Acting
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.
Movies with Merab Ninidze
A Working Man
2025
Conclave
2024
Bridge of Spies
2015
Tom Clancy's Without Remorse
2021
The Courier
2020
Russian Whispers
2019
The Fourth State
2012
Nowhere in Africa
2001
Hostages
2017
My Happy Family
2017
Invasion
2013
Winter's Daughter
2011
Bride of the Wind
2001
In Heaven
1999
Blutadler
2012
Georgisches Liebeslied
2005
Postalioni
2003
Repentance
1987
Percht
2018
Jupiter's Moon
2017
Paper Soldier
2008
My Best Enemy
2011
In the Name of Blood
2025
The Rainbowmaker
2008
April
2025
4 Days in May
2011
Mutterliebe - Der Usedom-Krimi
2019
Yugofilm
1997
Unter Feinden
2013
In a Small Town
1985
Not All Were Murderers
2006
Cattolica
2004
Sterne leuchten auch am Tag
2004
The Price of Peace
Roots
1987
House Arrest
2021
Lou Andreas-Salomé, The Audacity to be Free
2016
Suzie Washington
1998
Love with an Accent
2012
Luna Papa
1999
England!
2000
Thank You for Bombing
2015
From Tokyo
2011
B/W
2015
Rosamunde Pilcher: Wo Liebe aufhört und wo sie beginnt
2026
Behind the Door
2026
Weihnachtsengel küsst man nicht
2011
The Cameramurderer
2010
Bis zum Ende der Welt
2014
Temo
1987
Das Geheimnis in Siebenbürgen
2012
Mediator
2008
Oh, How Sweet is This Tender Sadness of Separation
1991
Crossroad
1991
Debt of Love
1998
The Step
1987
Ene mene muh – und tot bist du
2001
Russisch Roulette
2012
Nachtschatten - Der Usedom-Krimi
2020
Strandgut - Der Usedom-Krimi
2019
Under Electric Clouds
2015
After Love
2015
Schmerzgrenze - Der Usedom-Krimi
2020
Carneval - Der Clown bringt den Tod
2018
Verlorenes Land
2002
Hasenjagd - Vor lauter Feigheit gibt es kein Erbarmen
1994
The Puppet Syndrome
2015
Icarus
2002
Coming Closer
1989
Das Gesetz sind wir
2020
Conny und die verschwundene Ehefrau
2005
Liebes Leid und Lust
2006
Schön, dass es Dich gibt
2005
Vom Geben und Nehmen - Der Usedom-Krimi
2020
Full Circle
1986
August der Glückliche
2002
TV Shows with Merab Ninidze
Homeland
2011
Scene of the Crime
1970
Polizeiruf 110
1971
Murder in the Mountains
2001
Inspector Rex
1994
Vienna Crime Squad
2005
SOKO Leipzig
2001
SOKO Köln
2003
A Case For Two
1981
Küstenwache
1997
Ein starkes Team
1994
Frühling
2011
Letzte Spur Berlin
2012
Bella Block
1993
McMafia
2018
Treadstone
2019
Schnell ermittelt
2009
Deutschland
2015
Homicide Unit Istanbul
2008
Donna Leon
2000
Doppelter Einsatz
1994
Freud
2020
Einsatz in Hamburg
2000
Mord in bester Gesellschaft
2007
Doktor Ballouz
2021
Neben der Spur
2015
The last season
2023
Die Gerichtsmedizinerin
2005
Shades of Happiness
2011
Sirens
2022
Das Bernstein-Amulett
2004
Himmel über Australien
2006