Renārs Kaupers

Acting

Renārs Kaupers

Born 1974-09-01 · Jelgava, Latvian SSR, USSR [now Latvia]

Renārs Kaupers (sometimes anglicised as Reynard Cowper; born 1 September 1974, in Jelgava) is a Latvian pop/rock singer, instrumentalist, and songwriter who is the vocalist of the band Prāta Vētra (known internationally as Brainstorm). Kaupers graduated from University of Latvia in 1996 with a degree in journalism. He can speak at least three languages with fluency: English, Latvian, and Russian. Kaupers' ancestors were probably Baron Friedrich von Stuart from Courland (1761–1842) and Immanuel Kant's niece Henrietta Kant. He is the lead singer of the Latvian pop/rock band Brainstorm, which came third at the Eurovision Song Contest 2000 with their song "My Star". In 2001, Renārs received the Latvian Film Prize as the best actor for his role as Juziks in the film Vecās pagastmājas mistērija (The Mystery of the Old Parish House). He hosted the Eurovision Song Contest 2003 in Riga, Latvia, with co-host Marija Naumova (stage name Marie N), and also hosted Congratulations, the Eurovision 50th anniversary concert in Copenhagen, Denmark, with Katrina Leskanich. Kaupers' sons Edgars and Emīls run the indie-pop group Carnival Youth.

Acting credits

Brainstorm: Between Shores poster
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Brainstorm is the best-known Latvian band in Europe. They started out 25 years ago, when most of them were in the same class at school. That was the time when people in Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia joined hands to create the Baltic Way, and the fall of the Berlin Wall became a symbol of the hunger for freedom. The young men listened to U2, the Scorpions and Roxette and dreamed of becoming famous. Now Brainstorm is famous in Russia as well. The musicians are Latvians who live in Latvia, but they reap profits in Russia. Brainstorm has experienced the most interesting and intense period of modern European history. This period has also been a dramatic time for the band itself.

Brainstorm: Between Shores

2015

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Prāta vētra. Tur kaut kam ir jābūt. Koncerts Mežaparkā

2008

Prāta vētra. Četri krasti. Koncerts Mežaparkā poster
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Prāta vētra. Četri krasti. Koncerts Mežaparkā

2005

Prāta Vētra. Koncertfilma "Vēl viena klusā daba" poster
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Prāta Vētra. Koncertfilma "Vēl viena klusā daba"

2013

Prāta Vētra "Skārda bungu tūre" Mežaparks poster
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Prāta Vētra "Skārda bungu tūre" Mežaparks

2018

Erik Stoneheart poster
5.9

Erik is convinced he has a stone for a heart. That’s why he doesn’t mind that his parents have no time for him, or that he is bullied at school, or that he has no real friends. When his family moves to a villa they inherited, he is confronted by Maria whom Erik's parents want to kick out along with her father. Maria refuses to move and promises to make Erik's life a living hell. As a last attempt to defeat Erik, Maria goes to look for her mother who disappeared two years ago. Together they end up on a fantastical journey to the In-Between-World and Erik learns how hard it really is to wear a heart of stone.

Erik Stoneheart

2022

Singing Hugo And His Incredible Adventures poster
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When a chicken is kidnapped by two thieves, a lively adventure full of humor and with a surprising twist begin.

Singing Hugo And His Incredible Adventures

2016

Congratulations : 50 Years Of The Eurovision Song Contest (1981 - 2005) poster
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The Congratulations: 50 Years of the Eurovision Song Contest (Vol. 2: 1981–2005) DVD is a high-energy retrospective that captures the contest's evolution into a modern pop spectacle.

Congratulations : 50 Years Of The Eurovision Song Contest (1981 - 2005)

2005

Georg poster
5.7

Unforgettable melodies, unique timbre and a memorable, soul-stirring voice. A mystery for women and authority for men, his talent was revered by the highest ranks of the Soviet Union and millions of ordinary people. Georg Ots took the stage when a huge country was recovering from the horrors of war, and his voice returned them faith in a bright future. Few people know what his life was really like.

Georg

2007

The Mystery of the Old Parish House poster
7.5

In this movie (based on a true story) within a movie, a director tries to film the tale of an old KGB activist living in a parish house. In the summer of 1941 the activist tortured and killed Latvians in the cellar of the house. Although the old man hires others to brick over the cellar door, the murdered people keep coming through the stones and never leave him in peace. Unbeknownst to the film makers, the "real" KGB activist, now an aged drunk, is milling about the film set. Moreover, the director and lead actor are competing for the love of the lead actress, and the film's producer wants the director to re-shoot parts of the movie.

The Mystery of the Old Parish House

2000

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Congratulations: 50 Years of the Eurovision Song Contest was a television programme organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) to commemorate the Eurovision Song Contest's fiftieth anniversary and to determine the Contest's most popular entrant of its fifty years. Hosted by Katrina Leskanich and Renārs Kaupers, the event took place at Forum, in Copenhagen on 22 October 2005. The host broadcaster was Danmarks Radio (DR). Fourteen songs from the Contest's first half-century, chosen through an internet poll and by a jury, contested the event.

Congratulations: 50 Years of the Eurovision Song Contest

2005