Cast & creator
Mehmet Kurtuluş
Best known for Scene of the Crime, Scene of the Crime, DAS!
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
31
film credits
20
television credits
50
1964–2025 · acting roles
6.4
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (51)
Showing 51 of 51 credits
Scene of the Crime
Cenk Batu
1970Scene of the Crime
Cem Aslan
1970
DAS!
1991
NDR Talk Show
Self
1979
Kölner Treff
Self
1976
Abendschau
Self
2000
FBI: International
Mehdi Esfandiari
2021Tietjen und Bommes
Self
1997Grimme Award
Self
1964So gesehen – Talk am Sonntag
Self
2011
Magnificent Century: Kösem
Derviş Paşa
2015
Equilibrium
Search Coordinator
2002
The Protector
Mazhar Dragusha
2018
Adelheid und ihre Mörder
Hassan
1993
Testament: The Story of Moses
Pharaoh
2024
SK-Babies
Hakan Yassin
1996
Into the Night
Ayaz
2020
Big Game
Hazar
2014
Head-On
Barmann Istanbul
2004Head-On
Producer
2004
Mary
Bava Ben Buta
2024
Naked
Dylan
2002
Culpa - No One Is Innocent
Journalist
2017
The Young Chief Winnetou
Intschu-tschuna
2022
Transfer
Laurin
2010
Abenteuer Türkei
Sprecher
2015
Getürkt
1997
Mordach - Tod in den Bergen
Cuma Ozan
2023
Head Full of Honey
Dr. Holst
2014
The Tunnel
Vittorio Castanza
2001
Herz
Cem Rüya
2001
Famous Five 4
Farouk
2015
Soundless
Sicherheitschef des Russen
2004
Boran
Deniz Akim
2002Odysso - Wissen entdecken
himself
2007
In July
Isa
2000
Snowflake
Feuer
2017
Empathy Bx
Rashid
2012
Short Sharp Shock
Gabriel
1998
Who Killed Lady Winsley?
Fergan
2019
And The Rest Will Follow
Lawyer Ahmet Sönmez
2025Juste après l'aube
8 Seconds
Sami
2015
Eine Liebe in Saigon
Robin
2006Versprich mir, dass es den Himmel gibt
Louis
1999
Pars: Operation Cherry
Atilla Karahan
2007
Clair Obscur
Cem
2017
Vasha
Artur
2009
Abdulhamid Falling
Bnb. Şefik Bey
2003
Abikalypse
Mustis Vater
2019A Small Mistake
Selim