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

Latvia Latvia ( or ; lv, Latvija ; ltg, Latveja; liv, Leţmō), officially the Republic of Latvia ( lv, Latvijas Republika, links=no, ltg, Latvejas Republika, links=no, liv, Leţmō Vabāmō, links=no), is a country in the Baltic region of ...

, Znotiņš began his career working on the

New Riga Theatre New Riga Theatre ( lv, Jaunais Rīgas teātris) is a theatre in Riga, Latvia. It was established in 1992. Several world known Latvian directors have started their career in this theatre, like Alvis Hermanis, Viesturs Kairišs among others. Di ...

, and has performed in stage productions at the

Latvian National Theatre The Latvian National Theatre ( lv, Latvijas Nacionālais teātris) is one of the leading professional theatres in Latvia. The building is in the Eclectic style and is an architectural and artistic monument. The country of Latvia was proclaimed ...

and Daile Theatre. Znotiņš has also appeared in a number of Latvian films, such as the 2010

Gatis Šmits Gatis is a Latvian masculine given name borne by over 5,000 men in Latvia.PMLP Database The etymology of the name is disputed. Some of the suggestions include a possible relation to the Latvian word ''gatavs'' ("ready", "mature"). Other versio ...

-directed

comedy-drama Comedy drama, also known by the portmanteau ''dramedy'', is a genre of dramatic works that combines elements of comedy and drama. The modern, scripted-television examples tend to have more humorous bits than simple comic relief seen in a typical ...

Return of Sergeant Lapins ''Return of Sergeant Lapins'' ( lv, Seržanta Lapiņa atgriešanās or initially ''Tas notika ar viņiem'') is a 2010 comedy-drama film directed by Latvian director Gatis Šmits. The film's plot is based on the play ''Tas notika ar viņiem'' ('' ...

''. 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.Adamaite, Undīne. Dien.lv: ''Neesmu dumpinieks''. 9 April, 2008
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Jaunais Rīgas Teātris
1975 births Living people People from Jelgava Latvian male film actors Latvian male stage actors Lielais Kristaps Award winners 20th-century Latvian male actors 21st-century Latvian male actors Latvian Academy of Culture alumni {{latvia-actor-stub