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Ivars Kalnins

Acting Born Aug 1, 1948 Riga, Latvian SSR, USSR 24 credits

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.

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Known for

Entrance to the Maze

as Aleksandr Panafidin - professor

Full filmography

  • Unfinished Dinner (1979) as Mats Linder
  • Black Room (2000)
  • Racket (1995) as Sergey Gridasov
  • Drongo (2002) as «Drongo»
  • Secrets of Palace Coups (2000) as Burhard KHristofor fon Minikh
  • Pansion in the Mansion (2024)
  • Entrance to the Maze (1990) as Aleksandr Panafidin - professor
  • Studenty (2005)
  • TASS Is Authorized to Declare... (1984) as Игорь Степанович Минаев, офицер безопасности советского посольства, сотрудник КГБ
  • Little Tragedies (1980)
  • Theatre (1979) as Tom Fennel
  • Forgotten (2011) as первый секретарь обкома партии
  • Racket (1992)
  • Fairfax's Millions (1980)
  • Unfinnished Dinner (1979) as Mats Linder
  • Mirror Wars: Reflection One (2005) as Aton Kedrov
  • Entrance to Labyrinth (1990) as Aleksandr Panafidin
  • С новым счастьем! (1999)
  • The Arrows of Robin Hood (1976)
  • Early Rust (1980)
  • Theatre (1978) as Tom Fennel
  • Short Waves (2019)
  • Little Tragedies (1980) as Фауст/Дон Карлос
  • Ilga-Ivolga (1974) as Juris