Portrait of Ivars Kalnins

Ivars Kalnins

Acting

Biography

His father worked as a car mechanic, his mother maintained a household. Parents wanted his son to choose a reliable male profession, and from about the age of 14 Ivar began to combine his studies with work. Mastered the plumbing, then the repair of computer equipment. In 1974 he graduated from the Theatrical Department of the Latvian Conservatory. Vitola. After graduating from the conservatory, Ivar Kalnins settled in the Art Academic Theater named after Rainis. Theatrical salaries were insignificant, and Ivar was supposed to feed his family — his wife and two daughters. In the end, I had to remember youth and pick up a guitar. Currently, at home in Latvia, Ivar Kalnins plays in two theaters in Riga: the Small and the New. The Latvian cinema, which showed the world more than one masterpiece, you just need to remember. But Russian viewers can enjoy the new work of the actor.

Born: August 1, 1948

Place of Birth: Riga, Latvian SSR, USSR [now Latvia]

Filmography

2014
The Aunties

as Chief

2011
Forgotten

as первый секретарь обкома партии

2005
2002
Drongo

as «Drongo»

2001
Hide-and-seek

as Arnolds

2000
Secrets of Palace Coups

as Burhard KHristofor fon Minikh

1997
1995
Racket

as Sergey Gridasov

1992
The Price of Head

as William Crosby

1992
1991
Grey Legend

as Kizgaiła

1990
Entrance to the Maze

as Aleksandr Panafidin - professor

1990
Entrance to Labyrinth

as Aleksandr Panafidin

1987
1987
Cry of a Dolphin

as Rayflint

1986
The Enticement of Don Juan

as Don Juan / Commander

1985
Winter Cherries

as Herbert

1984
TASS Is Authorized to Declare...

as Игорь Степанович Минаев, офицер безопасности советского посольства, сотрудник КГБ

1984
Капитан Фракасс

as герцог де Валломбрез

1983
1981
Silva

as Эдвин фон Веллергейм

1981
1980
Little Tragedies

as Фауст/Дон Карлос

1979
Inspector Goole

as Джеральд Крофт

1979
Theatre

as Tom Fennel

1978
Theatre

as Tom Fennel

1978
Gifts over the Phone

as Robert Salms

1974
Ilga-Ivolga

as Juris

1974
1974
Maritime Climates

as Ēriks Riekstiņš