Avtandil Ivanovich Makharadze ( ka, ავთანდილ მახარაძე; born 16 July 1943) is a Georgian

actor An actor (masculine/gender-neutral), or actress (feminine), is a person who portrays a character in a production. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. ...

. He was born in

Batumi Batumi (; ka, ბათუმი ), historically Batum or Batoum, is the List of cities and towns in Georgia (country), second-largest city of Georgia (country), Georgia and the capital of the Autonomous Republic of Adjara, located on the coast ...

. Active since the 1970s, Makharadze started his acting career as a student at

Shota Rustaveli Theatre and Film University Shota Rustaveli Theater and Georgia State Film University (TAFU) is one of the oldest universities in the Caucasus and Georgia Georgia most commonly refers to: * Georgia (country), a country in the South Caucasus * Georgia (U.S. state), a sta ...

, with performances in the acts of his fellow students. His role in the play ''The Merchant of Venice'', where he played Shylock, caught the eyes of critics and the public. He worked at Shota Rustaveli Theatre until 1991, where he played over 50 roles. He had great success in the theater of МHАТ (Moscow Art Theatre), where in 1984, he played the main role in the play ''Collapse'' (

Jaqo's Dispossessed Mikheil Javakhishvili ( ka, მიხეილ ჯავახიშვილი; birth surname: Adamashvili ადამაშვილი) (20 November 1880 – 30 September 1937) was a Georgian and Soviet novelist who is regarded as one of the ...

). In 1984, he played dual main part in the famous film by

Tengiz Abuladze Tengiz Evgenis dze Abuladze, romanized: (31 January 19246 March 1994) was a Georgian film director, screenwriter, theatre teacher and People's Artist of the USSR. He is regarded as one of the best Soviet directors. Biography Abuladze studie ...

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'' (those of Varlam and Abel Aravidze). In 1987, at the

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, ''Repentance'' won the Grand Prize of the Jury, Prize of the Ecumenical Jury and the

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. The same year, at the

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, he received Silver Hugo Award for the best male performance. He won the first ever

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at the

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in 1987 as well. In 1989, he starred alongside

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, Richard Berry and

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in Aleksandar Petrović's last film '' Migrations''. In 1991, Makharadze played the main role in the film of

Mikheil Kalatozishvili Mikheil Kalatozishvili ( ka, მიხეილ კალატოზიშვილი; ; 19 May 1959 – 12 October 2009) was a Georgian-Russian film director, producer, and screenwriter active since the early 1980s. His 1991 film '' The Belove ...

's'' The Beloved''. The Film was nominated for

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at the

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. In 1993, he received Golden Eagle at The

Tbilisi International Film Festival Tbilisi ( ; ka, თბილისი, ), in some languages still known by its pre-1936 name Tiflis ( ), ( ka, ტფილისი, tr ) is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Georgia (country), largest city of Georgia ( ...

for the best male performance in Vagif Mustafayev film ''Out of''. In 2004, Makharadze starred in another Vagif Mustafayev film '' National Bomb,'' which was nominated for Golden St. George at the

. Makharadze won the best male performance award at the Smolensk Film Festival for his performance. Makharadze played

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in the 2005

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TV series ''

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'', starring opposite

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Selected filmography

* '' Scary Mother'' (2017) * '' All Gone'' (2012) * '' Archangel '' (2005) * '' National Bomb'' (2004) * '' The Beloved'' (1991) * ''

'' (1984/1987 film)

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References

1943 births Living people People from Batumi 20th-century male actors from Georgia (country) 21st-century male actors from Georgia (country) Male film actors from Georgia (country) Male television actors from Georgia (country) {{Georgia-actor-stub