Merab Ninidze
Acting
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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movieApril
2025
Chief Physician
movieConclave
2024
Sabbadin
movieTom Clancy's Without Remorse
2021
Andrej Vaseliev
tvDoktor Ballouz
2021
Amin Ballouz
movieVom Geben und Nehmen - Der Usedom-Krimi
2020
Lucjan Gadocha
movieSchmerzgrenze - Der Usedom-Krimi
2020
Lucjan Gadocha
movieNachtschatten - Der Usedom-Krimi
2020
Lucjan Gadocha
movieDas Gesetz sind wir
2020
Djamal Issa
tvFreud
2020
Josef Breuer
movieThe Courier
2020
Oleg Penkovsky
movieStrandgut - Der Usedom-Krimi
2019
Lucjan Gadocha
tvTreadstone
2019
Yuri Leniov
movieMutterliebe - Der Usedom-Krimi
2019
Lucjan Gadocha
moviePercht
2018
Truck Driver‘s Voice
tvMcMafia
2018
Vadim Kalyagin
movieJupiter's Moon
2017
Gabor Stern
movieHostages
2017
Levan
movieLou Andreas-Salomé, The Audacity to be Free
2016
Friedrich Carl Andreas
movieBridge of Spies
2015
Soviet Main Interrogator
tvDeutschland
2015
Alexej Stepanov
movieB/W
2015
Нурик
tvNeben der Spur
2015
Alexej Kuznet
movieAfter Love
2015
The Painter
movieUnter Feinden
2013
Idris Maher
movieInvasion
2013
Konstantin
movieBlutadler
2012
Wassyl Witrenko
movieDas Geheimnis in Siebenbürgen
2012
Nikolai Ilinescu
tvLetzte Spur Berlin
2012
Khalil Rahimi
movieRussisch Roulette
2012
Alexej Romanowitsch
tvHomeland
2011
Mirov
movieFrom Tokyo
2011
Rescuer
tvFrühling
2011
Cem Oktay
movieMy Best Enemy
2011
Moritz Haiden
tvShades of Happiness
2011
Niklas Psathos
tvSchnell ermittelt
2009
Besim Kasapi
moviePaper Soldier
2008
Doctor Daniil Pokrovsky
tvHomicide Unit Istanbul
2008
Ahmet Demir
movieMediator
2008
Hitman
tvMord in bester Gesellschaft
2007
Dr. Ernesto Mendez
movieNot All Were Murderers
2006
Russischer Offizier
movieConny und die verschwundene Ehefrau
2005
Thomas Landsberg
tvVienna Crime Squad
2005
Hakim Kostres / Boris Aljechin
movieSchön, dass es Dich gibt
2005
Peters Freund Gérard
tvDas Bernstein-Amulett
2004
Michael Belajew
tvSOKO Köln
2003
Luan Kreshnik
movieIcarus
2002
Milan
Verlorenes Land
2002
Jean-Pierre
movieNowhere in Africa
2001
Walter Redlich
tvMurder in the Mountains
2001
Andreas Johannis
movieBride of the Wind
2001
russischer Soldat
tvSOKO Leipzig
2001
Theo Gregoriladse
tvDonna Leon
2000
Filippo Guarino
movieSuzie Washington
1998
Resa Madani
movieDebt of Love
1998
Unknown Man
movieYugofilm
1997
Sascha
tvKüstenwache
1997
Zlatko Ilic
tvInspector Rex
1994
Fritz Posch / Jiri Borowjez
tvDoppelter Einsatz
1994
Michael Petzold
tvEin starkes Team
1994
Nik 'Warenko / Tamas Mikoladse
tvBella Block
1993
Enver Fishta
movieRepentance
1987
Tornike
movieFull Circle
1986
Irakliy
tvPolizeiruf 110
1971
Victor Koslow
tvScene of the Crime
1970
Richard Herzog / Roman Rustaveli / Peter Tobel / Vater Petkow
The Price of Peace
Joseph Stalin