Mert Firat

Mert Firat was born on Jan 10, 1981 in Turkey. Mert Firat's big-screen debut came with 1001 Nights - Season 2 directed by Kudret Sabanci in 2007, strarring Burak Inceoglu. Mert Firat is known for Ufak Tefek Cinayetler directed by Ali Bilgin, Gökçe Bahadir stars as Oya and Aslihan Gürbüz as Merve. Mert Firat has got 11 awards and 8 nominations so far. The most recent award Mert Firat achieved is Love is Folly International Film Festival, Bulgaria. The upcoming new movie Mert Firat plays is Everything Is Beautiful with You which will be released on Nov 16, 2018.

Firat is of Turkish, Circassian and Arab descent. His father is singer Nihat Firat. After finishing high school, he studied radio and television broadcasting in Sweden. He then returned to Ankara and took acting classes in Ankara University. Firat graduated from the theatre department of Ankara University and took his master's degree in Film and Drama from Kadir Has University. He founded the "Moda Theatre" and "Das Das" in Istanbul, and "Sanat Mahal" in Bursa. He has appeared in more than fifteen films since 2005 and has won many awards. In October 2017 the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Turkey chose Firat as a Goodwill Ambassador in Turkey.