Merab Ninidze
Known for Acting · 108 credits
- Born
- 1965-11-03 (age 60)
- Place of birth
- Tbilisi, 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.
Known For
TV Shows (32)
Scene of the Crime
1970
as Richard Herzog / Roman Rustaveli / Peter Tobel / Vater Petkow
Homeland
2011
as Mirov
Polizeiruf 110
1971
as Victor Koslow
SOKO Leipzig
2001
as Theo Gregoriladse
SOKO Köln
2003
as Luan Kreshnik
A Case For Two
1981
as Dix
Küstenwache
1997
as Zlatko Ilic
Inspector Rex
1994
as Fritz Posch / Jiri Borowjez
SOKO Kitzbühel
2001
as Andreas Johannis
Vienna Crime Squad
2005
as Hakim Kostres / Boris Aljechin
Ein starkes Team
1994
as Nik 'Warenko / Tamas Mikoladse
Letzte Spur Berlin
2012
as Khalil Rahimi
Treadstone
2019
as Yuri Leniov
Bella Block
1993
as Enver Fishta
Doppelter Einsatz
1994
as Michael Petzold
McMafia
2018
as Vadim Kalyagin
Deutschland
2015
as Alexej Stepanov
Donna Leon
2000
as Filippo Guarino
Frühling
2011
as Cem Oktay
Schnell ermittelt
2009
as Besim Kasapi
Einsatz in Hamburg
2000
as Dr.Rixen
Homicide Unit Istanbul
2008
as Ahmet Demir
Freud
2020
as Josef Breuer
Neben der Spur
2015
as Alexej Kuznet
Mord in bester Gesellschaft
2007
as Dr. Ernesto Mendez
Doktor Ballouz
2021
as Amin Ballouz
Die Gerichtsmedizinerin
2005
as Piontek
Sirens
2022
Shades of Happiness
2011
as Niklas Psathos
Das Bernstein-Amulett
2004
as Michael Belajew
The last season
2023
Himmel über Australien
2006
as Phil
Movies (76)
A Working Man
2025
as Yuri
Conclave
2024
as Sabbadin
Bridge of Spies
2015
as Soviet Main Interrogator
Tom Clancy's Without Remorse
2021
as Andrej Vaseliev
The Courier
2020
as Oleg Penkovsky
Jupiter's Moon
2017
as Gabor Stern
Nowhere in Africa
2001
as Walter Redlich
April
2025
as Chief Physician
4 Days in May
2011
as Major
Repentance
1987
as Tornike
Hostages
2017
as Levan
The Fourth State
2012
Carneval - Der Clown bringt den Tod
2018
as Witrenko
The Rainbowmaker
2008
as Datho
My Happy Family
2017
as Soso
Blutadler
2012
as Wassyl Witrenko
Luna Papa
1999
as Alik
My Best Enemy
2011
as Moritz Haiden
Lou Andreas-Salomé, The Audacity to be Free
2016
as Friedrich Carl Andreas
Ene mene muh – und tot bist du
2001
Under Electric Clouds
2015
as Nikolai
House Arrest
2021
as David
Schön, dass es Dich gibt
2005
as Peters Freund Gérard
Roots
1987
Paper Soldier
2008
as Doctor Daniil Pokrovsky
England!
2000
as Pavel
B/W
2015
as Нурик
Love with an Accent
2012
Winter's Daughter
2011
as Alexei
Mutterliebe - Der Usedom-Krimi
2019
as Lucjan Gadocha
Verlorenes Land
2002
as Jean-Pierre
The Puppet Syndrome
2015
as Boris
Bis zum Ende der Welt
2014
as Zano
Mediator
2008
as Hitman
Conny und die verschwundene Ehefrau
2005
as Thomas Landsberg
Bride of the Wind
2001
as russischer Soldat
Unter Feinden
2013
as Idris Maher
Not All Were Murderers
2006
as Russischer Offizier
Georgisches Liebeslied
2005
From Tokyo
2011
as Rescuer
Weihnachtsengel küsst man nicht
2011
as Alex
Thank You for Bombing
2015
Yugofilm
1997
as Sascha
In the Name of Blood
2025
Full Circle
1986
as Irakliy
Schmerzgrenze - Der Usedom-Krimi
2020
as Lucjan Gadocha
Debt of Love
1998
as Unknown Man
Liebes Leid und Lust
2006
as André Schott
Percht
2018
as Truck Driver‘s Voice
After Love
2015
as The Painter
Invasion
2013
as Konstantin
Oh, How Sweet is This Tender Sadness of Separation
1991
as orpheos
In a Small Town
1985
Suzie Washington
1998
as Resa Madani
Icarus
2002
as Milan
Das Geheimnis in Siebenbürgen
2012
as Nikolai Ilinescu
Vom Geben und Nehmen - Der Usedom-Krimi
2020
as Lucjan Gadocha
The Cameramurderer
2010
as Thomas
Hasenjagd - Vor lauter Feigheit gibt es kein Erbarmen
1994
as Nikolai
The Step
1987
Sterne leuchten auch am Tag
2004
as Ruben Costa
Strandgut - Der Usedom-Krimi
2019
as Lucjan Gadocha
The Price of Peace
as Joseph Stalin
Nachtschatten - Der Usedom-Krimi
2020
as Lucjan Gadocha
Russian Whispers
2019
as Viktor
Postalioni
2003
Russisch Roulette
2012
as Alexej Romanowitsch
Coming Closer
1989
In Heaven
1999
as Levi
Das Gesetz sind wir
2020
as Djamal Issa
August der Glückliche
2002
Temo
1987
Cattolica
2004
as Martin
Crossroad
1991
Rosamunde Pilcher: Wo Liebe aufhört und wo sie beginnt
2026
as Yamen Nicholls
Behind the Door
2026
About Merab Ninidze
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.… With 108 credits spanning from 1970 to 2026, Merab Ninidze has appeared in 76 films and 32 TV shows.
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Most Popular Merab Ninidze Movies
- A Working Man (2025) — as Yuri
- Conclave (2024) — as Sabbadin
- Bridge of Spies (2015) — as Soviet Main Interrogator
- Tom Clancy's Without Remorse (2021) — as Andrej Vaseliev
- The Courier (2020) — as Oleg Penkovsky
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