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Merab Ninidze

Merab Ninidze

Birthday: 1965-11-03 | Place of Birth: Tbilisi, Georgia SSR, USSR

Merab Ninidze (born 3 November 1965) is a Georgian actor. He is best known for the roles of Oleg Penkovsky in The Courier, Walter Redlich in Nowhere in Africa, and Giulio Sabbadin in Conclave. Ninidze was born into an artistic family and was introduced to acting at a young age. He was heavily involved in the theatrical world in Georgia. At the age of 13, he successfully auditioned for the role of Prince Edward in Shakespeare's Richard III at the Rustaveli State Academic Theatre in Tbilisi, which premiered in 1979 and toured the UK three times. From 1982 to 1985, he studied at the Shota Rustaveli Theatre and Georgia State Film Institute under the guidance of Gizo Jordania, which eventually led him to become a full-fledged member of the Theatre Company. Later, he would perform in plays such as Hamlet, The Merchant of Venice, The Diary of Anne Frank, and David Kldiashvili's Step-Mother. Ninidze's first major film role was in Tengiz Abuladze's 1984 film Repentance, in which he played Tornike Aravidze. At the age of 25, Ninidze immigrated from Georgia following the Civil War in Georgia. During this time, he was offered a role in Goran Rebic's Yugofilm, which led him to work in Vienna for several months. For more than 20 years, Ninidze has worked in Georgian, Russian, German, and English-language film and TV.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2025
April

as    Chief Physician

2025
Conclave

as    Sabbadin

2025
A Working Man

as    Yuri

2021
House Arrest

as    David

2021
The Courier

as    Oleg Penkovsky

2020
Das Gesetz sind wir

as    Djamal Issa

2020
Nachtschatten - Der Usedom-Krimi

as    Lucjan Gadocha

2020
Schmerzgrenze - Der Usedom-Krimi

as    Lucjan Gadocha

2020
Vom Geben und Nehmen - Der Usedom-Krimi

as    Lucjan Gadocha

2019
Mutterliebe - Der Usedom-Krimi

as    Lucjan Gadocha

2019
Strandgut - Der Usedom-Krimi

as    Lucjan Gadocha

2019
Russian Whispers

as    Viktor

2018
2017
Jupiter's Moon

as    Gabor Stern

2017
Hostages

as    Levan

2017
My Happy Family

as    Soso

2016
Lou Andreas-Salomé, The Audacity to be Free

as    Friedrich Carl Andreas

2015
The Puppet Syndrome

as    Boris

2015
Under Electric Clouds

as    Nikolai

2015
B/W

as    Нурик

2014
Bis zum Ende der Welt

as    Zano

2013
Invasion

as    Konstantin