Mehmet Günsür (; born 8 May 1975) is a
Turkish
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model, actor and producer.
Early life
Günsür was born in 1975 as the second child of a family of
Tatar
The Tatars ()[Tatar]
in the Collins English Dictionary is an umbrella term for different descent (a
Turkic ethnic subgroup).
His mother, Sibel, was a lecturer and his father, Teoman, was an industrial engineer who graduated from the
Middle East Technical University
Middle East Technical University (commonly referred to as METU; in Turkish language, Turkish, ''Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi'', ODTÜ) is a public university, public Institute of technology, technical university located in Ankara, Turkey. The ...
and worked in a number of different sectors.
His older sister Zeynep Günsür Yüceil, who is a choreographer of modern ballet, is also a lecturer.
Career
He began his acting career at the age of seven in various commercials. At the age of 14, he appeared in Okan Uysaler's ''Past Spring Mimoses'' with actors such as
Rutkay Aziz
Rutkay Aziz (born 16 May 1947) is a Turkish actor. He has appeared in more than twenty films since 1987.
Selected filmography
References
External links
*
1947 births
Living people
Turkish male film actors
Male actors from Istanbu ...
,
Filiz Akın
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.
After graduating from the
Italian High School, he entered the
Marmara University
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The university is named after the Sea of Marmara and was founded as a university in 1982. However, it was created in 1883 under the name of ''H ...
Communication Faculty and graduated with honors.
Günsür gave concerts with a music group and ran a restaurant for four years. With a friend's help, he auditioned for a role in the movie ''
Hamam
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''. After the trial shot, he was accepted for the role and the film was directed by
Ferzan Özpetek
Ferzan Özpetek (born 3 February 1959) is a Turkish-Italian film director and screenwriter, residing in Italy.
Biography
Ferzan Özpetek was born in Istanbul in 1959. In 1976, he decided to move to Italy to study Cinema History at Sapienza Unive ...
. After this film, he decided to turn to acting.
Günsür got married on 17 July 2006 to the Italian documentalist Caterina Mongio,
whom he met in 2004. They have 3 children.
Filmography
References
External links
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Official Twitter page
1975 births
Male actors from Istanbul
Living people
Turkish male film actors
Turkish male child actors
Turkish people of Tatar descent
Turkish male models
Turkish expatriates in Italy
Liceo Italiano alumni
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