Avtandil Ivanovich Makharadze (Georgian: რვთრნáƒ"ილ
ივრნის ძáƒ" მრხრრრძáƒ") (born 16 July
1943) is a Georgian actor.He was born in Batumi. Active since the
1970s. Avtandil Makharadze started his acting career as a student at
Shota Rustaveli Theatre and Film University 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 had
played over 50 roles.He had great success in the theater of MHAT
(Moscow Art Theatre), where in 1983, he played the main role in the
play "Collapse" (Jaqo's Dispossessed). The same role was previously
played in a television series under the same title on Georgian
Television, which was one of the most controversial TV Plays of Soviet
Georgia.In 1984 Avtandil Makharadze played two main parts in the
famous film by Tengiz Abuladze "Repentance", (those of Varlam and Abel
Aravidze). In 1987 at the Cannes Film Festival "Repentance" won the
Grand Prize of the Jury, Prize of the Ecumenical Jury and the FIPRESCI
Award. The same year, at the Chicago Film Festival Avtandil Makharadze
received Silver Hugo Award for the best male performance. He won the
first ever NIKA award at the Moscow international Film Festival in
1987 as well.
ივრნის ძáƒ" მრხრრრძáƒ") (born 16 July
1943) is a Georgian actor.He was born in Batumi. Active since the
1970s. Avtandil Makharadze started his acting career as a student at
Shota Rustaveli Theatre and Film University 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 had
played over 50 roles.He had great success in the theater of MHAT
(Moscow Art Theatre), where in 1983, he played the main role in the
play "Collapse" (Jaqo's Dispossessed). The same role was previously
played in a television series under the same title on Georgian
Television, which was one of the most controversial TV Plays of Soviet
Georgia.In 1984 Avtandil Makharadze played two main parts in the
famous film by Tengiz Abuladze "Repentance", (those of Varlam and Abel
Aravidze). In 1987 at the Cannes Film Festival "Repentance" won the
Grand Prize of the Jury, Prize of the Ecumenical Jury and the FIPRESCI
Award. The same year, at the Chicago Film Festival Avtandil Makharadze
received Silver Hugo Award for the best male performance. He won the
first ever NIKA award at the Moscow international Film Festival in
1987 as well.
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