Renārs Kaupers
Actor
- Born
- September 1, 1974 (age 52) · 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.
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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.
Known for
Erik Stoneheart
December 9, 2022
Georg
October 5, 2007
The Mystery of the Old Parish House
July 11, 2000
Brainstorm: Between Shores
October 29, 2015
Singing Hugo And His Incredible Adventures
September 29, 2016
Prāta Vētra "Skārda bungu tūre" Mežaparks
October 16, 2018
Congratulations : 50 Years Of The Eurovision Song Contest (1981 - 2005)
January 1, 2005
Prāta Vētra. Koncertfilma "Vēl viena klusā daba"
April 10, 2013
Prāta vētra. Četri krasti. Koncerts Mežaparkā
December 9, 2005
Acting11
- 2022Erik Stoneheart as Versac
- 2018Prāta Vētra "Skārda bungu tūre" Mežaparks as Self
- 2016Singing Hugo And His Incredible Adventures as (voice)
- 2015Brainstorm: Between Shores as Self
- 2013Prāta Vētra. Koncertfilma "Vēl viena klusā daba" as Self
- 2008Prāta vētra. Tur kaut kam ir jābūt. Koncerts Mežaparkā as Self
- 2007Georg as Caesar
- 2005Prāta vētra. Četri krasti. Koncerts Mežaparkā as Self
- 2005Congratulations: 50 Years of the Eurovision Song Contest as Self
- 2005