Merab Ninidze
Acting
Born: November 3, 1965 (age 60) · Tbilisi, Georgia SSR, USSR
Highest Rated
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
Bridge of Spies
2015
Conclave
2024
Tom Clancy's Without Remorse
2021
Homeland
2011
A Working Man
2025
The Courier
2020
Freud
2020
Inspector Rex
1994
Treadstone
2019
McMafia
2018
Deutschland
2015
Nowhere in Africa
2001
Photos (3)
Movies (70)
A Working Man
Yuri
Bridge of Spies
Soviet Main Interrogator
Conclave
Sabbadin
The Courier
Oleg Penkovsky
Tom Clancy's Without Remorse
Andrej Vaseliev
Jupiter's Moon
Gabor Stern
Nowhere in Africa
Walter Redlich
The Fourth State
2012
Bride of the Wind
russischer Soldat
April
Chief Physician
My Best Enemy
Moritz Haiden
4 Days in May
Major
Blutadler
Wassyl Witrenko
Mutterliebe - Der Usedom-Krimi
Lucjan Gadocha
In the Name of Blood
2025
My Happy Family
Soso
Carneval - Der Clown bringt den Tod
Witrenko
Repentance
Tornike
Rosamunde Pilcher: Wo Liebe aufhört und wo sie beginnt
Yamen Nicholls
Bis zum Ende der Welt
Zano
Lou Andreas-Salomé, The Audacity to be Free
Friedrich Carl Andreas
Das Gesetz sind wir
Djamal Issa
Not All Were Murderers
Russischer Offizier
Weihnachtsengel küsst man nicht
Alex
The Rainbowmaker
Datho
House Arrest
David
Georgisches Liebeslied
2005
Debt of Love
Unknown Man
Thank You for Bombing
2015
Schmerzgrenze - Der Usedom-Krimi
Lucjan Gadocha
Schön, dass es Dich gibt
Peters Freund Gérard
Hostages
Levan
Nachtschatten - Der Usedom-Krimi
Lucjan Gadocha
Ene mene muh – und tot bist du
2001
Hasenjagd - Vor lauter Feigheit gibt es kein Erbarmen
Nikolai
Invasion
Konstantin
Winter's Daughter
Alexei
I Watch Her Sleep
2017
Percht
Truck Driver‘s Voice
Yugofilm
Sascha
Paper Soldier
Doctor Daniil Pokrovsky
Strandgut - Der Usedom-Krimi
Lucjan Gadocha
The Cameramurderer
Thomas
Das Geheimnis in Siebenbürgen
Nikolai Ilinescu
Russian Whispers
Viktor
In Heaven
Levi
Vom Geben und Nehmen - Der Usedom-Krimi
Lucjan Gadocha
Suzie Washington
Resa Madani
B/W
Нурик
Crossroad
1991
Love with an Accent
2012
In a Small Town
1985
Luna Papa
Alik
Unter Feinden
Idris Maher
Icarus
Milan
Under Electric Clouds
Nikolai
Conny und die verschwundene Ehefrau
Thomas Landsberg
Roots
1987
Oh, How Sweet is This Tender Sadness of Separation
orpheos
The Step
1987
Temo
1987
From Tokyo
Rescuer
The Puppet Syndrome
Boris
Behind the Door
2026
After Love
The Painter
Russisch Roulette
Alexej Romanowitsch
August der Glückliche
2002
Full Circle
Irakliy
Mediator
Hitman
Coming Closer
1989
TV Shows (37)
Scene of the Crime
Richard Herzog · 1 eps
Scene of the Crime
Roman Rustaveli · 1 eps
Scene of the Crime
Peter Tobel · 1 eps
Scene of the Crime
Vater Petkow · 1 eps
Homeland
Mirov · 3 eps
Polizeiruf 110
Victor Koslow · 1 eps
Leipzig Homicide
Theo Gregoriladse · 1 eps
SOKO Köln
Luan Kreshnik · 1 eps
Murder in the Mountains
Andreas Johannis · 1 eps
A Case For Two
Dix · 1 eps
Küstenwache
Zlatko Ilic · 1 eps
Vienna Crime Squad
Hakim Kostres · 1 eps
Vienna Crime Squad
Boris Aljechin · 1 eps
Inspector Rex
Fritz Posch · 1 eps
Inspector Rex
Jiri Borowjez · 1 eps
Ein starkes Team
Nik 'Warenko · 1 eps
Ein starkes Team
Tamas Mikoladse · 1 eps
Bella Block
Enver Fishta · 1 eps
Letzte Spur Berlin
Khalil Rahimi · 1 eps
Doppelter Einsatz
Michael Petzold · 1 eps
Frühling
Cem Oktay · 4 eps
Treadstone
Yuri Leniov · 3 eps
Donna Leon
Filippo Guarino · 1 eps
Deutschland
1 eps
Deutschland
Alexej Stepanov · 26 eps
Schnell ermittelt
Besim Kasapi · 1 eps
McMafia
Vadim Kalyagin · 8 eps
Mord in bester Gesellschaft
Dr. Ernesto Mendez · 1 eps
Doktor Ballouz
Amin Ballouz · 18 eps
Homicide Unit Istanbul
Ahmet Demir · 1 eps
Neben der Spur
Alexej Kuznet · 1 eps
Freud
Josef Breuer · 8 eps
Shades of Happiness
Niklas Psathos · 3 eps
Das Bernstein-Amulett
Michael Belajew · 2 eps
Sirens
16 eps
Himmel über Australien
Phil · 2 eps
The last season
24 eps