Merab Ninidze

Acting • Born 1965-11-03

Acting1Tbilisi, Georgia SSR, USSR

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.

Filmography

112 credits

Nowhere in Africa

Movie • 2001

Walter Redlich

Luna Papa

Movie • 1999

Alik

August der Glückliche

Movie • 2002

The Rainbowmaker

Movie • 2008

Datho

England!

Movie • 2000

Pavel

Russian Whispers

Movie • 2019

Viktor

Russisch Roulette

Movie • 2012

Alexej Romanowitsch

4 Days in May

Movie • 2011

Major

In the Name of Blood

Movie • 2025

Crossroad

Movie • 1991

The Cameramurderer

Movie • 2010

Thomas

Repentance

Movie • 1987

Tornike

Conny und die verschwundene Ehefrau

Movie • 2005

Thomas Landsberg

Full Circle

Movie • 1986

Irakliy

Cattolica

Movie • 2004

Martin

Not All Were Murderers

Movie • 2006

Russischer Offizier

Love with an Accent

Movie • 2012

From Tokyo

Movie • 2011

Rescuer

April

Movie • 2025

Chief Physician

Mutterliebe - Der Usedom-Krimi

Movie • 2019

Lucjan Gadocha

Verlorenes Land

Movie • 2002

Jean-Pierre

Unter Feinden

Movie • 2013

Idris Maher

Bridge of Spies

Movie • 2015

Soviet Main Interrogator

Invasion

Movie • 2013

Konstantin

Yugofilm

Movie • 1997

Sascha

Sterne leuchten auch am Tag

Movie • 2004

Ruben Costa

Blutadler

Movie • 2012

Wassyl Witrenko

Under Electric Clouds

Movie • 2015

Nikolai

Bis zum Ende der Welt

Movie • 2014

Zano

Hasenjagd - Vor lauter Feigheit gibt es kein Erbarmen

Movie • 1994

Nikolai

My Best Enemy

Movie • 2011

Moritz Haiden

Das Geheimnis in Siebenbürgen

Movie • 2012

Nikolai Ilinescu

B/W

Movie • 2015

Нурик

Mediator

Movie • 2008

Hitman

After Love

Movie • 2015

The Painter

Suzie Washington

Movie • 1998

Resa Madani

Icarus

Movie • 2002

Milan

Thank You for Bombing

Movie • 2015

The Puppet Syndrome

Movie • 2015

Boris

Schön, dass es Dich gibt

Movie • 2005

Peters Freund Gérard

Liebes Leid und Lust

Movie • 2006

André Schott

Bride of the Wind

Movie • 2001

russischer Soldat

Lou Andreas-Salomé, The Audacity to be Free

Movie • 2016

Friedrich Carl Andreas

Temo

Movie • 1987

Hostages

Movie • 2017

Levan

Jupiter's Moon

Movie • 2017

Gabor Stern

Winter's Daughter

Movie • 2011

Alexei

My Happy Family

Movie • 2017

Soso

Ene mene muh – und tot bist du

Movie • 2001

Weihnachtsengel küsst man nicht

Movie • 2011

Alex

Debt of Love

Movie • 1998

Unknown Man

Carneval - Der Clown bringt den Tod

Movie • 2018

Witrenko

Coming Closer

Movie • 1989

The Courier

Movie • 2020

Oleg Penkovsky

The Fourth State

Movie • 2012

Paper Soldier

Movie • 2008

Doctor Daniil Pokrovsky

Roots

Movie • 1987

Movie • 2024

Sabbadin

Georgisches Liebeslied

Movie • 2005

Oh, How Sweet is This Tender Sadness of Separation

Movie • 1991

orpheos

A Working Man

Movie • 2025

Yuri

In a Small Town

Movie • 1985

The Price of Peace

Movie

Joseph Stalin

Postalioni

Movie • 2003

Inspector Rex

TV • 1994

Fritz Posch

Himmel über Australien

TV • 2006

Phil

Polizeiruf 110

TV • 1971

Victor Koslow

Scene of the Crime

TV • 1970

Richard Herzog

Scene of the Crime

TV • 1970

Roman Rustaveli

Mord in bester Gesellschaft

TV • 2007

Dr. Ernesto Mendez

Neben der Spur

TV • 2015

Alexej Kuznet

Doppelter Einsatz

TV • 1994

Michael Petzold

Einsatz in Hamburg

TV • 2000

Dr.Rixen

Schnell ermittelt

TV • 2009

Besim Kasapi

Ein starkes Team

TV • 1994

Nik 'Warenko

Küstenwache

TV • 1997

Zlatko Ilic

Inspector Rex

TV • 1994

Jiri Borowjez

Homicide Unit Istanbul

TV • 2008

Ahmet Demir

Die Gerichtsmedizinerin

TV • 2005

Piontek

SOKO Kitzbühel

TV • 2001

Andreas Johannis

Deutschland

TV • 2015

Bella Block

TV • 1993

Enver Fishta

SOKO Köln

TV • 2003

Luan Kreshnik

Vienna Crime Squad

TV • 2005

Hakim Kostres

Vienna Crime Squad

TV • 2005

Boris Aljechin

Donna Leon

TV • 2000

Filippo Guarino

SOKO Leipzig

TV • 2001

Theo Gregoriladse

Ein starkes Team

TV • 1994

Tamas Mikoladse

A Case For Two

TV • 1981

Dix

Letzte Spur Berlin

TV • 2012

Khalil Rahimi

Schicksalsjahre

TV • 2011

Niklas Psathos

Scene of the Crime

TV • 1970

Peter Tobel

McMafia

TV • 2018

Vadim Kalyagin

Frühling

TV • 2011

Cem Oktay

Doktor Ballouz

TV • 2021

Amin Ballouz

Deutschland

TV • 2015

Alexej Stepanov

Scene of the Crime

TV • 1970

Vater Petkow

Sirens

TV • 2022

Treadstone

TV • 2019

Yuri Leniov

Das Bernstein-Amulett

TV • 2004

Michael Belajew

Homeland

TV • 2011

Mirov

Freud

TV • 2020

Josef Breuer