Cast & creator
Merab Ninidze
Best known for Scene of the Crime, Scene of the Crime, Scene of the Crime
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.
78
film credits
39
television credits
117
1970–2026 · acting roles
6.1
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (117)
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Scene of the Crime
Richard Herzog
1970Scene of the Crime
Roman Rustaveli
1970Scene of the Crime
Peter Tobel
1970Scene of the Crime
Vater Petkow
1970
Homeland
Mirov
2011
Polizeiruf 110
Victor Koslow
1971
SOKO Köln
Luan Kreshnik
2003
Leipzig Homicide
Theo Gregoriladse
2001
Murder in the Mountains
Andreas Johannis
2001
A Case For Two
Dix
1981
Küstenwache
Zlatko Ilic
1997
Vienna Crime Squad
Hakim Kostres
2005Vienna Crime Squad
Boris Aljechin
2005
Inspector Rex
Fritz Posch
1994Inspector Rex
Jiri Borowjez
1994
Letzte Spur Berlin
Khalil Rahimi
2012
A Working Man
Yuri
2025
Ein starkes Team
Nik 'Warenko
1994Ein starkes Team
Tamas Mikoladse
1994
Conclave
Sabbadin
2024
Frühling
Cem Oktay
2011
Doppelter Einsatz
Michael Petzold
1994
Bridge of Spies
Soviet Main Interrogator
2015
Bella Block
Enver Fishta
1993
Tom Clancy's Without Remorse
Andrej Vaseliev
2021
McMafia
Vadim Kalyagin
2018
Deutschland
2015Deutschland
Alexej Stepanov
2015
Treadstone
Yuri Leniov
2019
Donna Leon
Filippo Guarino
2000
Schnell ermittelt
Besim Kasapi
2009
The Courier
Oleg Penkovsky
2020
Homicide Unit Istanbul
Ahmet Demir
2008
Doktor Ballouz
Amin Ballouz
2021Einsatz in Hamburg
Dr.Rixen
2000
Freud
Josef Breuer
2020
Mord in bester Gesellschaft
Dr. Ernesto Mendez
2007
Neben der Spur
Alexej Kuznet
2015Die Gerichtsmedizinerin
Piontek
2005
Under Electric Clouds
Nikolai
2015
Shades of Happiness
Niklas Psathos
2011
Jupiter's Moon
Gabor Stern
2017
April
Chief Physician
2025
Bride of the Wind
russischer Soldat
2001
Luna Papa
Alik
1999
Sirens
2022
The Fourth State
2012
My Best Enemy
Moritz Haiden
2011
My Happy Family
Soso
2017
Das Bernstein-Amulett
Michael Belajew
2004
4 Days in May
Major
2011
Himmel über Australien
Phil
2006
Not All Were Murderers
Russischer Offizier
2006
Nowhere in Africa
Walter Redlich
2001
Rosamunde Pilcher: Wo Liebe aufhört und wo sie beginnt
Yamen Nicholls
2026
Repentance
Tornike
1987
Mutterliebe - Der Usedom-Krimi
Lucjan Gadocha
2019
Georgisches Liebeslied
2005
Ene mene muh – und tot bist du
2001
I Watch Her Sleep
2017
Debt of Love
Unknown Man
1998
Nachtschatten - Der Usedom-Krimi
Lucjan Gadocha
2020
Hasenjagd - Vor lauter Feigheit gibt es kein Erbarmen
Nikolai
1994
Yugofilm
Sascha
1997Cattolica
Martin
2004The Price of Peace
Joseph Stalin
Schmerzgrenze - Der Usedom-Krimi
Lucjan Gadocha
2020
In the Name of Blood
2025
Carneval - Der Clown bringt den Tod
Witrenko
2018
The Rainbowmaker
Datho
2008
Thank You for Bombing
2015
Bis zum Ende der Welt
Zano
2014
Winter's Daughter
Alexei
2011
Hostages
Levan
2017
Lou Andreas-Salomé, The Audacity to be Free
Friedrich Carl Andreas
2016
House Arrest
David
2021
Blutadler
Wassyl Witrenko
2012
Percht
Truck Driver‘s Voice
2018
In Heaven
Levi
1999Frühlings Erwachen
The Stranger
2012
Schön, dass es Dich gibt
Peters Freund Gérard
2005
The last season
2023
Das Geheimnis in Siebenbürgen
Nikolai Ilinescu
2012
Weihnachtsengel küsst man nicht
Alex
2011
Paper Soldier
Doctor Daniil Pokrovsky
2008
Vom Geben und Nehmen - Der Usedom-Krimi
Lucjan Gadocha
2020
Invasion
Konstantin
2013Postalioni
2003
Russian Whispers
Viktor
2019Liebes Leid und Lust
André Schott
2006
Das Gesetz sind wir
Djamal Issa
2020
Love with an Accent
2012
Roots
1987
Strandgut - Der Usedom-Krimi
Lucjan Gadocha
2019Sterne leuchten auch am Tag
Ruben Costa
2004
Icarus
Milan
2002
Oh, How Sweet is This Tender Sadness of Separation
orpheos
1991
Conny und die verschwundene Ehefrau
Thomas Landsberg
2005
Crossroad
1991
From Tokyo
Rescuer
2011
B/W
Нурик
2015
In a Small Town
1985
Coming Closer
1989England!
Pavel
2000
The Cameramurderer
Thomas
2010
The Step
1987
Temo
1987
August der Glückliche
2002
Unter Feinden
Idris Maher
2013
Mediator
Hitman
2008
After Love
The Painter
2015
Suzie Washington
Resa Madani
1998
Russisch Roulette
Alexej Romanowitsch
2012Verlorenes Land
Jean-Pierre
2002
Full Circle
Irakliy
1986
The Puppet Syndrome
Boris
2015