Biography
He was born in Tbilisi on December 15, 1958. In 1979, he graduated from Tbilisi High School. Rustaveli house Theater Institute. Since 1976, he has been shooting in the cinema, and since 1979 he has been an actor of the film studio "Georgian Film". Since the 90s, he has been living and working in America, where he has achieved quite a lot of success as a foreigner.
Known For
Complete Filmography

Spy Games: The Black Wolf Hunt
2006
Retired Colonel Matveev takes on an unofficial assignment to revenge his friend's death and catch one of the most dangerous terrorists who managed to ...

Legacy
2006
Three French hipsters and their translator travel through rural Georgia to claim a remote, ruined castle that one of them has inherited. En route, the...

Shadow Man
2006
as Jensen
An intelligence operative discovers that no one is what they seem in the shadowy world of espionage.

The Black Prince
2004
An American director is coming to Russia to implement his project dedicated to Pushkin here. In St. Petersburg, Ray meets a charming girl Natalia, who...

25th Hour
2002
as Uncle Nikolai
In New York City in the days following the events of 9/11, Monty Brogan is a convicted drug dealer about to start a seven-year prison sentence, and hi...

Tycoon
2002
as Larri
During the Gorbachev years, Platon Makovski and his four buddies are university students who jump on the private capitalism movement. Fast-forward 20 ...

27 Missing Kisses
2000
as Pjotr
A young woman's passion has a remarkable effect on a Russian village in this comedy-drama with fantasy elements. Sybill is a teenager who is sent to ...

Wishmaster 2: Evil Never Dies
1999
as Pushkin
During a failed art heist, the Djinn is once again liberated. This time, to complete the 1001 wishes that he needs before the final 3, he lets himself...

Virus
1999
as Captain Alexi
When the crew of an American tugboat boards an abandoned Russian research vessel, the alien life form aboard regards them as a virus which must be des...

Blade
1998
as Russian Vampire
The Daywalker known as "Blade" - a half-vampire, half-mortal man - becomes the protector of humanity against an underground army of vampires.

Air Force One
1997
as Sergei Lenski
When Russian neo-nationalists hijack Air Force One, the world's most secure and extraordinary aircraft, the President is faced with a nearly impossibl...

Independence Day
1996
as Russian Pilot
Strange phenomena surface around the globe. The skies ignite. Terror races through the world's major cities. As these extraordinary events unfold, it ...

Stalin
1992
as Kaganovich
The life and career of the brutal Soviet dictator, Josef Stalin. Through the eyes and memories of Anna Aliluyeva, Stalin’s granddaughter, the film tra...

The Falcon
1990
as Fenist/Tevdore
A beautiful adaptation of a traditional Russian folk tale, about a young woman who must rescue a mysterious prince from an evil queen. The making of T...

A Crime Has Been Committed
1988
Against the backdrop of facts taken from modern reality, the idea is advanced that youth should actively participate in building society, and feelings...

Appearance
1988

Who is Fourth?
1986
as Savka
Dangerous criminals attempt to involve children in their crimes, but law enforcement officers manage to promptly put a stop to their activities.

The Legend of Suram Fortress
1985
as Zurab
A film version of a well-known Georgian folk-tale. A young boy has to be immured into the walls of a fortress in order to stop it from crumbling to pi...

მამაკაცები და სხვები
1985
The film consists of the children's novellas: "Men", "Metodievna", "Khecho", "Grapes", "Champions", "Hat", "Eagles". Each of them tells us about kindn...

Magic Night
1983
Dying, the father bequeathed to his sons: whoever masters the business better will inherit its lands. The three brothers studied with different master...

Kukaracha
1982
as Kukaracha
A screen adaptation of the novel of the same name by the well-known Georgian writer Nodar Dumbadze. This story about love and loyalty, bravery and bet...

O My Homeland!
1981
as Rezo Imedadze
In the southern region of Georgia, in ancient Meskheti, a young man, Giorgi Toreli, is appointed as the secretary of the Raikom. He aims at the reviva...

Come on, Grandpas!
1981
as Pichiko Tokhadze

House on Lesnaya Street
1980
The film is based on real events. In pre-revolutionary Moscow, an underground printing house was established and operated, producing leaflets, proclam...

Wedding Imeretian Style
1979
Arriving in his native village, a young sculptor falls in love with one of the villager girl and decides to create a statue of her. This relationship ...
Supporting Role
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Editor
A retired Georgian film star, used to playing heroic leads, embarks on a cathartic odyssey after being offered a supporting role of an unpleasant elde...