Name
Kirill Käro
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1975-02-24 (51 years old)
Place of Birth
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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Fleeing from the Russian secret police, a young Estonian fencer is forced to return to his...
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Eleven comedic vignettes featuring conversations – some important, some less so – held...
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Igor, a Russian oligarch gets into a heated argument with Eva, his estranged daughter whil...
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Kind and lazy Jenya comes to Moscow from small village in Belarus for earnings. Criminal i...
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A deadly virus of unknown origin has decimated Moscow. Sergey, along with his girlfriend a...
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During the next duty, patrolman Vera Sedova single-handedly prevents a tragedy at the coll...
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- 2023 Syndrome as Кирилл
- 2023 Detector
- 2010 Red Mercury as Sämm
- 2022 Additional Lesson as Ilya Nesterov
- 2022 Like Father, Like Son as le chauffeur routier
- 2022 Neuro
- 2009 Dove as Volodka Hippie
- 2015 Побег из Москвабада
- 2016 All That Jam as Fedka sosed
- 2014 Sex, Coffee, Cigarettes as Waiter (segment The Constant)
- 2014 Star
- 2010 We Are from the Future 2
- 2022 Layer
- 2024 Truth
- 2023 It Happens to People
- 2021 Sunflower
- 2017 Green Cats as Kirill
- 2022 Who's There?
- 2024 Both are Two
- 2023 Nina as Boris
- 2015 The Fencer as Aleksey
- 2025 Man and Woman
- 2010 Chelovek Niotkuda as Алексей
- 2015 Motherland as Хофман
- 2026 Scarecrow as Anya's father
- 2025 Summer Will Come
- Soon Проездом
- 2018 Frontier as врач Лаврусенко
- 2009 Help Gone Mad as grandson
- 2019 Vongozero: The Outbreak as Sergey
- 2011 Rat Trap as Pjotr
- 2012 Legs - Atavism as Norvegov
- 2011 Insignificant Details of the Accidental Episode as He
- 2016 Rag Union as policeman
- 2018 The Voice of The Sea as Иван
- 2019 Формат бабочки
- 2011 The Afghan Caravan
- 2007 Valery Kharlamov. Additional time
- 2011 Boris Godunov as Kurbskiy
- 2021 Love and Monsters
- 2021 Ivan's Happiness
- 2020 Jester's Night: Seriously Off Nut
- 2020 Call Me Blackbird
- 2023 Live
- 2021 Unreachable
- 2010 V Centuria. Searching For a Charmed Treasure as Yan Vilis
- 2005 The Idiot
- 2025 Redemption
- 2011 A Late Summer's Night as Tom
- 2005 Distance as Him
- 2011 Бесприданница
- 2025 Maestro
- 2024 Summer To Remember as Scientist
- 2013 Тайна Егора, или Необыкновенные приключения обыкновенным летом as Леонид, квартирант Алевтины Петровны, рыбак
- 2026 Жизнь после смерти as father
- 2009 Zhurov ( 2 episodes ) as Kostya
- 2020 Liters 2.0 ( 12 episodes )
- 2021 «Lucky» ( 8 episodes ) as Арье
- 2023 Diagnosis is «Lucky» ( 8 episodes ) as Антон
- 2021 Insomnia ( 8 episodes )
- 2020 Passengers ( 8 episodes )
- 2013 The Sniffer ( 32 episodes ) as детектив-консультант
- 2012 Three Days of Lieutenant Kravtsov ( 4 episodes ) as Ruytel
- 2023 Cerberus ( 4 episodes )
- 2023 Gloss ( 8 episodes ) as отец Анны
- 2015 Infidelities ( 16 episodes ) as Кирилл
- 2018 Живой ( 16 episodes ) as Олег Сорокин (журналист)
- 2018 Better Than Us ( 16 episodes ) as Georgy Safronov
- 2019 Расплата ( 8 episodes )
- 2022 Ask Martha ( 8 episodes )
- 2025 Hypnosis ( 8 episodes ) as отец Григорий
- 2025 Something Positive ( 8 episodes )
- 2025 Chelyuskin. First ( 6 episodes ) as Отто Юльевич Шмидт
- 2025 Pavel. The First and the Last ( 12 episodes )
- 2022 Right to Freedom ( 8 episodes )
- 2025 How to Tame a Fox ( 8 episodes )
- 2021 8 Ways to Love ( 8 episodes )
- 2017 Консультант ( 20 episodes ) as Вячеслав Александрович Широков — консультант-психолог, кандидат наук
- 2008 Глухарь ( 1 episode ) as Gena Kruglov - narkoman
- 2019 To the Lake ( 16 episodes ) as Sergey
- 2016 Научи меня жить ( 12 episodes )
- 2023 Social Network ( 6 episodes )
- 2026 The Black Countess ( 8 episodes )
- 2023 God Complex ( 5 episodes ) as Alexey
- 2024 Gum ( 8 episodes )
- 2024 Abnormal ( 8 episodes )
- 2020 Passengers ( 8 episodes ) as Andrey
- 2025 Natali and Aleksandr ( 12 episodes ) as Коршунов
- 2025 MosGaz. Delo N11: Raffle ( 8 episodes ) as Хасанов
- 2020 Young and the Strong Will Survive ( 8 episodes )
- 2025 Cynics ( 10 episodes ) as Глеб Терехов
- 2025 Berlin Heat ( 8 episodes )
- 2025 In Search of Andrei Rublev ( 4 episodes ) as Andrei Rublev
- 2025 Constantinople ( 10 episodes ) as Бородаевский
- 2025 Dear Willie ( 4 episodes ) as Вилли Брандт
- 2024 Yug ( 2 episodes ) as папа 5
- 2010 Выхожу тебя искать ( 12 episodes ) as Григорий Тришин
- Soon Casino ( 8 episodes ) as Chebotin
- 2014 Silver Spoon ( 8 episodes ) as Берт
