Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
April 27, 1972
Place of Birth:
Uşak, Turkey
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Mehmet Kurtuluş
Biography
Mehmet Kurtuluş is a Turkish actor. He was born in Uşak, Turkey, and moved at the age of 18 months to Germany, where he grew up with his brother, Tekin, in Salzgitter, Lower Saxony.
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 filmKurz und schmerzlos (Short Sharp Shock). After his breakthrough, he appeared in the successful TV mini-series Der Tunnel, of Roland Suso Richter, where he performed alongside Heino Ferch and Nicolette Krebitz. Doris Dörrie chose him for her sex comedy Naked.
He went back to working in television with the love film Eine Liebe in Saigon (Love in Saigon) with Luxembourgian actress Désirée Nosbusch (to whom he is engaged). He played the main detective role in six episodes of the cult German television series Tatort. He announced afterwards that he would be working on international projects.
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Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | And The Rest Will Follow | Lawyer Ahmet Sönmez |
| 2024 | Mary | Bava Ben Buta |
| 2022 | The Young Chief Winnetou | Intschu-tschuna |
| 2019 | Who Killed Lady Winsley? | Fergan |
| 2019 | Abikalypse | Mustis Vater |
| 2017 | Snowflake | Feuer |
| 2017 | Clair Obscur | Cem |
| 2015 | Big Game | Hazar |
| 2015 | 8 Seconds | Sami |
| 2015 | Famous Five 4 | Farouk |
| 2014 | Head Full of Honey | Dr. Holst |
| 2012 | Empathy Bx | Rashid |
| 2010 | Transfer | Laurin |
| 2009 | Vasha | Artur |
| 2007 | Pars: Operation Cherry | Atilla Karahan |
| 2006 | Eine Liebe in Saigon | Robin |
| 2004 | Head-On | Barmann Istanbul |
| 2004 | Soundless | Sicherheitschef des Russen |
| 2003 | Abdulhamid Falling | Bnb. Şefik Bey |
| 2002 | Naked | Dylan |
| 2002 | Boran | Deniz Akim |
| 2001 | The Tunnel | Vittorio Castanza |
| 2001 | Herz | Cem Rüya |
| 2000 | In July | Isa |
| 1999 | Versprich mir, dass es den Himmel gibt | Louis |
| 1998 | Short Sharp Shock | Gabriel |
| 1997 | Getürkt | |
| A Small Mistake | Selim |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Testament: The Story of Moses | Pharaoh |
| 2023 | Mordach - Tod in den Bergen | Cuma Ozan |
| 2021 | FBI: International | Mehdi Esfandiari |
| 2020 | Into the Night | Ayaz |
| 2018 | The Protector | Mazhar Dragusha |
| 2017 | Culpa - No One Is Innocent | Journalist |
| 2015 | Magnificent Century: Kösem | Derviş Paşa |
| 2015 | Abenteuer Türkei | Sprecher |
| 2012 | So gesehen – Talk am Sonntag | Self |
| 2007 | Odysso - Wissen entdecken | himself |
| 2000 | Abendschau | Self |
| 1997 | Tietjen und Bommes | Self |
| 1996 | SK-Babies | Hakan Yassin |
| 1993 | Adelheid und ihre Mörder | Hassan |
| 1991 | DAS! | |
| 1979 | NDR Talk Show | Self |
| 1970 | Scene of the Crime | Cenk Batu |
| 1970 | Scene of the Crime | Cem Aslan |
| 1964 | Grimme Awards Ceremony | Self |