Fatih Akin
Biography
Fatih Akin (Turkish: Fatih Akın, born 25 August 1973) is a Turkish-German film director, screenwriter, and producer. His films have won numerous awards and accolades, including the Golden Bear at the Berlin Film Festival for his film Head-On (2004), Best Screenplay at the Cannes Film Festival for his film The Edge of Heaven (2007), and the Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film for his film In the Fade (2017).
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Acting History
2025
Mona Mur in Conversation as Self (archive footage)
2025All Over the Place - A Portrait of Tuncel Kurtiz as Self
2024Schauburg Mon Amour as Self
2022Rhinegold as Peshmerga
2019Ronny & Klaid as Himself
2015Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter as Self
2015From Caligari to Hitler as Self - Filmmaker
2012Kusturica - Balkan's Bad Boy as Himself
2012Square as Self
2011Champions: A Comic Tale as Self
2005Robbery Alla Turca as Lokman
2004German Dream as Fatih Akin
2004Ein krasser Deal as Bouncer
2003Menschen bei Maischberger as Self
2002Through the Night with... as Self
2002NDR Kultur – Das Journal as Self
2001Planet der Kannibalen as Mr. Dark
2001The Lovers of the Hotel Osman as Ahmet
2001A Goddamn Job as Ex-Gott
2001The Experiment as Cab Driver (voice)
2001We Have Forgotten to Return Home as Himself
2000In July as Rumänischer Grenzbeamter
1999TV total as Self
1999The Last Flight
1999Kismet as Tony
1998Short Sharp Shock as Nejo
1997Back in Trouble as Kebab-Fatih
1997Getürkt
1997The German Bronx as Feroz
1997Nachtstudio as Self
1997Trickser
1996SK-Babies as Bekir
1995Sensin – Du bist es
1995Kral Türkiye Müzik Ödülleri as Nominee
1994Doppelter Einsatz as Erdal
1991DAS! as Self
1979Bavarian Film Awards as Self
1979NDR Talk Show as Self
1976Kölner Treff as Self
19743 nach 9 as Self
1964Grimme Award as Self
1951German Film Award as Self
1948Bambi as Self