Personal Info
Birth date
1972-04-27 (53 Years)
Gender
Male
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
Uşak, Turkey
Also known as
-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
Filmography
Scene of the Crime
6.1
Overview:
Tatort is a long-running German/Austrian/Swiss, crime television series set in various parts of these countries. The show is broadcast on the channels of ARD in Germany, ORF in Austria and SF1 in Switzerland.DAS!
4.2
Overview:
Every evening at 6:45 p.m. sharp, a prominent guest takes a seat on the red sofa—and DAS! provides daily updates on what's hot in the north.FBI: International
7.7
Overview:
Follows the elite agents of the FBI's International Fly Team headquartered in Budapest as they travel the world with the mission of protecting Americans wherever they may be.Magnificent Century: Kösem
7.666
Overview:
Tells the legendary story between the Sultan of Kosem and Ahmed I.Testament: The Story of Moses
7.2
Overview:
This illuminating docudrama series chronicles Moses' remarkable life as a prince, prophet and more with insights from theologians and historians.The Protector
7.2
Overview:
The epic adventure of Hakan, a young shopkeeper whose modern world gets turned upside down when he learns he’s connected to a secret, ancient order, tasked with protecting Istanbul.Soundless
6.3
Overview:
Viktor, a methodical hit man, probably on his last job, has no plan for his retirement. He does not kill Nina, a woman sleeping beside his latest mark; then he follows her and rescues her from an attempted suicide. Nina is attracted to him, but also wants to know who he is. Her pursuit of his identity crosses the investigation of Lang, a brilliant police investigator who tries to inhabit the minds of the victims and the killer. Viktor's employer also wants to kill Viktor and his contact, an aging arms dealer and family friend. Does Viktor have a future?Mary
6.29
Overview:
A miraculous conception. A merciless king. A murderous pursuit. Mary's journey to give birth to Jesus unfolds in this biblical coming-of-age epic.Into the Night
7.166
Overview:
When the sun suddenly starts killing everything in its path, passengers on an overnight flight from Brussels attempt to survive by any means necessary.Head-On
7.474
Overview:
With the intention to break free from the strict familial restrictions, a suicidal young woman sets up a marriage of convenience with a forty-year-old addict, an act that will lead to an outburst of envious love.Big Game
5.5
Overview:
Air Force One is shot down by terrorists, leaving the President of the United States stranded in the wilderness of Finland. 13-year-old Oskari is on a hunting mission to prove his maturity to his kinsfolk by tracking down a deer, but instead discovers the President in an escape pod. With the terrorists closing in to capture their prize, the unlikely duo team up to escape their hunters.Snowflake
6.5
Overview:
Hunting down the murderer of their families in an anarchic Berlin of the near future, the outlaws Tan and Javid find themselves trapped in the wicked fairytale of a mysterious screenplay that entangles them in a vicious circle of revenge – apparently all written by a clueless dentist.The Young Chief Winnetou
4.7
Overview:
Winnetou's tribe is in dire straits. There is a threat of famine as the all-important buffalo herds are now failing. As the headman's son, young Winnetou wants to prove to his father Intschu-chuna how brave he is and how great a warrior he can be, because he thinks his son still has a lot to learn. To save his tribe, he goes on a dangerous adventure.The Tunnel
7.106
Overview:
Inspired by true events, Olympic swimmer Harry Melchior defects from East Germany in the 1960s and hatches a daring plot to help his sister and others flee East Berlin through a 145-yard underground tunnel.Short Sharp Shock
6.631
Overview:
Gabriel, Bobby and Costa are old friends from Altona, a multicultural hood in Hamburg. Just out of prison, Gabriel wants to turn his back on crime, but the others continue to operate as petty criminals. Friendships are tested as the trio navigate a dark world of mafia bosses and deals gone wrong.Clair Obscur
5.8
Overview:
Şehnaz, a young female psychiatrist from Istanbul, starts mandatory duty in a provincial town. Back in the city, she maintains a marriage that looks flawless on the outside. Elmas, a young woman on the verge of breakdown, opens a new path in her.In July
7.3
Overview:
Can Daniel follow the sun from Hamburg to the Bosporus by Friday to meet his love?Adelheid und ihre Mörder
6.2
Overview:
Adelheid und ihre Mörder was a German comedy-drama television series broadcast between 1992 and 2006 by Norddeutscher Rundfunk. 65, 50 minute episodes in five series were produced. Directors included Ulrich Stark, Arend Agthe, Claus-Michael Rhone, Stephan Meyer and Stefan Bart Mann.Head Full of Honey
7.291
Overview:
Before eleven years old Tilda's parents can put her beloved grandfather in an old people's home due to his progressing Alzheimer disease, she takes him on one last adventure that subliminally threatens to tear her family apart.Pars: Operation Cherry
5.2
Overview:
A story describing Turkish narcotic police team named "Pars" who are trailing the traffic through Afghanistan, Turkey, Europe and USA.Eine Liebe in Saigon
4
Overview:
Dramatic TV two-parter about a married doctor, who falls in love with a mine deterrent in Vietnam.Vasha
5.8
Overview:
Tom, a wide-eyed, innocent sixteen year-old, finds himself an unwitting accomplice in a deadly game of vengeance and death when he befriends Artur - a Chechen man, hell bent on revenging the torture and murder of his family - on the streets of Tallinn.8 Seconds
6.063
Overview:
Esra leads two parallel lives. In her daily life the vivacious and spirited Esra adores her family but feels caged in her relationships. In her dream life, she yearns to discover the identity of the man who visits her dreams. While in waking life she struggles in vain, in her dream life she evolves in secret. But what if waking and dreaming were never separate and the real secret is shored by all?Acting
TBAA Small Mistake as Selim
2025And The Rest Will Follow as Lawyer Ahmet Sönmez
2024Mary as Bava Ben Buta
2024Testament: The Story of Moses (3 Episodes) as Pharaoh
2023Mordach - Tod in den Bergen (2 Episodes) as Cuma Ozan
2022The Young Chief Winnetou as Intschu-tschuna
2021FBI: International (1 Episode) as Mehdi Esfandiari
2020Into the Night (12 Episodes) as Ayaz
2019Abikalypse as Mustis Vater
2019Who Killed Lady Winsley? as Fergan
2018The Protector (10 Episodes) as Mazhar Dragusha
2017Clair Obscur as Cem
2017Snowflake as Feuer
2017Culpa - No One Is Innocent (1 Episode) as Journalist
2015Magnificent Century: Kösem (19 Episodes) as Derviş Paşa
2015Abenteuer Türkei (5 Episodes) as Sprecher
2015Big Game as Hazar
20158 Seconds as Sami
2015Famous Five 4 as Farouk
2014Head Full of Honey as Dr. Holst
2012Empathy Bx as Rashid
2012So gesehen – Talk am Sonntag (1 Episode) as Self
2010Transfer as Laurin
2009Vasha as Artur
2007Odysso - Wissen entdecken (1 Episode) as himself
2007Pars: Operation Cherry as Atilla Karahan
2006Eine Liebe in Saigon as Robin
2004Soundless as Sicherheitschef des Russen
2004Head-On as Barmann Istanbul
2003Abdulhamid Falling as Bnb. Şefik Bey
2002Naked as Dylan
2002Boran as Deniz Akim
2001Herz as Cem Rüya
2001The Tunnel as Vittorio Castanza
2000In July as Isa
2000Abendschau (1 Episode) as Self
1999Versprich mir, dass es den Himmel gibt as Louis
1998Short Sharp Shock as Gabriel
1997Getürkt as Unknown
1997Tietjen und Bommes (1 Episode) as Self
1996SK-Babies (1 Episode) as Hakan Yassin
1993Adelheid und ihre Mörder (1 Episode) as Hassan
1991DAS! (1 Episode) as Unknown
1979NDR Talk Show (1 Episode) as Self
1976Kölner Treff (1 Episode) as Self
1970Scene of the Crime (6, 1 Episode) as Cenk Batu, Cem Aslan
1964Grimme Award (2 Episodes) as Self
Production
2004Head-On ... Producer