Şahabettin Mert Fırat (born 10 January 1981) is a Turkish
actor and screenwriter.
Life
Fırat is of Turkish, Circassian and Arab descent. His father is singer Nihat Fırat. After finishing high school, he studied radio and television broadcasting in Sweden. He then returned to Ankara and took acting classes in Ankara University. Fırat graduated from the theatre department of
Ankara University
Ankara University ( tr, Ankara Üniversitesi) is a public university in Ankara, the capital city of Turkey. It was the first higher education institution founded in Turkey after the formation of the republic in 1923.
The university has 40 vocat ...
and took his master's degree in Film and Drama from
Kadir Has University. He founded the "Moda Theatre" and "Das Das" in
Istanbul, and "Sanat Mahal" in
Bursa
( grc-gre, Προῦσα, Proûsa, Latin: Prusa, ota, بورسه, Arabic:بورصة) is a city in northwestern Turkey and the administrative center of Bursa Province. The fourth-most populous city in Turkey and second-most populous in the ...
. He has appeared in more than fifteen films since 2005 and has won many awards. In October 2017 the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Turkey chose Fırat as a Goodwill Ambassador in Turkey.
Filmography
Screenwriter
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Başka Dilde Aşk
''Love in Another Language'' ( tr, Başka Dilde Aşk) is a 2009 Turkish drama film directed by İlksen Başarır, starring Mert Fırat as a young deaf man who falls in love with a call-center worker. The film, which went on nationwide general rele ...
'' (2009)
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Atlıkarınca'' (2010)
*''Bir Varmış Bir Yokmuş'' (2015)
Actor
;Movies
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İşte Benim'' (2006) – Ali
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Hayattan Korkma'' (2007) – Engin
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Başka Dilde Aşk
''Love in Another Language'' ( tr, Başka Dilde Aşk) is a 2009 Turkish drama film directed by İlksen Başarır, starring Mert Fırat as a young deaf man who falls in love with a call-center worker. The film, which went on nationwide general rele ...
'' (2009) – Onur
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Atlıkarınca'' (2010) – Erdem
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Beni Unutma
is a Japanese R&B singer, who debuted in 2004 under the Avex Trax label. In 2008, Arashiro left Avex Trax and transferred to Universal Music Japan where she started to perform as simply Beni (stylized as BENI).
She was initially best known fo ...
'' (2011) – Sinan
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Dedemin İnsanları
''My Grandfather's People'' ( tr, Dedemin İnsanları) is a 2011 Turkish comedy-drama film directed by Çağan Irmak. It focuses on a Cretan grandfather who was forced to leave his home in Crete during the population exchange between Greece and T ...
'' (2011) – Hasan
* ''Devrimden Sonra'' (2011) – Köylü Genç
* ''Unutma Beni İstanbul'' (2011)
* ''Kelebeğin Rüyası'' (2013) – Rüştü Onur
* ''Erkek Tarafı Testosteron'' (2013) – Tankut
* ''The Water Diviner'' (2014) – Ordu Görevlisi
* ''Gece'' (2014) – Yusuf
* ''Bir Varmış Bir Yokmuş (film), Bir Varmış Bir Yokmu'' (2015) – Ozan
* ''Yol Ayrımı (film), Yol Ayrımı'' (2017)
* ''Her Şey Seninle Güzel'' (2018)
* ''Karanlık Şehir Hikayeleri: Kilit'' (2021)
;Series
* ''Bizim Evin Halleri'' (2000) – Bora
* ''Binbir Gece (dizi), Binbir Gece'' (2006–2008) – Burak İnceoğlu
* ''Yersiz Yurtsuz'' (2007) – Hüseyin
* ''Kapalıçarşı (dizi), Kapalıçarşı'' (2009–2010) – Arda Güler
* ''Bir Ömür Yetmez'' (2011) – Ali Akyol
* ''İntikam (dizi), İntikam'' (2013–2014) – Emre Arsoy
* ''Serçe Sarayı'' (2015) – Kadir
* ''Aşk ve Gurur'' (2017) – Kenan
* ''Ufak Tefek Cinayetler'' (2017–2018) – Serhan Aksak
* ''Kefaret'' (2020–2021) – Sinan
* ''İlginç Bazı Olaylar'' (2021) – Tolgay (guest appearance)
* ''Aşk 101'' (2021) – Kerem (adult)
Theatre
*''Hastalık Hastası (oyun), Hastalık Hastası'' (1999–2000, Söder Theatre, İsveç)
*''Suç ve Ceza'' (2001–2004 Ankara Devlet Tiyatrosu)
*''Şeyh Bedrettin (oyun), Şeyh Bedrettin'' (2002–2003, Ankara Devlet Tiyatrosu)
*''Palyaço Prens'' (2003–2004, Ankara Devlet Tiyatrosu)
*''Atları da Vururlar (oyun), Atları da Vururlar'' (2004–2005, Ankara Devlet Tiyatrosu)
*''Hırçın Kız'' (2006–2007, Oyun Atölyesi) – Tranio
*''Testosteron (oyun), Testosteron'' (2008–2012, Oyun Atölyesi) – Tretyn
*''Antonius ile Kleopatra'' (2012, Oyun Atölyesi) – Caesar
*''Bütün Çılgınlar Sever Beni'' (2013–) – Janus
*''Parkta Güzel Bir Gün'' (2014–) – Sınır Muhafızı
*''En Kısa Gecenin Rüyası'' (2015–) – Dimitrius
*Joseph k (DasDas, İstanbul)
*Westend / Batının Sonu (DasDas, İstanbul)
*deli bayrami (DasDas, İstanbul)
Commercial
*''İş Bankası Kredi kartı, Maximum Kart
References
External links
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Entry in Sinema Türk
1981 births
Living people
Male actors from Ankara
Turkish Arab people
Turkish people of Arab descent
Turkish male film actors
Turkish male screenwriters
Turkish people of Circassian descent
21st-century Turkish male actors
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