Avtandil Makharadze embarked on his illustrious acting career as a student at the prestigious Shota Rustaveli Theatre and Film University, where he initially performed alongside his fellow students.
His outstanding portrayal of Shylock in the play "The Merchant of Venice" captivated critics and the public alike, marking a significant milestone in his early career.
Throughout his tenure at Shota Rustaveli Theatre, which spanned until 1991, Avtandil Makharadze had the opportunity to play an impressive 50 roles.
In 1983, he made a notable appearance at MHAT (Moscow Art Theatre),where he took on the lead role in the play "Collapse" (Jaqo's Dispossessed),a role that had previously been portrayed in a television series on Georgian Television, which was one of the most controversial TV Plays of Soviet Georgia.
Avtandil Makharadze's success in the theater was followed by his breakthrough in film, where he played two main parts in Tengiz Abuladze's critically acclaimed "Repentance" in 1984, those of Varlam and Abel Aravidze.
The film went on to win numerous accolades, including the Grand Prize of the Jury, Prize of the Ecumenical Jury, and the FIPRESCI Award at the Cannes Film Festival in 1987, as well as the Silver Hugo Award for Best Male Performance at the Chicago Film Festival and the first-ever NIKA Award at the Moscow International Film Festival.
In 1989, Avtandil Makharadze starred alongside an impressive ensemble cast, including Isabelle Huppert, Bernard Blier, Erland Josephson, Richard Berry, and Miki Manojlovic, in Aleksandar Petrovic's last film "Seobe".
Avtandil Makharadze continued to impress audiences with his performances, taking on the lead role in Mikheil Kalatozishvili's film "The Chosen One" in 1991, which was nominated for the Golden Bear at the Berlin International Film Festival.
He received the Golden Eagle Award at the Tbilisi International Film Festival in 1993 for his outstanding performance in Vagif Mustafayev's film "Out of".
In 2004, Avtandil Makharadze starred in Vagif Mustafayev's film "National Bomb", which was nominated for the Golden St. George at the Moscow International Film Festival, and he went on to win the Best Male Performance award at the Smolensk Film Festival for his part in the film.
