Elguja Burduli

Elguja Vladimirovich Burduli (; 1 April 1941 — 5 March 2022) was a Soviet and Georgian film actor, singer.

Life and career

Burduli was born in Tbilisi on 1 April 1941. In 1959 he entered the evening department of the Georgian Technical University and studied at the Faculty of Civil Engineering until 1969. He was a lifeguard on the Tbilisi Sea (1958–1969), a member of the Sukhishvili Georgian National Ballet (1961–1964) and a worker at filling station (1964–1984). His acting career started in 1974.

In 2021, Burduli was awarded the title of Honorary Citizen of Tbilisi. Burduli died on 5 March 2022, at the age of 80.

Selected filmography

• Hatred as Prokhor (1977)
• Primary Russia as Belisarius (1985)
• Boris Godunov as Arab merchant (1986)
• Dark Eyes as Arab merchant (1986)
• Hard to Be a God as Baron Pampa (1989)
• The Sun of the Sleepless as Gela Bendeliani (1992)
• A Chef in Love as an old man (1996)
• Going Vertical as Georgian aksakal (2017)

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