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Zurab Kapianidze

Acting Born Apr 2, 1937 Nakieti village, Oni district, Georgian SSR, USSR 24 credits

Biography

Zurab Kapanadze (born April 1, 1937, Nakieti village, Oni district - died July 4, 2011, Tbilisi) was a Georgian actor. People’s Artist of Georgia (1979), Laureate of the Shota Rustaveli State Prize (1985).

In 1961, he graduated from the theatrical faculty of the Shota Rustaveli State Theater Institute in Tbilisi. From 1961 to 1964, he worked at the Kutaisi Lado Meskhishvili State Drama Theater. From 1964, he was an actor at the “Georgian Film” studio.

From 1999 to 2004, he was a member of the Georgian Parliament of the 5th convocation, on the list of the electoral bloc “Revival of Georgia”.

He passed away in Tbilisi in 2011 and was buried in the Didube Pantheon of Writers and Public Figures, the resting place of many prominent Georgian artists, scientists, and public figures.

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Known for

Film

The Plea

as Zviaduri

Data Tutashkhia

as Bekar Jeiranishvili

Full filmography

  • The Plea (1967) as Zviaduri
  • Data Tutashkhia (1977) as Bekar Jeiranishvili
  • Feola (1970) as Besik - violinist
  • The Book of Oath (1983) as პაპაი
  • Crucified Island (1968) as Simona
  • Falling Leaves (1966) as Dato's companion
  • The Fastest People in the World (1985) as Markoz
  • Small Town of Anara (1978) as Zura
  • Pirosmani (1969) as Ushangi
  • Clicks (1973)
  • The Saplings (1972) as Cart driver
  • Stealing Of The Moon (1973) as Lomkats Tarba
  • I Want to See You (1978)
  • Zealous Piglet (1979)
  • Chermen (1970) as Berdia
  • Look at These Young People! (1969) as Shaliko
  • The New Adventures of Captain Vrungel (1978) as Lom
  • The Snow Wedding (1981) as Levan
  • On the Track of the Wolf (1977)
  • Gladiator (1971) as Waiter
  • Londre (1966)
  • The Bandit From The Brick Factory (1983) as Inspector Gogia
  • Wedding (1973) as Jovan Vuksanović
  • Return (1977)