New York Film Academy (NYFA) Acting for Film alum Themo Melikidze was recently interviewed by the Georgian Journal, one of Georgia’s leading online publications.
The up-and-coming actor was born in Georgia’s capital city, Tbilisi, before moving to New York City, where he attended the 1-Year Acting for Film Conservatory at NYFA in 2012.
Since then, he played Khasan Dudayev on Fox hit 24: Legacy and co-starred as the Boston Marathon bomber in 2016’s Patriots Day, starring Mark Wahlberg and directed by Peter Berg (Friday Night Lights, Lone Survivor.) The film also starred Kevin Bacon, John Goodman, and NYFA Acting for Film alum Lana Condor.
In the Georgia Journal Q&A, Melikidize talks about his journey from Eastern Europe to New York Film Academy to Hollywood. He also discussed The Murder of Venus Xtravaganza, his off-Broadway show that is most personal to him and that he is most proud of.
Melikidize also spoke of the connection he still keeps to his home country, including an upcoming project based on the medieval Georgian hero, David the Builder. “Being a Georgian is something I’m very proud of,” Melikidize tells the Georgian Journal. “It gives me unbelievable motivation—there’s not too many of us so whatever I do, I do it in the name of my country.”
New York Film Academy encourages everyone to check out the full interview with Themo Melikidze here.