Elguja Burduli

Elguja Vladimirovich Burduli (ელგუჯა ვლადიმერის ძე ბურდული; 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)