Karlis Arnolds Avots
Biography
KÄrlis Arnolds Avots (born 1996 in Riga, Latvia) is a Latvian actor and theatre performer. He gained early professional recognition by signing with a leading Latvian theatre company while still completing his studies. On screen, he has earned critical acclaim and several major nominations for his leading roles in the film January (2022) and the series SovietāÆJeans (2024).
Known For & Full Filmography7 Titles
Movie - 2022, 2h 15m ā¢ as Drunk Hip Dude
A nightmarish evening unfolds for neighbors David and Robert when they accidentally hit a woman on her bike and flee the scene. While David is increasingly plagued by feelings of guilt, Robert shows no remorse and becomes overbearing and possessive.
Drama Series - 2024, 16 episodes ā¢ as RenÄrs
In the late 1970s ā at a time when the fiercest propaganda against Western culture was being waged throughout the USSR ā an ardent rock and roll fan sets up a successful and illegal underground jeans factory in a Latvian psychiatric hospital.
Movie - 2022, 2h 15m ā¢ as MatÄ«ss
Agate ā the older and well-off partner of Matiss and the mother of ten-year-old Paula dies unexpectedly. It becomes a devastating blow for Paula and a grand possibility for Matiss, a charming novice bailiff assistant and a cheating boyfriend, to āupgradeā his social status with Agates splendid house. Matiss and Paula are stuck together in order to find the only relative left ā the missing brother of Agate. This journey leaves irreversible footprints on both of them.
Movie - 2026, 2h 15m ā¢ as Ulya
A giant girl lives in a wild rural environment. When the modern world enters this isolated Russian Old Believer milieu, the girl is taken away and dragged into the world of professional sports. The aim does not differ much from that of a circus in the Middle Ages ā to entertain audiences and exploit the limits of peopleās mental and physical abilities. But the girl proves to have unbelievable willpower and athletic talent. She is able to adapt and triumph in this new world. This is the story of the famous basketball player Ulyana Semyonova.
Movie - 2022, 2h 15m ā¢ as Jazis
It is 1991 in Latvia and nineteen-year-old aspiring cinematographer Jazisās whole world is thrown into chaos as he is dragged into the peopleās peaceful protests against the Soviet Armyās attempted takeover of power in his country.
Movie - 2023, 2h 15m ā¢ Main Cast Role
This is a version of Riga. It does not exist in the scope of grand events, but rather in the mundane, in gestures and in that, which is recognisable. Thus emerges a portrait of the city through the eyes of a new generation ā with a slightly glazed look, lightly clenched teeth, and an always surrendering heart. Valters is a boy from Riga, a twenty-year-old who is more attracted to life on the opposite side of the sea than to the aches of coming of age. Oscillating between his duties as a sailor, a loving relationship that is beginning to show cracks, and a routine life, he searches for meaning in the excesses of written surfeits.
Movie - 2017, 2h 15m ā¢ Main Cast Role
A psychological thriller about a middle-aged intellectual who, in an attempt to restore his reputation in his wifeās eyes, accidentally commits a murder. As time passes, he begins to see a link between the deceased, his wifeās pregnancy and the mysterious blackmailer who is forcing him to act against his will.