Vytautas Kaniusonis

Vytautas Kaniusonis

actor

Vytautas Kaniusonis was born on Oct 20, 1963 in Russia]. Vytautas Kaniusonis's big-screen debut came with Vanishing Waves directed by Kristina Buozyte in 2012, strarring Mantas. Vytautas Kaniusonis is known for Isaac directed by Jurgis Matulevicius, Aleksas Kazanavicius stars as Andrius Gluosnis and Severija Janusauskaite as Elena. Vytautas Kaniusonis has got 1 awards and 1 nominations so far. The most recent award Vytautas Kaniusonis achieved is Lithuanian Film Awards. The upcoming new tvshow Vytautas Kaniusonis plays is Sisi - Season 2 which will be released on Dec 12, 2021.

Vytautas Kaniusonis is a Eastern European actor from Lithuania. He has finished his acting studies the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre. Vytautas' international career begun with a mini-series "War &Peace" by Robert Dornhelm starring Clemence Poesy and Malcolm McDowel. Since then Vytautas has played in numerous local and international productions such as feature films "Aurora" in 2012 and "Vardas Tamsoje (A name in the Dark)" in 2013. He became a famous actor after a critically acclaimed film "The Gambler" directed by Ignas Jonynas, where Vytautas has played the lead role. The film won the Special Juree Award in Warsaw International Film Festival in 2013 and the Silver Crane awards for Best Actor, Best Score, Best Film, Best Art Direction and Best Director in Lithuanian Film Awards in 2014. His most recent work includes Norwegian TV series "Occupied" in 2017, feature films "Isaac" by director Jurgis Matulevicius in 2019, "The Wedding" directed by Vygantas Bachmackij and a Swedish production "Thin Ice" that premieres in 2020. He also stars in an upcoming film "Paralysis" by Andrius Blazevicius, where he plays the father of the lead girl.Vytautas is fluent in Russian, Lithuanian and English, he also speaks German, Swedish and Polish.

  • Birthday

    Oct 20, 1963
  • Place of Birth

    Murmansk, RSFSR, USSR [now Murmansk, Russia]

Known For

Awards

1 wins & 1 nominations

Lithuanian Film Awards
2014
Best Actor (Geriausias aktorius)
Winner - Silver Crane

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