Kirill Käro
Born
February 24, 1975 (age 50)
Birthplace
Tallinn, Estonian SSR, USSR [now Estonia]

Kirill Käro

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.

Movies

Redemption
Redemption
2025
Scarecrow
Scarecrow
2025
Anya's father
Маэстро
Маэстро
2025
Summer Will Come
Summer Will Come
2025
Man and Woman
Man and Woman
2025
Both are Two
Both are Two
2024 ★ 8.0
Truth
Truth
2024 ★ 7.0
Summer To Remember
Summer To Remember
2024
Scientist
Nina
Nina
2023 ★ 1.0
Boris
Syndrome
Syndrome
2023 ★ 7.0
Кирилл
It Happens to People
It Happens to People
2023 ★ 6.7
Live
Live
2023 ★ 7.0
Detector
Detector
2023 ★ 7.0
Neuro
Neuro
2022
Dad the Terrible
Dad the Terrible
2022 ★ 5.8
Nikita
Additional Lesson
Additional Lesson
2022 ★ 5.8
Ilya Nesterov
Like Father, Like Son
Like Father, Like Son
2022 ★ 6.7
le chauffeur routier
Who's There?
Who's There?
2022 ★ 6.7
Layer
Layer
2022
Unreachable
Unreachable
2021 ★ 7.0
Sunflower
Sunflower
2021
Ivan's Happiness
Ivan's Happiness
2021 ★ 4.7
Love and Monsters
Love and Monsters
2021 ★ 2.7
Jester's Night: Seriously Off Nut
Jester's Night: Seriously Off Nut
2020 ★ 5.2
Call Me Blackbird
Call Me Blackbird
2020
Формат бабочки
Формат бабочки
2019
Vongozero: The Outbreak
Vongozero: The Outbreak
2019 ★ 7.0
Sergey
The Voice of The Sea
The Voice of The Sea
2018 ★ 9.0
Иван
Frontier
Frontier
2018 ★ 5.2
врач Лаврусенко
Green Cats
Green Cats
2017 ★ 5.2
Kirill
All That Jam
All That Jam
2016 ★ 1.0
Fedka sosed
Rag Union
Rag Union
2016 ★ 5.6
policeman
Motherland
Motherland
2015 ★ 4.2
Хофман
Побег из Москвабада
Побег из Москвабада
2015 ★ 4.2
The Fencer
The Fencer
2015 ★ 7.0
Aleksey
Sex, Coffee, Cigarettes
Sex, Coffee, Cigarettes
2014 ★ 4.3
Waiter (segment The Constant)
Star
Star
2014 ★ 5.5
Legs - Atavism
Legs - Atavism
2012 ★ 7.3
Norvegov
Boris Godunov
Boris Godunov
2011 ★ 5.4
Kurbskiy
Бесприданница
Бесприданница
2011
Insignificant Details of the Accidental Episode
Insignificant Details of the Accidental Episode
2011 ★ 8.5
He
A Late Summer's Night
A Late Summer's Night
2011
Tom
The Afghan Caravan
The Afghan Caravan
2011
Rat Trap
Rat Trap
2011 ★ 6.0
Pjotr
Chelovek Niotkuda
Chelovek Niotkuda
2010
Алексей
Red Mercury
Red Mercury
2010 ★ 4.2
Sämm
V Centuria. Searching For a Charmed Treasure
V Centuria. Searching For a Charmed Treasure
2010 ★ 4.5
Yan Vilis
We Are from the Future 2
We Are from the Future 2
2010 ★ 5.0
Dove
Dove
2009 ★ 5.2
Volodka Hippie
Help Gone Mad
Help Gone Mad
2009 ★ 5.0
grandson
Valery Kharlamov. Additional time
Valery Kharlamov. Additional time
2007
Girls
Girls
2006 ★ 4.8
Антон
Distance
Distance
2005 ★ 10.0
Him
The Idiot
The Idiot
2005
Проездом
Проездом

TV Series

Constantinople
Constantinople
2025 ★ 7.0
Бородаевский
10 Episodes
Дорогой Вилли
Дорогой Вилли
2025
Вилли Брандт
4 Episodes
How to Tame a Fox
How to Tame a Fox
2025 ★ 7.2
8 Episodes
Berlin Heat
Berlin Heat
2025 ★ 8.0
8 Episodes
In Search of Andrei Rublev
In Search of Andrei Rublev
2025
Andrei Rublev
4 Episodes
Tsiniki
Tsiniki
2025
Глеб Терехов
10 Episodes
Something Positive
Something Positive
2025 ★ 8.0
8 Episodes
MosGaz. Delo N11: Raffle
MosGaz. Delo N11: Raffle
2025 ★ 7.0
Хасанов
8 Episodes
Hypnosis
Hypnosis
2025 ★ 7.5
отец Григорий
8 Episodes
Pavel. The First and the Last
Pavel. The First and the Last
2025
12 Episodes
Chelyuskin. First
Chelyuskin. First
2025 ★ 7.6
Отто Юльевич Шмидт
6 Episodes
Natali and Aleksandr
Natali and Aleksandr
2025
Коршунов
12 Episodes
Gum
Gum
2024
8 Episodes
Yug
Yug
2024 ★ 8.8
папа 5
2 Episodes
Abnormal
Abnormal
2024
8 Episodes
Gloss
Gloss
2023 ★ 7.0
отец Анны
8 Episodes
Cerberus
Cerberus
2023 ★ 7.0
4 Episodes
Diagnosis is «Lucky»
Diagnosis is «Lucky»
2023 ★ 6.3
Антон
8 Episodes
God Complex
God Complex
2023 ★ 5.8
Alexey
5 Episodes
Social Network
Social Network
2023 ★ 4.0
6 Episodes
Право на свободу
Право на свободу
2022 ★ 4.0
8 Episodes
Ask Martha
Ask Martha
2022 ★ 2.7
8 Episodes
«Lucky»
«Lucky»
2021 ★ 7.0
Арье
8 Episodes
Insomnia
Insomnia
2021 ★ 8.4
8 Episodes
8 Ways to Love
8 Ways to Love
2021
8 Episodes
Passengers
Passengers
2020 ★ 7.7
8 Episodes
The young and the strong will survive
The young and the strong will survive
2020 ★ 5.4
8 Episodes
Литра 2.0
Литра 2.0
2020
12 Episodes
Расплата
Расплата
2019
8 Episodes
To the Lake
To the Lake
2019 ★ 7.3
Sergey
16 Episodes
Better Than Us
Better Than Us
2018 ★ 7.3
Georgy Safronov
16 Episodes
Живой
Живой
2018
Олег Сорокин (журналист)
16 Episodes
Консультант
Консультант
2017 ★ 4.8
Вячеслав Александрович Широков — консультант-психолог, кандидат наук
20 Episodes
Научи меня жить
Научи меня жить
2016
12 Episodes
Infidelities
Infidelities
2015 ★ 6.2
Кирилл
16 Episodes
The Sniffer
The Sniffer
2013 ★ 7.5
детектив-консультант
32 Episodes
Three Days of Lieutenant Kravtsov
Three Days of Lieutenant Kravtsov
2012
Ruytel
4 Episodes
Zhurov
Zhurov
2009 ★ 1.0
Kostya
2 Episodes
Глухарь
Глухарь
2008 ★ 6.5
Gena Kruglov - narkoman
1 Episode
The Black Countess
The Black Countess
1 Episode