Kakhi Kavsadze

Kakhi Kavsadze ( K’akhi K’avsadze; June 5, 1935 – April 27, 2021) was a Georgian and Soviet film, television and stage actor.

Early life He was born in Tbilisi. After his birth, his parents moved to Tkibuli. His father David Kavsadze was a choirleader who, while serving in the Red Army during World War II, was taken prisoner, led a choir in the prison camp, and helped to save the lives of many Georgian prisoners, but after the war was charged with treason and exiled to Sverdlovsk Oblast.

Kakhi Kavsadze graduated in 1959 from the Shota Rustaveli Theatre and Film University and the Rustaveli Theatre.

Career Kavsadze made his debut in cinema in the 1950s. He was awarded the title of People’s Artist (1981) and won the Festival Prize at Dushanbe (1989).

His notable roles include Adam (Divine Comedy), Tavadi Kotsia (Gushindelni), Devdariani (Sabraldebo daskvna), Iliko (Me, Grandma, Iliko and Ilarion), Simon Chachava (The Caucasian Chalk Circle), Lord (Richard III), Kent (King Lear) and Rasputin (Kvachi Kvachantiradze).

He died of complications from COVID-19 in Tbilisi at the age of 85.

Selected filmography

Year Name Role 1970 White Sun of the Desert Abdullah 1971 A Necklace for My Beloved Zaur 1976 The Saplings David 1978 Centaurs Ugo 1982 Melodies of Vera Quarter Foreigner 1984 Love at First Sight Selim 1985 White Rose of Immortality Vodyanoy 1987 Repentance Mikheil Koresheli 1988 The Crime Has Happened Andro 1988 The Life of Don Quixote and Sancho Alonso Quijano 1991 I am the Pele's godfather! Lado Kavsadze 1992 The Wishing Tree Rebel Ioram 1994 Iavnanagrandpa 1996 Death of OrpheusElizbar, artist 1996 A Chef in Love Le Président 2013 Blind Dates Sandro's Father 2021 Brighton 4th Sergo