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Popular As	Avtandil Makharadze
Occupation	Actor
Age	81 years old
Zodiac Sign	Cancer
Born	July 16, 1943 (Batum, Georgia)
Birthday	July 16
Town/City	Batum, Georgia
Nationality	Georgia

🌙 Zodiac

Avtandil Makharadze’s zodiac sign is Cancer. According to astrologers, the sign of Cancer belongs to the element of Water, just like Scorpio and Pisces. Guided by emotion and their heart, they could have a hard time blending into the world around them. Being ruled by the Moon, phases of the lunar cycle deepen their internal mysteries and create fleeting emotional patterns that are beyond their control. As children, they don't have enough coping and defensive mechanisms for the outer world, and have to be approached with care and understanding, for that is what they give in return.

🌙 Chinese Zodiac Signs

Avtandil Makharadze was born in the Year of the Goat. Those born under the Chinese Zodiac sign of the Goat enjoy being alone in their thoughts. They’re creative, thinkers, wanderers, unorganized, high-strung and insecure, and can be anxiety-ridden. They need lots of love, support and reassurance. Appearance is important too. Compatible with Pig or Rabbit.

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.In 1989 he starred alongside Isabelle Huppert, Bernard Blier, Erland Josephson, Richard Berry and Miki Manojlovic in Aleksandar Petrovic's last film "Seobe".

In 1991, Avtandil Makharadze played the main role in the film of Georgian director Mikheil Kalatozishvili "The Chosen One". The Film was nominated for Golden Bear at the Berlin International Film Festival.

In 1993 he received Golden Eagle at The Tbilisi International Film Festival for the best male performance in Vagif Mustafayev film "Out of".In 2004 Avtandil Makharadze starred in Vagif Mustafayev's film "National Bomb" which was nominated for Golden St.

George at the Moscow International Film Festival. Avtandil Makharadze won the best male performance award at the Smolensk Film Festival for that part.