KARLIS ARNOLDS AVOTS
(Photo: Arturs Kondrats)
Karlis is regarded as one of the most promising actors to emerge from Latvia in recent years. Since graduating from the Latvian Academy of Culture in 2020, he has worked consistently across both Latvian theatre and on-screen. He played the role of ‘Jazis’ in Viesturs Kairiss’ feature film JANUARY, which was Latvia’s foreign-language Oscar submission and which premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival. In the television series SOVIET JEANS, Karlis played the lead role of ‘Renars’ – an ardent rock’n’roll fan who sets up an underground jeans factory in a psychiatric hospital. The show premiered at Series Mania in Lille, where Karlis won Best Actor. He also won Best Actor at the Rome Film Festival for JANUARY. He has been nominated by the Latvian National Film Awards in the Best Actor category for two consecutive years. Karlis co-wrote and played the lead in the feature, ULYA, which portrayed the tremulous teenage years of the legendary, world-famous Latvian women’s basketball player Ulyana Semyonova. It premiered in Un Certain Regard at Cannes, and is Latvia's official submission for the 99th Academy Awards in the Best International Feature Film category. Karlis was the European Shooting Star for Latvia at the 75th Berlinale. His television credits include ‘Akilles’ in KILL JACKIE and the forthcoming role of ‘Egil’ in Amazon MGM’s epic series BLOODAXE. He also appears in Armands Zacs’s YOUTH ETERNAL. His forthcoming work includes HONEY, a prequel to the hugely successful KILLING EVE series.
PLAYING AGE: 25 - 35
NATIONALITY: LATVIAN
LOCATION: RIGA
