Known For
Acting
Born
Nov 03, 1965
Place of Birth
Tbilisi, Georgia SSR, USSR
Credits
108 titles
Merab Ninidze
Biography
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.
Known For
Filmography
Rosamunde Pilcher: Wo Liebe aufhört und wo sie beginnt
Yamen Nicholls
Behind the Door
A Working Man
Yuri
April
Chief Physician
In the Name of Blood
Conclave
Sabbadin
The last season
Sirens
House Arrest
David
Tom Clancy's Without Remorse
Andrej Vaseliev
Doktor Ballouz
Amin Ballouz
Vom Geben und Nehmen - Der Usedom-Krimi
Lucjan Gadocha
Schmerzgrenze - Der Usedom-Krimi
Lucjan Gadocha
Nachtschatten - Der Usedom-Krimi
Lucjan Gadocha
Das Gesetz sind wir
Djamal Issa
Freud
Josef Breuer
The Courier
Oleg Penkovsky
Russian Whispers
Viktor
Strandgut - Der Usedom-Krimi
Lucjan Gadocha
Treadstone
Yuri Leniov
Mutterliebe - Der Usedom-Krimi
Lucjan Gadocha
Percht
Truck Driver‘s Voice
Carneval - Der Clown bringt den Tod
Witrenko
McMafia
Vadim Kalyagin
Jupiter's Moon
Gabor Stern
My Happy Family
Soso
Hostages
Levan
Lou Andreas-Salomé, The Audacity to be Free
Friedrich Carl Andreas
The Puppet Syndrome
Boris
Bridge of Spies
Soviet Main Interrogator
Thank You for Bombing
Deutschland
Under Electric Clouds
Nikolai
B/W
Нурик
Neben der Spur
Alexej Kuznet
After Love
The Painter
Bis zum Ende der Welt
Zano
Unter Feinden
Idris Maher
Invasion
Konstantin
Blutadler
Wassyl Witrenko
Love with an Accent
Das Geheimnis in Siebenbürgen
Nikolai Ilinescu
Letzte Spur Berlin
Khalil Rahimi
The Fourth State
Russisch Roulette
Alexej Romanowitsch
Weihnachtsengel küsst man nicht
Alex
Winter's Daughter
Alexei
Homeland
Mirov
4 Days in May
Major
From Tokyo
Rescuer