Mehmet Kurtuluş (born 27 April 1972) is a Turkish-German actor. He is best known for his work with German director
Fatih Akin
Fatih Akin (, born 25 August 1973) is a Turkish-German film director, screenwriter and producer. His films have won numerous awards and accolades, including the Golden Bear at the Berlin Film Festival for his film '' Head-On'' (2004), Best Scre ...
.
Life and career
Kurtuluş was born in
Uşak
Uşak () is a city in the interior part of the Aegean Region of Turkey. It is the seat of Uşak Province and Uşak District.Tekin, in
Salzgitter
Salzgitter (; Eastphalian dialect, Eastphalian: ''Soltgitter'') is an independent city#Germany, independent city in southeast Lower Saxony, Germany, located between Hildesheim and Braunschweig. Together with Wolfsburg and Braunschweig, Salzgitte ...
,
Lower Saxony
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.
He performed several minor television roles in episodes of different TV shows and continued working in theater until his big-screen debut in his main role as the young Turkish boy ''Gabriel'' in Fatih Akın's film ''Kurz und schmerzlos'' ('' Short Sharp Shock''). After his breakthrough he appeared in the successful TV mini-series '' The Tunnel'', of Roland Suso Richter, where he performed alongside Heino Ferch and Nicolette Krebitz. Doris Dörrie chose him for her sex comedy ''
Naked
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''. He went back to working in television with the love film ''Eine Liebe in Saigon'' (''Love in Saigon'') with Luxembourgian actress
Désirée Nosbusch
Désirée Nosbusch (born 14 January 1965) also known as Désirée Becker, is a Luxembourgish actress and television presenter. She was the host of the Eurovision Song Contest 1984.
Early and personal life
Nosbusch was born in Esch-sur-Alzette ...
(to whom Kurtuluş was engaged).
Kurtuluş played the main detective role in six episodes of the cult German television series ''
Tatort
("Crime Scene") is a German-language police procedural television series that has been running continuously since 1970 with 30 feature-length episodes per year, making it the longest-running German TV drama. Developed by the German public-se ...
''. He announced afterwards that he would be working on international projects. In 2014, he co-starred with Samuel L. Jackson and
Ray Stevenson
George Raymond Stevenson (25 May 196421 May 2023) was a Northern Ireland-born actor, best known for his film and television work. He had a starring role as legionary Titus Pullo on the BBC/HBO television series ''Rome'' (2005–2007), and port ...
in the Finnish-British action thriller '' Big Game''.
Filmography
Film
*1996: ''Getürkt'' (Short) - Ilami
*1998: '' Short Sharp Shock'' (''Kurz und schmerzlos'') - Gabriel
*2000: '' In July'' - Isa
*2001: '' The Tunnel'' - Vittorio 'Vic' Castanza
*2001: ' - Cem Rüya
*2001: ''Boran'' - Deniz Akim
*2002: ''
Naked
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'' - Dylan
*2002: ''
Equilibrium
Equilibrium may refer to:
Film and television
* ''Equilibrium'' (film), a 2002 science fiction film
* '' The Story of Three Loves'', also known as ''Equilibrium'', a 1953 romantic anthology film
* "Equilibrium" (''seaQuest 2032'')
* ''Equilibr ...
'' - Search Coordinator
*2003: ''Abdülhamit Düşerken'' - Sefik Bey
*2004: '' Head-On'' (''Gegen die Wand'') - Barmann Istanbul
*2004: '' Soundless'' - Sicherheitschef des Russen
*2007: ''Pars: Kiraz operasyonu'' - Atilla Karahan
*2009: ''Vasha'' - Artur
*2010: '' Transfer'' - Laurin
*2014: '' Big Game'' - Hazar
*2014: '' Head Full of Honey'' - Dr. Holst
*2015: ' - Farouk
*2015: ''8 Seconds'' - Sami
*2016: '' Tereddüt'' - Cem / Sehnaz's Husband
*2017: ''Schneeflöckchen'' - Feuer
*2019: ''Lady Winsley'' - Fergan
*2019: '' Abikalypse'' - Mustis Vater
*2024: ''
Mary
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People
* Mary (name), a female given name (includes a list of people with the name)
Religion
* New Testament people named Mary, overview article linking to many of those below
* Mary, mother of Jesus, also called the Blesse ...
Adelheid und ihre Mörder
''Adelheid und ihre Mörder'' (''Adelheid and Her Murderers'') was a German comedy-drama television series broadcast between 1993 and 2007 by Das Erste. 65, 50 minute episodes in six series were produced. Directors included Ulrich Stark (6 epis ...
Tatort
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'' - Cenk Batu / Cem Aslan
*2015–2016: '' Muhteşem Yüzyıl: Kösem'' - Dervish Pasha
*2018: '' The Protector'' - Mazhar Dragusha
*2020–2022: '' Into the Night'' - Ayaz Kobanbay
*2024: ''Testament: The Story of Moses'' -
Pharaoh
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Awards
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Locarno International Film Festival
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Grimme-Preis
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2001: ''Short Sharp Shock''
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Grimme-Preis
The Grimme-Preis (Grimme Award), formerly known as the Adolf-Grimme-Preis, is one of the most prestigious German television awards. It is named after the first general director of Nordwestdeutscher Rundfunk, Adolf Grimme. The Grimme Institute ...