Givi Berikashvili (Georgian: გივი ბერიკაშვილი, 15 May 1933 – 10 April 2017) was a Georgian film and theatre actor.

Givi Berikashvili
Givi Berikashvili, seated in a chair, and his son Zurab on stage in 2010
Born	(1933-05-15) May 15, 1933 (age 89) Kolagi, Georgian SSR, USSR
Died	April 10, 2017(2017-04-10) (aged 83) Tbilisi, Georgia
Nationality	Georgian
Alma mater	Shota Rustaveli Theatre and Film University
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1966-2009
Awards	Shota Rustaveli Prize, People's Artist of the Georgian SSR

Born in the village of Kolagi, now part of the Gurjaani Municipality, Berikashvili graduated from the Georgian Institute of Theatre in 1956. Since then, he performed at the Drama Theatre of Rustavi, that of Sukhumi, and finally, at Marjanishvili Theatre in Tbilisi. His notable films include: Londre, Wine Thieves, The Wishing Tree, Data Tutashkhia, Everyone Wants to Love, The Turtledoves of Paradise, and others. Among his many accolades are the title of People's Artist of Georgia (1979) and the Shota Rustaveli Prize.[1] He died of respiratory failure in 2017. He was buried at the Saburtalo church of the Ascension in Tbilisi.

References

External links

• Givi Berikashvili at IMDb
• Givi Berikashvili on Georgian National Filmography
• Givi Berikashvili on Georgian Journal

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[ru] Берикашвили, Гиви Захарьевич