Mehmet Aslantuğ
{{short description|Turkish actor}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2020}}
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| name = Mehmet Aslantuğ
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1961|9|25|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Samsun, Turkey
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| occupation = Actor, director, producer, screenwriter
| yearsactive = 1981–present
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Mehmet Aslantuğ (born 25 September 1961) is a Turkish actor, director, producer, and screenwriter of Circassian origin.{{cite news |last=Ay |first=Savaş |author-link=Savaş Ay |date=25 August 2013 |title=Bindiğim At Benden İyi Maaş Alırdı |url=http://www.sabah.com.tr/Yasam/2013/08/25/sette-bindigim-at-benden-iyi-maas-alirdi |newspaper=Sabah |access-date=25 May 2014 }} He has received a Golden Boll Award, a Golden Objective Award, three Golden Orange Awards, and four Golden Butterfly Awards.
Early life and career
Aslantuğ was born in 1961 to Circassian parents from Turkey. He has appeared in more than 30 films and television shows since 1981. He starred in Akrebin Yolculuğu, which was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1997 Cannes Film Festival.{{Cite web|url=http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/ficheFilm/id/4839/year/1997.html |title=Festival de Cannes: Akrebin Yolculuğu |access-date=25 September 2009 |work=festival-cannes.com}}
In April 2011, it was announced Aslantuğ would portray the role of Çerkez Ethem in an upcoming Mohy Quandour film.{{cite news |date=19 April 2011 |title=Mehmet Aslantuğ "Çerkez Ethem"i Oynayacak! |url=http://www.milliyet.com.tr/mehmet-aslantug-cerkez-ethem-i-oynayacak--sinema-1379695/ |newspaper=Milliyet |access-date=25 May 2014 }}{{cite news |date=20 April 2011 |title=Çerkez Ethem Aslantuğ |url=http://www.radikal.com.tr/kultur/cerkez_ethem_aslantug-1046720 |newspaper=Radikal |access-date=25 May 2014 }}
Filmography
=Film=
| Class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Film ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |
|---|
| 1981
| Aşka Dönüş | | |
| 1985
| Akrep Burcu | | |
| 1986
| Gün Doğmadan | | |
| 1987
| Ateş Böceği | Yılmaz | |
| 1992
| Kapıları Açmak | | |
| 1993
| Yalancı | | |
| 1994
| | |
| 1994
| Gerilla | Gerilla Mehmet | |
| 1995
| Bir Kadının Anatomisi | | |
| 1997
| Yeni Bir Yıldız | | TV film |
| 1997
| Kerem | |
| 2006
| Ankara Cinayeti | Suat Nedim | |
| 2010
| Aşkın İkinci Yarısı | Arif | Actor, director, producer, and screenwriter |
=Television=
| Class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Film ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |
|---|
| 1987
| Yeniden Doğmak | Hanım Ağa | mini series |
| 1987
| Sevgi Dünyası | | Video |
| 1987–1988
| Belene | Ahmet the Teacher | rowspan="6"|mini series |
| 1989–1990
| İz Peşinde | Tuncer |
| 1990
| Başka Olur Ağaların Düğünü | Dr. Murat |
| 1990
| Vurguna İnmek | |
| 1992
| Kopuk Dünyalar | Kasap Mehmet |
| 1994
| Kurtuluş | Captain Fazıl Bey |
| 1997–1999
| Sıcak Saatler | Sedat Yalçın | |
| 2000
| Merdoğlu | Ömer Merdoğlu | rowspan="2"|mini series |
| 2001
| Hırsız | Adil Alemdar |
| 2003–2005
| Selim Arhan | |
| 2009
| Muzaffer Dinçaslan | |
| 2011
| Canım Babam | Kerem | |
| 2012
| Veda | Reşat Bey, Ottoman Minister of Finance | |
| 2013
| Ben Onu Çok Sevdim | Adnan Menderes, Turkish Prime Minister | |
| 2015
| Aşkın Kokusu | Aziz | |
| 2016
| Kördüğüm | Enver | |
| 2019
| Kardeş Çocukları | Yıldırım Saner | |
| 2021
| Harun Orhun | |
| 2022–2023
| Yürek Çıkmazı | Ali Fuat | |
Selected awards and nominations
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| Year
! Award ! Category ! Nominated work ! Result |
|---|
| |1990
| | |{{won}} |
| |1992
|Best Actor |Kapıları Açmak |{{won}} |
| |1993
|Golden Orange Award |Best Actor |Yalancı |{{won}} |
| rowspan=3|1994
|Golden Butterfly Award | | |{{won}} |
| Golden Orange Award
|Best Actor |{{won}} |
| Golden Boll Award
|Best Actor |Yalancı |{{won}} |
| |1995
|Contemporary Cinema Actors | | |{{won}} |
| |1997
|Golden Butterfly Award | | |{{won}} |
| |1998
|Golden Objective Award | | |{{won}} |
| |2005
|White Pearl Television Award |Best Actor |{{won}} |
| |2006
|Golden Butterfly Award | | |{{won}} |
| |2010
|Broadcast Television Journalists Association Oscar |Best Actor |{{won}} |
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{IMDb name|0039530|Mehmet Aslantuğ}}
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Category:Turkish male film actors
Category:Turkish film directors
Category:Turkish film producers
Category:Turkish male screenwriters
Category:Turkish male television actors
Category:Turkish people of Circassian descent
Category:Turkish people of Ubykh descent
Category:20th-century Turkish screenwriters
Category:21st-century Turkish screenwriters
Category:Best Actor Golden Orange Award winners