Zurab Kapianidze

Born: 2nd of April 1937

Died: 4th of July 2011 (aged 74)

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.

Zurab Kapianidze's Filmography

The Fastest People in the World

The Fastest People in the World

  •   Movie
  • 1985
Markoz
Small Town of Anara

Small Town of Anara

  •   Movie
  • 1978
Zura
Feola

Feola

  •   Movie
  • 1970
Besik - violinist
Londre

Londre

  •   Movie
  • 1966