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. 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.
108 acting credits
Acting · 108
Scene of the Crime
1970
Homeland
2011
Polizeiruf 110
1971
A Case For Two
1981
SOKO Köln
2003
SOKO Leipzig
2001
A Working Man
2025
Küstenwache
1997
Vienna Crime Squad
2005
SOKO Kitzbühel
2001
Inspector Rex
1994
Ein starkes Team
1994
Letzte Spur Berlin
2012
Treadstone
2019
Conclave
2024
Bella Block
1993
Frühling
2011
Donna Leon
2000
Doppelter Einsatz
1994
McMafia
2018
Tom Clancy's Without Remorse
2021
Deutschland
2015
Bridge of Spies
2015
Schnell ermittelt
2009
Einsatz in Hamburg
2000
Mord in bester Gesellschaft
2007
Homicide Unit Istanbul
2008
The Courier
2020
Freud
2020
Neben der Spur
2015
Doktor Ballouz
2021
Die Gerichtsmedizinerin
2005
Sirens
2022
Repentance
1987
Jupiter's Moon
2017
Nowhere in Africa
2001
April
2025
Das Bernstein-Amulett
2004
Shades of Happiness
2011
The Fourth State
2012
Luna Papa
1999
4 Days in May
2011
My Best Enemy
2011
B/W
2015
Himmel über Australien
2006
House Arrest
2021
Lou Andreas-Salomé, The Audacity to be Free
2016
The last season
2023
The Puppet Syndrome
2015
The Rainbowmaker
2008
My Happy Family
2017
Hostages
2017
Under Electric Clouds
2015
Love with an Accent
2012
Paper Soldier
2008
Roots
1987
Schön, dass es Dich gibt
2005
Carneval - Der Clown bringt den Tod
2018
Not All Were Murderers
2006
Bride of the Wind
2001
England!
2000
In the Name of Blood
2025
Mediator
2008
Invasion
2013
Ene mene muh – und tot bist du
2001
Oh, How Sweet is This Tender Sadness of Separation
1991
Percht
2018
Mutterliebe - Der Usedom-Krimi
2019
Conny und die verschwundene Ehefrau
2005
Das Geheimnis in Siebenbürgen
2012
Unter Feinden
2013
From Tokyo
2011
Hasenjagd - Vor lauter Feigheit gibt es kein Erbarmen
1994
Winter's Daughter
2011
Georgisches Liebeslied
2005
Blutadler
2012
Vom Geben und Nehmen - Der Usedom-Krimi
2020
Icarus
2002
Thank You for Bombing
2015
Yugofilm
1997
Debt of Love
1998
Suzie Washington
1998
In a Small Town
1985
Bis zum Ende der Welt
2014
Schmerzgrenze - Der Usedom-Krimi
2020
Das Gesetz sind wir
2020
August der Glückliche
2002
Liebes Leid und Lust
2006
The Step
1987
Russian Whispers
2019
The Price of Peace
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Strandgut - Der Usedom-Krimi
2019
Russisch Roulette
2012
Full Circle
1986
In Heaven
1999
Sterne leuchten auch am Tag
2004
Weihnachtsengel küsst man nicht
2011
Coming Closer
1989
Nachtschatten - Der Usedom-Krimi
2020
The Cameramurderer
2010
Temo
1987
Verlorenes Land
2002
After Love
2015
Postalioni
2003
Crossroad
1991
Rosamunde Pilcher: Wo Liebe aufhört und wo sie beginnt
2026
Cattolica
2004
Behind the Door
2026