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