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.
Acted in 97
2020s
- 2026
Rosamunde Pilcher: Wo Liebe aufhört und wo sie beginnt
Yamen Nicholls
Behind the Door
Movie
- 2025
April
Chief Physician
In the Name of Blood
Movie
- 2024
- 2023
The last season
TV
- 2022
Sirens
TV
- 2021
House Arrest
David
- 2020
2010s
- 2019
Russian Whispers
Viktor
- 2018
Percht
Truck Driver‘s Voice
Carneval - Der Clown bringt den Tod
Witrenko
- 2017
I Watch Her Sleep
Movie
My Happy Family
Soso
Hostages
Levan
- 2016
Lou Andreas-Salomé, The Audacity to be Free
Friedrich Carl Andreas
- 2015
The Puppet Syndrome
Boris
Thank You for Bombing
Movie
Under Electric Clouds
Nikolai
B/W
Нурик
Neben der Spur
Alexej Kuznet · 1 episode
After Love
The Painter
- 2014
Bis zum Ende der Welt
Zano
The Nordic Murders
Lucjan Gadocha · 9 episodes
- 2013
Unter Feinden
Idris Maher
Invasion
Konstantin
- 2012
Blutadler
Wassyl Witrenko
Love with an Accent
Movie
Das Geheimnis in Siebenbürgen
Nikolai Ilinescu
Russisch Roulette
Alexej Romanowitsch
- 2011
Weihnachtsengel küsst man nicht
Alex
Winter's Daughter
Alexei
4 Days in May
Major
From Tokyo
Rescuer
My Best Enemy
Moritz Haiden
Shades of Happiness
Niklas Psathos · 3 episodes
- 2010
The Cameramurderer
Thomas
2000s
- 2009
- 2008
Paper Soldier
Doctor Daniil Pokrovsky
The Rainbowmaker
Datho
Mediator
Hitman
- 2007
Mord in bester Gesellschaft
Dr. Ernesto Mendez · 1 episode
- 2006
Himmel über Australien
Phil · 2 episodes
- 2005
Conny und die verschwundene Ehefrau
Thomas Landsberg
Schön, dass es Dich gibt
Peters Freund Gérard
Georgisches Liebeslied
Movie
- 2004
Das Bernstein-Amulett
Michael Belajew · 2 episodes
- 2003
- 2002
August der Glückliche
Movie
Icarus
Milan
- 2001
Ene mene muh – und tot bist du
Movie
- 2000
1990s
- 1999
In Heaven
Levi
Luna Papa
Alik
- 1998
Suzie Washington
Resa Madani
Debt of Love
Unknown Man
- 1997
Yugofilm
Sascha
- 1994
Hasenjagd – Vor lauter Feigheit gibt es kein Erbarmen
Nikolai
- 1993
- 1991
Crossroad
Movie
Oh, How Sweet Is This Tender Sadness of Separation
orpheos
1980s
- 1989
Coming Closer
Movie
- 1987
Roots
Movie
Temo
Movie
Repentance
Tornike
The Step
Movie
- 1986
Full Circle
Irakliy
- 1985
In a Small Town
Movie
- 1981
