Acting
Merab Ninidze
EN, DE, KA, FR cinema · 78 credits
Born
3 November 1965 (age 60)
Birthplace
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.
Known for
Filmography
The Price of Peace
The Price of Peace
as Joseph Stalin
Rosamunde Pilcher: Wo Liebe aufhört und wo sie beginnt
as Yamen Nicholls
April
as Chief Physician
A Working Man
as Yuri
Conclave
as Sabbadin
Tom Clancy's Without Remorse
as Andrej Vaseliev
House Arrest
as David
The Courier
as Oleg Penkovsky
Das Gesetz sind wir
as Djamal Issa
Nachtschatten – Der Usedom-Krimi
as Lucjan Gadocha
Schmerzgrenze – Der Usedom-Krimi
as Lucjan Gadocha
Vom Geben und Nehmen – Der Usedom-Krimi
as Lucjan Gadocha
Russian Whispers
as Viktor
Mutterliebe – Der Usedom-Krimi
as Lucjan Gadocha
Strandgut – Der Usedom-Krimi
as Lucjan Gadocha
Percht
as Truck Driver‘s Voice
Hostages
as Levan
Jupiter's Moon
as Gabor Stern
My Happy Family
as Soso
Lou Andreas-Salomé, The Audacity to be Free
as Friedrich Carl Andreas
Bridge of Spies
as Soviet Main Interrogator
Under Electric Clouds
as Nikolai
B/W
as Нурик
After Love
as The Painter
The Puppet Syndrome
as Boris
Unter Feinden
as Idris Maher
Invasion
as Konstantin
Russisch Roulette
as Alexej Romanowitsch
Blutadler
as Wassyl Witrenko
Das Geheimnis in Siebenbürgen
as Nikolai Ilinescu
Frühlings Erwachen
2012
Frühlings Erwachen
as The Stranger
4 Days in May
as Major
From Tokyo
as Rescuer
My Best Enemy
as Moritz Haiden
Winter's Daughter
as Alexei
The Cameramurderer
as Thomas
The Rainbowmaker
as Datho
Mediator
as Hitman
Paper Soldier
as Doctor Daniil Pokrovsky
Not All Were Murderers
as Russischer Offizier
Liebes Leid und Lust
2006
Liebes Leid und Lust
as André Schott
Conny und die verschwundene Ehefrau
as Thomas Landsberg
Schön, dass es Dich gibt
as Peters Freund Gérard
Cattolica
2004
Cattolica
as Martin
Verlorenes Land
2002
Verlorenes Land
as Jean-Pierre
Icarus
as Milan
Nowhere in Africa
as Walter Redlich
Bride of the Wind
as russischer Soldat
England!
2000
England!
as Pavel
Luna Papa
as Alik
In Heaven
as Levi
Suzie Washington
as Resa Madani
Debt of Love
as Unknown Man
Yugofilm
as Sascha
Repentance
as Tornike
Temo
Actor
Roots
Actor
The Step
Actor
Full Circle
as Irakliy