Baki Davrak
Born1971 (age 52–53)
Bad Säckingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
OccupationActor
Years active1999–present

Baki Davrak (born 1971) is a Turkish-German actor who is known for his leading role in the film The Edge of Heaven (Auf der anderen Seite) which won the Prix du scénario at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival.

Life

Baki Davrak received his training in Hannover and Berlin theatres. Although he has worked on numerous films, he continues to act in the theater.

Baki Davrak first gained attention in Kutluğ Ataman's 1997 film Lola and Billy the Kid and Thomas Arslan's 1999 film Dealer. After these films, Baki Davrak took a break from film productions and became a care taker of a park until Fatih Akin offered him the main role as Professor Nejat, a professor of Turkish descent who teaches German, in his 2007 film The Edge of Heaven.[1] The film won several international prizes including best screenplay, best director, best supporting actor and best supporting actress. In the same year, Baki Davrak also appeared in Harald Bergmann's film, Brinkmanns Zorn (Brinkmann's Wrath).

Baki Davrak has also appeared in numerous television series and movies including Wolffs Revier, Eva Blond, and Meine verrückte türkische Hochzeit (made into the English Kiss me Kismet), though most of the roles were small. From January 2008 until August 2009, he took on the WDR radio scene as he played the role of Nadir Taraki, the main criminal investigator on the first four installments of a radio series.

In addition to acting, Baki Davrak also writes. His first volume of poetry was to be published in 2007, but was delayed.

Filmography

TV series

Year Title Role
2020– Çukur Ogeday Erdenet
2016–2017 Vatanım Sensin Vasili
2010 Mordkommission Istanbul Erhan Akalın
2010 Ein Fall für zwei Valon Majko
2010 KDD – Kriminaldauerdienst Türkischer Heiler
2009 Tatort Kuzen
2006 Kommissarin Lucas Cengiz Özgür
2004 Alarm für Cobra 11 – Die Autobahnpolizei Scherge
2004 Eva Blond ?
2004 Wolffs Revier Klaus Sänger
2000 Codename: Puma Jens Schlegel
1999 Balko Roman

Web series

Year Title Role
2020 Rise of Empires: Ottoman Đurađ Branković

Film

Year Title Role
2014 Kırımlı Bauer
2011 Praktican vodic kroz Beograd sa pevanjem i plakanjem Orhan
2011 Bizim Büyük Çaresizliğimiz Fikret
2010 Do Not Forget Me Istanbul ?
2007 The Edge of Heaven Nejat Aksu
2006 Brinkmann's Wrath Konrad
2003 Past by Night Marc
2003 Scardanelli Waiblinger
2001 Null Uhr 12 Polis
2001 Planet Alex Jo
1999 Bevor der Tag anbricht Asker
1999 Die Braut August Goethe
1999 Dealer Zeki
1999 Lola und Bilidikid Murat

References

  1. ↑ Heike Faller, "Mein Freund, der Schauspieler", Die Zeit, 25 October 2007, (in German), archived from the original on 28 October 2007].


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