Nurettin Sönmez (born November 23, 1978) is a Turkish actor and teacher. He is best known for his role as " Bamsı Beyrek" in historical series '' Diriliş: Ertuğrul''.

Early life

Sönmez was born on 23 November 1978 in

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. He is a child of an immigrant family. His mother is an

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immigrant. His father, Ümit Sönmez, is a dentist. Nurettin Sönmez graduated from

Istanbul University Istanbul University, also known as University of Istanbul (), is a Public university, public research university located in Istanbul, Turkey. Founded by Mehmed II on May 30, 1453, a day after Fall of Constantinople, the conquest of Constantinop ...

Mining Engineering Department. He then went to the Dialog Communication Acting School of Can and Arsen Gürzap and graduated from there. Later, he studied theatre at

Yeditepe University Yeditepe University () is a private non-profit university situated in Istanbul, Turkey. Established by the Istanbul Education and Culture Foundation ('', İSTEK Vakfı'') in 1996, Yeditepe University now claims to be the largest of the 74 priva ...

Career

Sönmez started his acting career in 1999 with the ''Akşam Güneşi'' series, in which he shared the lead role with

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and

Sumru Yavrucuk Sumru Yavrucuk (born 24 September 1961) is a Turkish theatre, TV and movie actress best known for her many theatre plays. Outside of Turkey, she is known for playing Songül Yenilmez in '' Room Number: 309'', Feride in '' The Foreign Groom'', and ...

. He started to attract attention with the character of Gaddar Ali, which he portrayed in the series ''Osmanlı'da Derin Devlet'', published in 2013. Since 2014 he has become well known with the character of Bamsı Beyrek in the series '' Diriliş: Ertuğrul'' and its sequel '' Kuruluş: Osman''. Besides acting, Sönmez is also an instructor about Far East sports, providing training and seminars in Turkey and abroad.

Filmography

Television

Film

References

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* * Living people 1978 births Male actors from Istanbul Turkish male television actors 21st-century Turkish male actors Istanbul University alumni Yeditepe University alumni Turkish people of Albanian descent {{Turkey-actor-stub