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

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, 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 Comedy drama (also known by the portmanteau dramedy) is a hybrid genre of works that combine elements of comedy and Drama (film and television), drama. In film, as well as scripted television series, serious dramatic subjects (such as death, il ...

'' 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 ''Lielais Kristaps'' is the highest award given in Latvian cinema. Established in 1977, it is given out at the ''Latvian National Film Festival''. Due to different reasons, the festival has not been held in 1992, 1994 to 1995, 1997 and 1999 ...

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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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