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. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Movie Appearances
Short Sharp Shock
as Gabriel
1998
Naked
as Dylan
2002
The Tunnel
as Vittorio Castanza
2001
In July
as Isa
2000
Pars: Operation Cherry
as Atilla Karahan
2007
Transfer
as Laurin
2010
Getürkt
1997
Herz
as Cem Rüya
2001
Vasha
as Artur
2009
Big Game
as Hazar
2014
Eine Liebe in Saigon
as Robin
2006
Head Full of Honey
as Dr. Holst
2014
8 Seconds
as Sami
2015
Versprich mir, dass es den Himmel gibt
as Louis
1999
Snowflake
as Feuer
2017
Mary
as Bava Ben Buta
2024
Boran
as Deniz Akim
2002
Head-On
as Barmann Istanbul
2004
Clair Obscur
as Cem
2017
Soundless
as Sicherheitschef des Russen
2004
TV Appearances
Culpa - No One Is Innocent
as Journalist
2017
Scene of the Crime
as Cenk Batu
1970
Adelheid und ihre Mörder
as Hassan
1993
SK-Babies
as Hakan Yassin
1996
Scene of the Crime
as Cem Aslan
1970
The Protector
as Mazhar Dragusha
2018
Mordach - Tod in den Bergen
as Cuma Ozan
2023
Magnificent Century: Kösem
as Derviş Paşa
2015
Testament: The Story of Moses
as Pharaoh
2024
Grimme Award
as Self
1964
DAS!
1991
Abenteuer Türkei
as Sprecher
2015