Gundars Āboliņš (born 7 January 1960 in Riga) is a Latvian actor. He worked for the New Riga Theatre in Riga, having formerly worked for the Dailes Theatre. He was awarded the Spēlmaņu nakts gada aktieris award (best actor) in 2006.
Gundars Āboliņš parents were actors Vera Singajevska and Tālivaldis Āboliņš. He studied in Theatre department of Latvian State Conservatory (1978-82). Later he started to work as an actor ir Theater of the youth. In early 1990s he moved to Dailes theater where he worked for almost a decade. In 2000 Alvis Hermanis invited him to work in New Riga theater. He left in 2015 to join German theatre Munich Kammerspiele. In 2018 Āboliņš returned to New Riga theater.
Filmography Year Film Role 1977 Buras Stass 1981 A Limousine the Colour of Midsummer's Eve Uģis Tūters 1982 Aizmirstās lietas episodic 1986 Apbraucamais ceļš episodic 1987 Fotogrāfija ar sievieti un mežakuili episodic 1989 Dzīvīte Ojārs Rubenis 1993 Grēciniece maskā 2000 The Mystery of the Old Parish House Žoržiks 2004 Waterbomb for the Fat Tomcat Ivo 2006 Ūdens 2007 Midsummer Madness Oskars 2009 Little Robbers Guard 2011 Monsieur Taurins Gunārs Tauriņš2018Bille Shop owner Bānītis2018Homo Novus Kviesis2020The Sign PainterBernšteins
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