Mehmet Esen

Actor

January 1, 1958 (68 years)

Istanbul, Turkey

Biography

Born in 1958, Mehmet Esen left school early, ran away from home and took refuge in the theatre, where he began acting. Without work after the political turbulence of the early 1980s, he contrived a living touring cafés with a stand-up act, much in the style of an Ottoman public storyteller. He has continued his performances successfully to the present day, now on a grander scale and with several tours of Turkey, Germany and Austria. It was again in the early 1980s that he started acting for the …

Filmography

8.3

Yalı Çapkını

Vahit

When Istanbul playboy Ferit Korhan's exasperated grandfather arranges his marriage to a girl from Gaziantep, fate intervenes — Ferit falls for Seyran, the younger sister of his intended bride, upending both families.

6.6

The Agency

Self

Dicle finds herself in an agency when she comes to Istanbul dreaming of becoming a filmmaker. There’s only place for stars, ego wars, greed, fame, money, hope and disappointment here. As Dicle struggles to exist in this glamorous world without losing her way... Her broken family ties start to bleed again. Her father who abandoned them before she was born is now one of the sharks of the industry and they are working in the same agency. And the magical lights of cinema start to shed light on Dicle’s first love.

8.2

Winter Sun

Ismail

Years after ruthless businessmen kill his father and order the death of his twin brother, a modest fisherman adopts a new persona to exact revenge.

6.0

Ketenpere: Dalavere

In the sequel, Kalender has fulfilled his biggest dream: founding a film company. His new goal is to team up with Vefa, who trapped him in first film, to retrieve the gold from Feza, a wealthy businessman obsessed with aliens.

8.0

Ayla: The Daughter of War

Albay Celal

In 1950, amidst the ravages of the Korean War, Sergeant Süleyman stumbles upon a a half-frozen little girl, with no parents and no help in sight and he risks his own life to save her, smuggling her into his army base and out of harm’s way.

8.0

Şaşıfelek Çıkmazı

Mehmet

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5.8

The Two Faces of January

Turkish Plainclothes Policeman

1962. A con artist, his wife, and a dangerous stranger are caught up in the murder of a private detective and are forced to try and escape Athens.

8.0

Olacak O Kadar

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6.1

Muleteers

Asker

Three villagers, four soldiers and a journalist woman traveling through the snow.

4.0

Yasak

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10.0

Eylül

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5.0

Eski Hikaye

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Fikrimin İnce Gülü

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Hesaplaşma

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6.0

Operation Cicero

Yugoslavian Butler

Ilyas Bazna works as a butler in the British Embassy in Turkey during WW2. After Bazna starts to work as a German spy he is going to experience a series of unexpected events.

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Ateşe Yürümek

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4.0

Kanımdaki Barut

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Bi Umut

Zekeriya

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4.6

Mine

Mine is a gorgeous woman who gets the attention of all the men in town as well as the jealous glances of the ladies around her. She is married to an old station chief. She is lonely and miserable in her marital life. İlhan, the brother of her only friend Perihan, arrives in town, and everything changes. Ilhan and Mine, who quickly become friends, begin to be gossiped about around town.

7.4

The Baggy Trousers Case

A group of women in a small village get organized against the macho men of the town.