Mehmet Kurtuluş
Born: 1972-04-27 in Uşak, Turkey
Known For: Acting
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. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Filmography
2025
- And The Rest Will Follow as Lawyer Ahmet Sönmez
2024
- Testament: The Story of Moses as Pharaoh
- Mary as Bava Ben Buta
2023
- Mordach - Tod in den Bergen as Cuma Ozan
2022
- The Young Chief Winnetou as Intschu-tschuna
2021
- FBI: International as Mehdi Esfandiari
2020
- Into the Night as Ayaz
2019
- Who Killed Lady Winsley? as Fergan
- Abikalypse as Mustis Vater
2018
- The Protector as Mazhar Dragusha
2017
- Clair Obscur as Cem
- Snowflake as Feuer
- Culpa - No One Is Innocent as Journalist
2015
- Magnificent Century: Kösem as Derviş Paşa
- 8 Seconds as Sami
- Big Game as Hazar
- Famous Five 4 as Farouk
- Abenteuer Türkei as Sprecher
2014
- Head Full of Honey as Dr. Holst
2012
- So gesehen – Talk am Sonntag as Self
- Empathy Bx as Rashid
2010
- Transfer as Laurin
2009
- Vasha as Artur
2007
- Pars: Operation Cherry as Atilla Karahan
- Odysso - Wissen entdecken as himself
2006
- Eine Liebe in Saigon as Robin
2003
- Abdulhamid Falling as Bnb. Şefik Bey
2001
- The Tunnel as Vittorio Castanza
- Herz as Cem Rüya
2000
- Abendschau as Self
- In July as Isa
1999
1998
- Short Sharp Shock as Gabriel
1997
- Tietjen und Bommes as Self
- Getürkt
1996
- SK-Babies as Hakan Yassin
1993
- Adelheid und ihre Mörder as Hassan
1991
1979
- NDR Talk Show as Self
1976
- Kölner Treff as Self
1970
- Scene of the Crime as Cenk Batu
1964
- Grimme Award as Self