
- Summer Will Come
- MosGaz. Delo N11: Raffle as Хасанов
- Scarecrow as Anya's father
- Маэстро
- Something Positive
- In Search of Andrei Rublev as Andrei Rublev
2024
- Both are Two
- Yug as папа 5
- Gum
- Truth
- Abnormal
- Summer To Remember as Scientist
2023
- Syndrome as Кирилл
- Nina as Boris
- Live
- Detector
- Social Network
- Diagnosis is «Lucky» as Антон
- God Complex as Alexey
- Cerberus
- Gloss as отец Анны
- It Happens to People
2022
- Like Father, Like Son as le chauffeur routier
- Neuro
- Who's There?
- Право на свободу
- Ask Martha
- Additional Lesson as Ilya Nesterov
- Layer
- Dad the Terrible as Nikita
2021
2020
2019
- To the Lake as Sergey
- Vongozero: The Outbreak as Sergey
- Расплата
- Формат бабочки
2018
- Better Than Us as Georgy Safronov
- The Voice of The Sea as Иван
- Живой as Олег Сорокин (журналист)
- Frontier as врач Лаврусенко
2017
- Консультант as Вячеслав Александрович Широков — консультант-психолог, кандидат наук
- Green Cats as Kirill
2016
- All That Jam as Fedka sosed
- Rag Union as policeman
- Научи меня жить
2015
- Motherland as Хофман
- Infidelities as Кирилл
- The Fencer as Aleksey
- Побег из Москвабада
2014
- Star
- Sex, Coffee, Cigarettes as Waiter (segment The Constant)
2013
- The Sniffer as детектив-консультант
2012
- Legs - Atavism as Norvegov
- Three Days of Lieutenant Kravtsov as Ruytel
2011
- Boris Godunov as Kurbskiy
- A Late Summer's Night as Tom
- Insignificant Details of the Accidental Episode as He
- Rat Trap as Pjotr
- Бесприданница
- The Afghan Caravan
2010
- We Are from the Future 2
- Red Mercury as Sämm
- Chelovek Niotkuda as Алексей
- V Centuria. Searching For a Charmed Treasure as Yan Vilis
2009
- Help Gone Mad as grandson
- Zhurov as Kostya
- Dove as Volodka Hippie
2008
- Глухарь as Gena Kruglov - narkoman
2006
- Girls as Антон