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
- Berlin Heat
- Cynics as Глеб Терехов
- MosGaz. Delo N11: Raffle as Хасанов
- Constantinople as Бородаевский
- Natali and Aleksandr as Коршунов
- Pavel. The First and the Last
- Dear Willie as Вилли Брандт
- Summer Will Come
- Chelyuskin. First as Отто Юльевич Шмидт
- Hypnosis as отец Григорий
- In Search of Andrei Rublev as Andrei Rublev
- How to Tame a Fox
- Maestro
- Redemption
- Scarecrow as Anya's father
- Something Positive
- Man and Woman
2024
- Yug as папа 5
- Abnormal
- Gum
- Truth
- Summer To Remember as Scientist
- Both are Two
2023
- Cerberus
- Social Network
- Gloss as отец Анны
- Diagnosis is «Lucky» as Антон
- Syndrome as Кирилл
- God Complex as Alexey
- Nina as Boris
- Live
- It Happens to People
- Detector
2022
- Neuro
- Who's There?
- Right to Freedom
- Ask Martha
- Like Father, Like Son as le chauffeur routier
- Dad the Terrible as Nikita
- Additional Lesson as Ilya Nesterov
- Layer
2021
2020
2019
- To the Lake as Sergey
- Расплата
- Vongozero: The Outbreak as Sergey
- Формат бабочки
2018
- Better Than Us as Georgy Safronov
- Живой as Олег Сорокин (журналист)
- Frontier as врач Лаврусенко
- The Voice of The Sea as Иван
2017
- Консультант as Вячеслав Александрович Широков — консультант-психолог, кандидат наук
- Green Cats as Kirill
2016
- Научи меня жить
- Rag Union as policeman
- All That Jam as Fedka sosed
2015
- Infidelities as Кирилл
- The Fencer as Aleksey
- Побег из Москвабада
- Motherland as Хофман
2014
- Silver Spoon as Берт
- Sex, Coffee, Cigarettes as Waiter (segment The Constant)
- Star
2013
- The Sniffer as детектив-консультант
- Тайна Егора, или Необыкновенные приключения обыкновенным летом as Леонид, квартирант Алевтины Петровны, рыбак
2012
- Three Days of Lieutenant Kravtsov as Ruytel
- Legs - Atavism as Norvegov
2011
- Insignificant Details of the Accidental Episode as He
- Boris Godunov as Kurbskiy
- The Afghan Caravan
- Rat Trap as Pjotr
- A Late Summer's Night as Tom
- Бесприданница
2010
- Выхожу тебя искать as Григорий Тришин
- We Are from the Future 2
- V Centuria. Searching For a Charmed Treasure as Yan Vilis
- Red Mercury as Sämm
- Chelovek Niotkuda as Алексей
2009
- Zhurov as Kostya
- Help Gone Mad as grandson
- Dove as Volodka Hippie
2008
- Глухарь as Gena Kruglov - narkoman