Zurab Kapianidze
Actor
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.
Filmography
Falling Leaves
as Dato's companion 1966
The Plea
as Zviaduri 1967
Return
1977
Ballad of Khevsureti
as Apareka 1966
The New Adventures of Captain Vrungel
as Lom 1978
Feola
as Besik - violinist 1970
Londre
1966
The Fastest People in the World
as Markoz 1985
Wedding
as Jovan Vuksanović 1973
The Saplings
as Cart driver 1972
Tbilisi, Paris, Tbilisi
as Odishelidze 1980
Look at These Young People!
as Shaliko 1969
The Nylon Christmas Tree
1985
Morning Bells
1967
Oh, This Terrible TV
1990
Chermen
as Berdia 1970