title: Kaspars Znotiņš
text: # Kaspars Znotiņš
  
  Kaspars Znotiņš (born 7 October 1975) is a Latvian stage and film actor.
  
  Born in Jelgava, Latvia, 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 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 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.
  
  ## Filmography
  
  | Year | Film | Role | Release date (flag: country specific) |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 1997 | The Mills of Fate | episode | 1997 |
  | 2000 | The Mystery of the Old Parish House | | 2000 |
  | 2003 | Likteņa līdumnieki (TV series) | Edgars Nārbulis | 2003 |
  | 2007 | Midsummer Madness | Border guard | 2007 |
  | 2007 | Bitter Wine | Donats | 2007 |
  | 2009 | Medības | | 11 September 2009 |
  | 2010 | Return of Sergeant Lapins | Dainis Geidmanis | 26 November 2010 |
  | 2015 | Shrines (Short film) | | 2015 |
  | 2017 | Firstborn | Francis | 2017 (Lielais Kristaps Award, Best Actor) |
  | 2017 | Virus | Luiss | 2017 |
  | 2017 | Bize un Neguļa (Animated film) | Voice | 2017 |
  | 2017 | Adreses (TV series) | Himself | 2017 |
  | 2018 | Homo Novus | Kurcums | 2018 |
  | 2018 | Parīzes dziesma | Anatolijs Lunačarskis | 2018 |
  | 2018 | Still River | Louis | 5 November 2018 |
  | 2018 | Saule brauca debesīs | | 16 November 2018 |
  | 2018 | 24h saullēkts | Aleksis | 2018 |
  | 2019 | Jekabs, Mimmi un runajosie suni | Tetis | 1 February 2019 |
  | 2020 | O2 | Ivan Kostrov | 9 October 2020 |
  