Merab Ninidze

Merab Ninidze

1965-11-03 Tbilisi, USSR 72 Credits

Biography

Merab Ninidze is a Georgian actor. He is best known for the roles of Oleg Penkovsky in The Courier and Vadim Kalyagin in McMafia.

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A Working Man

A Working Man

2025

as Yuri

6.7
Acting

Levon Cade left behind a decorated military career in the black ops to live a simple life working construction. But when his boss's daughter, who is l...

April

April

2025

as Chief Physician

5.7
Acting

Nina, an OB-GYN, faces accusations after a newborn's death. Her life undergoes scrutiny during investigation. She persists in her medical duties, dete...

In the Name of Blood

In the Name of Blood

2025

6.2
Acting

In the working-class neighborhoods of Nice, a pillar of the local Georgian community is murdered. His son Tristan, who aspires to become an orthodox p...

Conclave

Conclave

2024

as Sabbadin

7.2
Acting

After the unexpected death of the Pope, Cardinal Lawrence is tasked with managing the covert and ancient ritual of electing a new one. Sequestered in ...

House Arrest

House Arrest

2021

as David

6.1
Acting

David, a university professor, takes to social media to criticize his city’s administration. But instead of the mayor’s dodgy dealings being investiga...

Tom Clancy's Without Remorse

Tom Clancy's Without Remorse

2021

as Andrej Vaseliev

7.0
Acting

An elite Navy SEAL uncovers an international conspiracy while seeking justice for the murder of his pregnant wife.

Vom Geben und Nehmen - Der Usedom-Krimi

Vom Geben und Nehmen - Der Usedom-Krimi

2020

as Lucjan Gadocha

6.0
Acting

After her divorce from local politician Victor Braydon, Simone Eggebrecht finds stability in her work with the disabled and in her friendship with Wie...

Schmerzgrenze - Der Usedom-Krimi

Schmerzgrenze - Der Usedom-Krimi

2020

as Lucjan Gadocha

6.6
Acting
Nachtschatten - Der Usedom-Krimi

Nachtschatten - Der Usedom-Krimi

2020

as Lucjan Gadocha

6.2
Acting
Das Gesetz sind wir

Das Gesetz sind wir

2020

as Djamal Issa

4.8
Acting

Maja Witt and Klaus Burck have been a well-rehearsed team for years, ensuring law and order as police officers in Bremen. At least that's what they tr...

The Courier

The Courier

2020

as Oleg Penkovsky

7.0
Acting

Cold War spy Greville Wynne and his Russian source try to put an end to the Cuban Missile Crisis.

Russian Whispers

Russian Whispers

2019

as Viktor

Acting

Planning a wedding is rarely this tense. Even among gangsters. Parents of the groom visit the home of their soon-to-be-in-laws, where they plan the up...

Strandgut - Der Usedom-Krimi

Strandgut - Der Usedom-Krimi

2019

as Lucjan Gadocha

6.0
Acting
Mutterliebe - Der Usedom-Krimi

Mutterliebe - Der Usedom-Krimi

2019

as Lucjan Gadocha

6.0
Acting
Percht

Percht

2018

as Truck Driver‘s Voice

Acting

It's Christmas season in a small town somewhere in the Austrian countryside. Following tradition, the young local men parade in daemon-like masks to c...

Carneval - Der Clown bringt den Tod

Carneval - Der Clown bringt den Tod

2018

as Witrenko

3.3
Acting

A tricky out-of-area mission for Peter Lohmeyer alias Chief Inspector Jan Fabel in his fourth case: in the hustle and bustle of Cologne Carnival, of a...

Jupiter's Moon

Jupiter's Moon

2017

as Gabor Stern

5.6
Acting

A young refugee, Aryan, is shot while illegally trying to cross the Hungarian border. While tending him back to health, a doctor at a refugee camp dis...

My Happy Family

My Happy Family

2017

as Soso

7.4
Acting

In a patriarchal society, an ordinary Georgian family lives with three generations under one roof. All are shocked when 52-year-old Manana decides to ...

Hostages

Hostages

2017

as Levan

6.2
Acting

Soviet Georgia, 1983. Preparations for Nika and Ana's wedding are in full swing and it's a big day for both of their elite families. For the newlyweds...

Lou Andreas-Salomé, The Audacity to be Free

Lou Andreas-Salomé, The Audacity to be Free

2016

as Friedrich Carl Andreas

6.6
Acting

Lou Andreas-Salomé, the woman who enraptured 19th century Europe’s greatest minds, recounts her life to Ernst Pfeiffer in this German film directed by...

The Puppet Syndrome

The Puppet Syndrome

2015

as Boris

6.0
Acting

Since early childhood Peter has been obsessed with the world of puppets, but his greater obsession is with a real girl, Lisa. He crafts his perfect wo...

Bridge of Spies

Bridge of Spies

2015

as Soviet Main Interrogator

7.2
Acting

During the Cold War, the Soviet Union captures U.S. pilot Francis Gary Powers after shooting down his U-2 spy plane. Sentenced to 10 years in prison, ...

Thank You for Bombing

Thank You for Bombing

2015

5.4
Acting

Thank you for Bombing accompanies three correspondents to their working place in conflict areas and gives an insight into their daily routine aside fr...

Under Electric Clouds

Under Electric Clouds

2015

as Nikolai

6.1
Acting

Russia 2017. The world could be on the verge of a great war. People are anxious that things could fall apart. Evolving around an unfinished building, ...

B/W

B/W

2015

as Нурик

5.2
Acting

Nurick and Yaroslav are trying to robe a criminal boss. Unfortunately Nurick dies but returns to the world with a mission: to be the guardian angel of...

After Love

After Love

2015

as The Painter

2.0
Acting

A cinematic menage-a-trois between a photographer, a rentboy and a transsexual call girl.

Bis zum Ende der Welt

Bis zum Ende der Welt

2014

as Zano

7.5
Acting

Maria Nikolai was once a celebrated musician. 20 years ago she came to Hamburg with her husband, who has since died. But her neighborhood, which used ...

Unter Feinden

Unter Feinden

2013

as Idris Maher

6.6
Acting

Police officers Kessel and Driller are supposed to be on the lookout for an internationally wanted war criminal. But Kessel is a junkie, gets into a f...

Invasion

Invasion

2013

as Konstantin

4.8
Acting

Joseph is in his mid-sixties and has just lost his beloved wife. Everything in his big old mansion reminds him painfully of the years they spent toget...

Blutadler

Blutadler

2012

as Wassyl Witrenko

6.8
Acting

A cruel serial killer keeps the Hamburg police in suspense. Two women have already fallen victim to him. Both were killed after a Viking ritual, the s...

Love with an Accent

Love with an Accent

2012

7.2
Acting

From odd situations to complicated emotions, various obstacles test a group of people in their pursuits of true love in this collection of stories.

Das Geheimnis in Siebenbürgen

Das Geheimnis in Siebenbürgen

2012

as Nikolai Ilinescu

6.0
Acting

Lukas Schauttner is a management consultant. However, as a partner in his Berlin consulting company, he sees difficult times ahead. So he has to accep...

The Fourth State

The Fourth State

2012

5.9
Acting

A journalist gets caught up in a terrorist plot in Moscow while investigating the Russian secret service.

Russisch Roulette

Russisch Roulette

2012

as Alexej Romanowitsch

5.7
Acting

When her young son Nikolai disappears without a trace in the subway, German journalist Katharina Wagner suddenly realizes that she has powerful enemie...

Weihnachtsengel küsst man nicht

Weihnachtsengel küsst man nicht

2011

as Alex

6.0
Acting

The pre-Christmas season is anything but contemplative for Lina, model and advertising jingle singer, and her best friend Nettie, who runs an event an...

Winter's Daughter

Winter's Daughter

2011

as Alexei

5.6
Acting

For 11-year-old Kattaka it's an escape: she's looking for her biological father, a Russian sailor whose ship is currently moored in Gdansk and whose e...

4 Days in May

4 Days in May

2011

as Major

6.0
Acting

Germany, Baltic Sea coast, May 1945, a few days before the end of World War II. A small Soviet patrol arrives at an isolated house where an elderly ba...

From Tokyo

From Tokyo

2011

as Rescuer

6.5
Acting

This film is a very short story about a former rescue worker returning from Tokyo – a man who is quite successful in his everyday life, and who, after...

My Best Enemy

My Best Enemy

2011

as Moritz Haiden

5.8
Acting

Poland 1943: An unlikely pair - a concentration camp prisoner and a captain in Hitler's notorious SS - free themselves from the wreckage of a crashed ...

The Cameramurderer

The Cameramurderer

2010

as Thomas

5.3
Acting

What starts out as a relaxing weekend at lake Neusiedl ends in fear and horror for two friendly couples. Three children have gone missing from the nei...

Paper Soldier

Paper Soldier

2008

as Doctor Daniil Pokrovsky

5.5
Acting

In 1961, a Soviet medical officer is conflicted about his position overseeing the health of future cosmonauts.

The Rainbowmaker

The Rainbowmaker

2008

as Datho

2.5
Acting

Datho (Merab Ninidze) has been innocent in prison for many years. When he comes home nobody wants him. His angelic wife Elene (Anna Antonowicz) has fu...

Mediator

Mediator

2008

as Hitman

5.0
Acting

The detective will have to figure out the mysterious death of an English secret agent who came to Tbilisi to sell important secret information.

Not All Were Murderers

Not All Were Murderers

2006

as Russischer Offizier

6.6
Acting

Based on the childhood memories of actor Michael Degen, the movie deals with the everyday struggle to survive as a Jewish boy in Nazi Germany. As his ...

Liebes Leid und Lust

2006

as André Schott

2.0
Acting
Conny und die verschwundene Ehefrau

Conny und die verschwundene Ehefrau

2005

as Thomas Landsberg

Acting

Connie needs money. When a mysterious watch manufacturer asks her to investigate possible insurance fraud, the problem seems to be solved for the time...

Schön, dass es Dich gibt

Schön, dass es Dich gibt

2005

as Peters Freund Gérard

5.7
Acting

Jackies' quiet life as a housewife and English teacher ends abruptly when her husband informs her that he is leaving her for a younger woman. In a que...

Georgisches Liebeslied

Georgisches Liebeslied

2005

Acting

Sterne leuchten auch am Tag

2004

as Ruben Costa

Acting

Cattolica

2004

as Martin

Acting

Stefan, a gay bartender in a trendy club, doesn't care a lot about his professional and personal future. One night, the mysterious Martin stares at hi...

August der Glückliche

August der Glückliche

2002

Acting

When the heart-sick bus driver August is forced into involuntary retirement, he decides to gamble away his severance pay at the casino. But he wins: a...

Icarus

Icarus

2002

as Milan

6.0
Acting

Lena is homeless. She couldn't get a foothold in the big city, she hasn't been at home in the country for a long time and she only knows the big, wide...

Verlorenes Land

2002

as Jean-Pierre

1.0
Acting
Nowhere in Africa

Nowhere in Africa

2001

as Walter Redlich

7.1
Acting

A Jewish woman named Jettel Redlich flees Nazi Germany with her daughter Regina, to join her husband, Walter, on a farm in Kenya. At first, Jettel ref...

Ene mene muh – und tot bist du

Ene mene muh – und tot bist du

2001

2.0
Acting

A small retirement home on the edge of Vienna where the city's oldest residents live. Patients over the age of 100 begin to die under mysterious circu...

Bride of the Wind

Bride of the Wind

2001

as russischer Soldat

4.0
Acting

A biopic of Alma Mahler, the wife of composer Gustav Mahler (as well as Walter Gropius and Franz Werfel), and the mistress of Oskar Kokoschka.

England!

2000

as Pavel

8.0
Acting

Valeri Sikorski knows from his doctors that his days are numbered because of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster. He wants to make a last adventure in his ...

In Heaven

In Heaven

1999

as Levi

Acting

I Heaven's plot revolves around three friends with personal ambitions who must face the less pleasant aspects of reality. The story is told from the p...

Luna Papa

Luna Papa

1999

as Alik

6.2
Acting

The unborn child of Mamlakat is telling her story. She is 17, beautiful and vivacious, and dreaming secretly of becoming an actress. She lives with he...

Suzie Washington

Suzie Washington

1998

as Resa Madani

5.2
Acting

Nana Iaschwili, a teacher from East Europe, wants to emigrate to America to start a new life. After landing in Vienna, the authorities notice her fals...

Debt of Love

Debt of Love

1998

as Unknown Man

Acting

Simon Granderath has been found dead in his appartment. His only daughter, Monika Besse, who lives in Luxembourg, arrives to arrange the funeral and s...

Yugofilm

Yugofilm

1997

as Sascha

5.8
Acting

The lives of a Serb family are torn apart by the pressures of the not-too-distant war with the Croats. The film addresses the fundamental question "Ca...

Hasenjagd - Vor lauter Feigheit gibt es kein Erbarmen

Hasenjagd - Vor lauter Feigheit gibt es kein Erbarmen

1994

as Nikolai

6.0
Acting

This film is based on the actual events referred to as the "Mühlviertler Hasenjagd" (Hare-hunt in the Mühlviertel) which occurred in February 1945 aro...

Crossroad

Crossroad

1991

1.0
Acting

Georgian Movie Directed By Levan Kitia In 1991.

ო, რა ტკბილია განშორების ეს ნაზი სევდა

ო, რა ტკბილია განშორების ეს ნაზი სევდა

1991

as orpheos

Acting

Based on the works of Jean Anouilh. The film, with a modern interpretation of the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice, deals with the eternal themes of life ...

Coming Closer

Coming Closer

1989

4.2
Acting

A full-blooded, interesting life has long eluded the house where a mother, father, son and daughter live. Trivial household matters, conversation at d...

Roots

Roots

1987

5.7
Acting

In the hot summer of 1917, the nineteen-year-old peasant Georgy Zakareishvili left his village in search of work and, settling on a French ship, soon ...

Temo

Temo

1987

3.0
Acting

The young protagonist of the film is in love with an older woman with children, and this further complicates his already tense relationship with his f...

Repentance

Repentance

1987

as Tornike

7.0
Acting

The day after his funeral, the corpse of Varlam Aravidze, the mayor of a small Georgian town, turns up in his son's garden. Although it is secretly ...

The Step

The Step

1987

6.5
Acting

Alexi leaves the house of his father and stepmother and rents an apartment. He wants to be independent and find his place in the world. But no basic c...

Full Circle

Full Circle

1986

as Irakliy

10.0
Acting

Tbilisi, early 1980s. From the outside, everything seems calm, but behind this tranquillity there is turmoil. Manana, who used to be a movie star, is ...

ერთ პატარა ქალაქში

ერთ პატარა ქალაქში

1985

Acting

georgian film