7.1
Movie
Acting
Mehmet Kurtuluş
- Born
- (age 54)
- Birthplace
- Uşak, Turkey
- Credits
- 49 titles
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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Signature work
Known For
7.1
Movie
5.5
Movie
Big Game
7.5
Movie
Head-On
7.1
TV
Into the Night
7.2
TV
The Protector
7.7
TV
Magnificent Century: Kösem
7.3
Movie
Head Full of Honey
7.2
Movie
In July
7.5
TV
FBI: International
6.3
Movie
Mary
6.2
TV
Scene of the Crime
7.2
Movie
The Tunnel
6.7
Movie
Short Sharp Shock
7.2
TV
Testament: The Story of Moses
6.5
Movie
Snowflake
5.7
Movie
Famous Five 4
5.6
Movie
Clair Obscur
5.4
Movie
Naked
Acting credits 49
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| TBA | A Small Mistake Film | Selim |
| 2026 | Just After Dawn Film | Jackson |
| 2025 | And The Rest Will Follow Film | Lawyer Ahmet Sönmez |
| 2024 | Mary Film | Bava Ben Buta |
| 2024 | Testament: The Story of Moses TV | Pharaoh (3 ep) |
| 2023 | Mordach - Tod in den Bergen TV | Cuma Ozan (2 ep) |
| 2022 | The Young Chief Winnetou Film | Intschu-tschuna |
| 2021 | FBI: International TV | Mehdi Esfandiari (1 ep) |
| 2020 | Into the Night TV | Ayaz (12 ep) |
| 2019 | Abikalypse Film | Mustis Vater |
| 2019 | Who Killed Lady Winsley? Film | Fergan |
| 2018 | The Protector TV | Mazhar Dragusha (10 ep) |
| 2017 | Clair Obscur Film | Cem |
| 2017 | Snowflake Film | Feuer |
| 2017 | Culpa - No One Is Innocent TV | Journalist (1 ep) |
| 2015 | Magnificent Century: Kösem TV | Derviş Paşa (19 ep) |
| 2015 | Abenteuer Türkei TV | Sprecher (5 ep) |
| 2015 | 8 Seconds Film | Sami |
| 2015 | Famous Five 4 Film | Farouk |
| 2014 | Head Full of Honey Film | Dr. Holst |
| 2014 | Big Game Film | Hazar |
| 2012 | Empathy Bx Film | Rashid |
| 2011 | So gesehen – Talk am Sonntag TV | Self (1 ep) |
| 2010 | Transfer Film | Laurin |
| 2009 | Vasha Film | Artur |
| 2007 | Odysso - Wissen entdecken TV | himself (1 ep) |
| 2007 | Pars: Operation Cherry Film | Atilla Karahan |
| 2006 | Eine Liebe in Saigon Film | Robin |
| 2004 | Soundless Film | Sicherheitschef des Russen |
| 2004 | Head-On Film | Barmann Istanbul |
| 2003 | Abdulhamid Falling Film | Bnb. Şefik Bey |
| 2002 | Equilibrium Film | Search Coordinator |
| 2002 | Naked Film | Dylan |
| 2002 | Boran Film | Deniz Akim |
| 2001 | Herz Film | Cem Rüya |
| 2001 | The Tunnel Film | Vittorio Castanza |
| 2000 | In July Film | Isa |
| 2000 | Abendschau TV | Self (1 ep) |
| 1999 | Versprich mir, dass es den Himmel gibt Film | Louis |
| 1998 | Short Sharp Shock Film | Gabriel |
| 1997 | Getürkt Film | |
| 1997 | Tietjen und Bommes TV | Self (1 ep) |
| 1996 | SK-Babies TV | Hakan Yassin (1 ep) |
| 1993 | Adelheid und ihre Mörder TV | Hassan (1 ep) |
| 1991 | DAS! TV | (1 ep) |
| 1979 | NDR Talk Show TV | Self (1 ep) |
| 1976 | Kölner Treff TV | Self (1 ep) |
| 1970 | Scene of the Crime TV | Cenk Batu, Cem Aslan (6 ep) |
| 1964 | Grimme Award TV | Self (2 ep) |
Crew credits 1
| Year | Title | Job |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | Head-On Film | Producer |