Portrait of Zurab Kapianidze

Zurab Kapianidze

Acting

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.

Born: April 2, 1937

Place of Birth: Nakieti village, Oni district, Georgian SSR, USSR

Filmography

1984
1983
1983
The Book of Oath

as Папаи

1981
1980
1977
Data Tutashkhia

as Bekar Jeiranishvili

1977
1976
1973
Wedding

as Jovan Vuksanović

1973
Stealing Of The Moon

as Lomkats Tarba

1973
1972
The Saplings

as Cart driver

1971
Waiting

as Ekvtime

1971
Gladiator

as Waiter

1970
Chermen

as Berdia

1970
Feola

as Besik - violinist

1970
Star of My Town

as Durmishkhan

1969
Pirosmani

as Ushangi

1969
Tariel Golua

as Bezhana

1968
1968
1967
The Plea

as Zviaduri

1966
1966
1966
1966
Falling Leaves

as Dato's companion