Giuli Chokhonelidze

Giuli Iasonis dze Chokhonelidze (; 10 April 1929 – 24 December 2008) was a Georgian stage and film actor, film director and screenwriter. He is best known for playing General Pyotr Bagration in Sergei Bondarchuk's film War and Peace, and was named a People's Artist of the Georgian SSR in 1983.

Early life and education Chokhonelidze was born on 10 April 1929 in Tbilisi.

His best-known role was General Pyotr Bagration in Sergei Bondarchuk's film epic War and Peace (1965–1967), which won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. He returned to the same historical figure in 1985 as the director, screenwriter and star of the film Bagrationi.

As a director, Chokhonelidze also made Kochora (1967), Spring Evening (1972), The Land of the Ancestors (1979), Spiral (1990) and Antimoz Iverieli (2001).

Awards and honours Honoured Artist of the Georgian SSR (1961) People's Artist of the Georgian SSR (1983) Order of Honour (1999)

Death Chokhonelidze died in Tbilisi on 24 December 2008.