Kirill Käro

Kirill Käro

Known for
Acting
Born
February 24, 1975 (age 51)
Birthplace
Tallinn, Estonian SSR, USSR [now Estonia]

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.

Known For

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Filmography

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Casino poster

Casino

TV · as Chebotin · 8 eps

2026
Scarecrow poster

Scarecrow

Movie · as Anya's father

2026
Жизнь после смерти poster

Жизнь после смерти

Movie · as father

2026
The Black Countess poster

The Black Countess

TV · 8 eps

2026
Теория невероятностей poster

Теория невероятностей

TV · 1 ep

2025
Man and Woman poster

Man and Woman

Movie

2025
Summer Will Come poster

Summer Will Come

Movie

2025
Redemption poster

Redemption

Movie

2025
Maestro poster

Maestro

Movie

2025
Hypnosis poster

Hypnosis

TV · as отец Григорий · 8 eps

2025
Something Positive poster

Something Positive

TV · 8 eps

2025
Pavel. The First and the Last poster

Pavel. The First and the Last

TV · 12 eps

2025
Chelyuskin. First poster

Chelyuskin. First

TV · as Отто Юльевич Шмидт · 6 eps

2025
How to Tame a Fox poster

How to Tame a Fox

TV · 16 eps

2025
Natali and Aleksandr poster

Natali and Aleksandr

TV · as Коршунов · 12 eps

2025
MosGaz. Delo N11: Raffle poster

MosGaz. Delo N11: Raffle

TV · as Хасанов · 8 eps

2025
Cynics poster

Cynics

TV · as Глеб Терехов · 10 eps

2025
Berlin Heat poster

Berlin Heat

TV · 8 eps

2025
In Search of Andrei Rublev poster

In Search of Andrei Rublev

TV · as Andrei Rublev · 4 eps

2025
Constantinople poster

Constantinople

TV · as Бородаевский · 10 eps

2025
Dear Willie poster

Dear Willie

TV · as Вилли Брандт · 4 eps

2024
Truth poster

Truth

Movie

2024
Both are Two poster

Both are Two

Movie

2024
Summer To Remember poster

Summer To Remember

Movie · as Scientist

2024
Gum poster

Gum

TV · 8 eps

2024
Abnormal poster

Abnormal

TV · 8 eps

2024
Yug poster

Yug

TV · as папа 5 · 2 eps

2023
Syndrome poster

Syndrome

Movie · as Кирилл

2023
Detector poster

Detector

Movie

2023
It Happens to People poster

It Happens to People

Movie

2023
Nina poster

Nina

Movie · as Boris

2023
Live poster

Live

Movie

2023
Diagnosis is «Lucky» poster

Diagnosis is «Lucky»

TV · as Антон · 8 eps

2023
Cerberus poster

Cerberus

TV · 4 eps

2023
Gloss poster

Gloss

TV · as отец Анны · 8 eps

2023
Social Network poster

Social Network

TV · 6 eps

2023
God Complex poster

God Complex

TV · as Alexey · 5 eps

2022
Dad the Terrible poster

Dad the Terrible

Movie · as Nikita

2022
Additional Lesson poster

Additional Lesson

Movie · as Ilya Nesterov

2022
Like Father, Like Son poster

Like Father, Like Son

Movie · as le chauffeur routier

2022
Neuro

Neuro

Movie

2022
Layer poster

Layer

Movie

2022
Who's There? poster

Who's There?

Movie

2022
Ask Martha poster

Ask Martha

TV · 8 eps

2022
Right to Freedom poster

Right to Freedom

TV · 8 eps

2021
Sunflower poster

Sunflower

Movie

2021
Love and Monsters poster

Love and Monsters

Movie

2021
Ivan's Happiness poster

Ivan's Happiness

Movie

2021
Unreachable poster

Unreachable

Movie

2021
«Lucky» poster

«Lucky»

TV · as Арье · 8 eps

2021
Insomnia poster

Insomnia

TV · 8 eps

2021
8 Ways to Love poster

8 Ways to Love

TV · 8 eps

2020
Jester's Night: Seriously Off Nut poster

Jester's Night: Seriously Off Nut

Movie

2020
Call Me Blackbird poster

Call Me Blackbird

Movie

2020
Liters 2.0 poster

Liters 2.0

TV · 12 eps

2020
Passengers poster

Passengers

TV · as Andrey · 8 eps

2020
Young and the Strong Will Survive poster

Young and the Strong Will Survive

TV · 8 eps

2019
Vongozero: The Outbreak poster

Vongozero: The Outbreak

Movie · as Sergey

2019
Формат бабочки

Формат бабочки

Movie

2019
Расплата poster

Расплата

TV · 8 eps

2019
To the Lake poster

To the Lake

TV · as Sergey · 16 eps

2018
Frontier poster

Frontier

Movie · as Dr. Lavrusenko

2018
The Voice of The Sea poster

The Voice of The Sea

Movie · as Иван

2018
Живой poster

Живой

TV · as Олег Сорокин (журналист) · 16 eps

2018
Better Than Us poster

Better Than Us

TV · as Georgy Safronov · 16 eps

2017
Green Cats poster

Green Cats

Movie · as Kirill

2017
Консультант poster

Консультант

TV · as Вячеслав Александрович Широков — консультант-психолог, кандидат наук · 20 eps

2016
All That Jam poster

All That Jam

Movie · as Fedka sosed

2016
Passing Through poster

Passing Through

Movie

2016
Rag Union poster

Rag Union

Movie · as policeman

2016
Научи меня жить poster

Научи меня жить

TV · 12 eps

2015
Побег из Москвабада poster

Побег из Москвабада

Movie

2015
The Fencer poster

The Fencer

Movie · as Aleksey

2015
Motherland poster

Motherland

Movie · as Хофман

2015
Infidelities poster

Infidelities

TV · as Кирилл · 16 eps

2014
Sex, Coffee, Cigarettes poster

Sex, Coffee, Cigarettes

Movie · as Waiter (segment The Constant)

2014
Star poster

Star

Movie

2014
Silver Spoon poster

Silver Spoon

TV · as Берт · 8 eps

2013
Тайна Егора, или Необыкновенные приключения обыкновенным летом poster

Тайна Егора, или Необыкновенные приключения обыкновенным летом

Movie · as Леонид, квартирант Алевтины Петровны, рыбак

2013
The Sniffer poster

The Sniffer

TV · as детектив-консультант · 32 eps

2012
Legs - Atavism poster

Legs - Atavism

Movie · as Norvegov

2012
Three Days of Lieutenant Kravtsov poster

Three Days of Lieutenant Kravtsov

TV · as Ruytel · 4 eps

2011
Rat Trap poster

Rat Trap

Movie · as Pjotr

2011
Insignificant Details of the Accidental Episode poster

Insignificant Details of the Accidental Episode

Movie · as He

2011
The Afghan Caravan poster

The Afghan Caravan

Movie

2011
Boris Godunov poster

Boris Godunov

Movie · as Kurbskiy

2011
A Late Summer's Night poster

A Late Summer's Night

Movie · as Tom

2011
Бесприданница poster

Бесприданница

Movie

2010
Red Mercury poster

Red Mercury

Movie · as Sämm

2010
We Are from the Future 2 poster

We Are from the Future 2

Movie

2010
The Man From the Nowhere poster

The Man From the Nowhere

Movie · as Алексей

2010
V Centuria. Searching For a Charmed Treasure poster

V Centuria. Searching For a Charmed Treasure

Movie · as Yan Vilis

2010
Выхожу тебя искать poster

Выхожу тебя искать

TV · as Григорий Тришин · 12 eps

2009
Dove poster

Dove

Movie · as Volodka Hippie

2009
Help Gone Mad poster

Help Gone Mad

Movie · as grandson

2009
Zhurov poster

Zhurov

TV · as Kostya · 2 eps

2008
Глухарь poster

Глухарь

TV · as Gena Kruglov - narkoman · 1 ep

2007
Valery Kharlamov. Additional time poster

Valery Kharlamov. Additional time

Movie

2005
The Idiot poster

The Idiot

Movie

2005
Distance poster

Distance

Movie · as Him