Kirill Valerievich Käro Russian Кирилл Валерьевич Кяро born 24 February 1975 is a Russian actor of Estonian descent He is best known for playing the lead character in 32 episodes of The Sniffer 20132017 as George Safronov in 16 episodes of the Netflix scifi series Better than Us 2019 and as Sergey in the thriller series To the Lake 2020 Kirill Käro was born in Tallinn Estonia His father was a sea captain of mixed EstonianRussian descent and his Russian mother was a teacher His first cousin once removed is actor Volli Käro After graduating from secondary school at Lasnamäe in 1992 Käro entered a fiveyear acting course at the Boris Shchukin Theatre Institute in Moscow Following graduation in 1997 he continued to work at the Boris Shchukin Theatre Institute under the mentorship of Armen Dzhigarkhanyan Käro returned to Tallinn in 1999 acting at the Russian Theatre for five years before going back to Moscow to the Praktika Theatre in 2004 Käros career in film and television began in 2008 with various small parts In 2013 he landed the leading role in The Sniffer for which he won the Association of Film and TV Producers award in the category Best Actor In 2019 he played the main role of George Safronov in sixteen episodes of the Netflix Russian android thriller series Better than Us In 2020 Käro starred as Sergey in the lead role of the Russian television series To the Lake The show was acquired by Netflix and broadcast in October 2020