About
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...
Known for
Scene of the CrimeSeries • 1970
FBI: InternationalSeries • 2021
Testament: The Story of MosesSeries • 2024
Magnificent Century: KösemSeries • 2015
Just After DawnMovie • 2026
The ProtectorSeries • 2018
EquilibriumMovie • 2002
Adelheid und ihre MörderSeries • 1993
Into the NightSeries • 2020
Big GameMovie • 2014
MaryMovie • 2024
Head-OnMovie • 2004
NakedMovie • 2002
The TunnelMovie • 2001
SoundlessMovie • 2004
TransferMovie • 2010
Famous Five 4Movie • 2015
In JulyMovie • 2000
SnowflakeMovie • 2017
Head Full of HoneyMovie • 2014
Who Killed Lady Winsley?Movie • 2019
Clair ObscurMovie • 2017
Short Sharp ShockMovie • 1998