Kaspars Znotiņš

Kaspars Znotiņš (born 7 October 1975) is a Latvian stage and film actor.

Born in Jelgava, Latvia, Znotiņš began his career working on the New Riga Theatre, and has performed in stage productions at the Latvian National Theatre and Daile Theatre. Znotiņš has also appeared in a number of Latvian films, such as the 2010 Gatis Šmits-directed comedy-drama Return of Sergeant Lapins. In 2010, he won the Season Award (Latvian: Spēlmaņu nakts), an annual award bestowed upon to the best Latvian dramatic stage actor by the Latvian Theatre Union (LTDS) for his role in Ziedonis un visums (Ziedonis and the Universe). In 2017, he won the Lielais Kristaps Award for Best Actor for his role as Francis in the Aik Karapetian directed crime-drama film Pirmdzimtais (English: Forstborn).

Znotiņš is married and the father of four children – Emīls, Rūta, Krišs and Zīle.

Filmography

Year Film Role Release date (flag: country specific) 1997 The Mills of Fate episode 1997 2000 The Mystery of the Old Parish House 2000 2003 Likteņa līdumnieki (TV series) Edgars Nārbulis 2003 2007 Midsummer Madness Border guard 2007 Bitter Wine Donats 2007 2009 Medības 11 September 2009 2010 Return of Sergeant Lapins Dainis Geidmanis 26 November 2010 2015 Shrines (Short film) 2015 2017 Firstborn Francis 2017 (Lielais Kristaps Award, Best Actor) Virus Luiss 2017 Bize un Neguļa (Animated film) Voice 2017 Adreses (TV series) Himself 2017 2018 Homo Novus Kurcums 2018 Parīzes dziesma Anatolijs Lunačarskis 2018 Still River Louis 5 November 2018 Saule brauca debesīs 16 November 2018 24h saullēkts Aleksis 2018 2019 Jekabs, Mimmi un runajosie suni Tetis 1 February 2019 2020 O2 Ivan Kostrov 9 October 2020