Biography
Juris Žagars is a Latvian actor. He graduated from the Theatre Faculty of the Latvian State Conservatory in 1985. He worked at the Youth Theatre from 1985 to 1992 and joined Dailes Theatre in 1993, later serving as its director.
His film and television credits include The Pagan King (2018) as Traidenis, Limonov: The Ballad (2024), The Agency (2024) as General Volchok, and Minotaur (2026). He has received the Spēlmaņu nakts award for best actor (1999) and the Harija Liepiņa award (2016). His brother was the actor and director Andrejs Žagars.
