Rodrigo Kalnins

Rodrigo Kalnins (13 April 1883 – 22 February 1940) was a Latvian actor.

Kalnins was born 13 April 1883 in Riga into a clerks family. He ended high school and began working as a railway clerk. In 1901 his long career within theater began, and from 1905 to 1915 he worked as an actor at both the Riga Latvian Theatre (Latvian: Rigas Latviesu teatris) and the New Riga Theatre (Latvian: Jaunais Rigas teatris). During World War I he worked with different theatrical ensembles in Vitebsk and Valka. In 1919 he returned to Riga and worked until 1935 at The Latvian National Theatre. Kalnins spent his last years as manager of the Jurmala Theatre.

In 1928 Kalnins was awarded the Latvian Order of the Three Stars for his work for Latvian theater.

Kalnins died 22 February 1940 in Riga, and was interred at the Riga Meza Cemetery.