Mehmet Esen
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 screen, working with the top Turkish directors. To date he has notched up some 13 performances. He also writes, acts for television and has directed one TV series. - IMDb Mini Biography
Known For & Full Filmography42 Titles
Drama Series - 2022, 16 episodes • as 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.
Drama Series - 2020, 16 episodes • as 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.
Movie - 2009, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
An outstanding performance featuring brilliant storytelling, high stakes drama, and unforgettable character arcs.
Drama Series - 1996, 16 episodes • as Mehmet
An outstanding performance featuring brilliant storytelling, high stakes drama, and unforgettable character arcs.
Movie - 2017, 2h 15m • as 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.
Movie - 2021, 2h 15m • as Turgut
A former police officer struggles to clear his name after being fired from his impudent job. He returns to his job, but struggles to overcome the paranoia and darkness he has grown inside.
Drama Series - 2016, 16 episodes • as 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.
Movie - 2022, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
Kaan, who volunteers at the Dreams Academy, where disabled children receive education, lives in Kaş with his brother. When the director of the academy finds himself in trouble due to his debt, he and his friends who come to the city on holiday try to protect the academy against the danger of closure.
Drama Series - 2009, 16 episodes • Main Cast Role
An outstanding performance featuring brilliant storytelling, high stakes drama, and unforgettable character arcs.
Drama Series - 2013, 16 episodes • Main Cast Role
An outstanding performance featuring brilliant storytelling, high stakes drama, and unforgettable character arcs.
Movie - 2025, 2h 15m • as Zekeriya
An outstanding performance featuring brilliant storytelling, high stakes drama, and unforgettable character arcs.
Drama Series - 2014, 16 episodes • Main Cast Role
An outstanding performance featuring brilliant storytelling, high stakes drama, and unforgettable character arcs.
Movie - 1986, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
An outstanding performance featuring brilliant storytelling, high stakes drama, and unforgettable character arcs.
Drama Series - 1988, 16 episodes • Main Cast Role
An outstanding performance featuring brilliant storytelling, high stakes drama, and unforgettable character arcs.
Movie - 2014, 2h 15m • as 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.
Movie - 2018, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
In Günebakan, one of the distinguished villages of Thrace, the people pray for rain due to drought, but meteorite fragments fall from the sky unexpectedly instead of rain. After that, Günebakan, normally a quiet and isolated Thracian village, became the scene of a never-before-seen turmoil.
Movie - 2026, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
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.
Drama Series - 2005, 16 episodes • Main Cast Role
An outstanding performance featuring brilliant storytelling, high stakes drama, and unforgettable character arcs.
Movie - 2015, 2h 15m • as Amca
Ayşe lives with her uncle and aunt. When Ali, whom she is in love with, leaves for Istanbul to continue his education, she loses the only source of happiness in her life. Her uncle is determined to marry her off to Ahmet, the driver. Ayşe does not love Ahmet, but she has no other choice. In the end, Ayşe marries Ahmet. When Ali's mother, who attended their wedding, passes away shortly after, Ayşe loses all connection to her former love. Ayşe, who already did not love Ahmet, is now forced to live with a disabled man she does not love after he is paralyzed in a traffic accident. Ayşe, who has fallen into despair, lives helplessly in her own world, but one day the doorbell rings; it is Ali...
Movie - 2017, 2h 15m • as Vefa Abi
Kalender who works at a casting company owned by a relative and occasionally takes on small, non-speaking roles in TV series and films. He dreams of marrying his long-term girlfriend İmge and tries to arrange small roles for people in his neighborhood. Kalender is implicated in a financial crime involving his relative's name and is sent to prison for a short time. In prison, he meets a prisoner named Vefa. Vefa recognizes Kalender from the TV series and films he has appeared in, despite being younger than him; he quickly grows fond of Kalender and takes him under his wing.
Movie - 1983, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
A group of women in a small village get organized against the macho men of the town.
Movie - 2013, 2h 15m • as Gürhan
An outstanding performance featuring brilliant storytelling, high stakes drama, and unforgettable character arcs.
Drama Series - 2010, 16 episodes • Main Cast Role
An outstanding performance featuring brilliant storytelling, high stakes drama, and unforgettable character arcs.
Movie - 1984, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
Ramazan, together with his children, migrate to the big city, Istanbul in order to give them a better life. His daughter Fidan begins working as a clerk at a shop. But she could not adapt to the life of big city. She runs away with the son of the shop owner. Ramazan searches for his daughter, but the big city already has corrupted his daughter
Movie - 1982, 2h 15m • as Yaşar
Nalan reminds Murat of his wife who died in the lake. After a while, Murat convinces himself that Nalan is his dead wife, Sabiha. Murat loses his sense of reality when a new man gets involved.
Drama Series - 2007, 16 episodes • Main Cast Role
An outstanding performance featuring brilliant storytelling, high stakes drama, and unforgettable character arcs.
Movie - 2024, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
An outstanding performance featuring brilliant storytelling, high stakes drama, and unforgettable character arcs.
Movie - 2000, 2h 15m • as Şeref
Newlyweds Mine and Kürşat work at a bar. Their lives change with the presence of Özgür who moves into their apartment next door.
Movie - 1982, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
Fuat is forced into an "advantegeous" marriage to a rich girl due to his family financial lowness. He, however loves another, Aysel. After he loses his best friend, Bedri, to suicide, he rebels against the system with heartbreaking results.
Movie - 2019, 2h 15m • as 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.
Movie - 1987, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
An outstanding performance featuring brilliant storytelling, high stakes drama, and unforgettable character arcs.
Movie - 2018, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
Our protagonist is an impenitent observer. Having adopted as principle, watching almost everyone and everything and learning every detail, he works at a tobacco warehouse. Even though everyone calls him “Observer,” he is actually a watch guard. In fact, he observes and also uses his observations. But he loses his grip. Because, those who talk about their observations and easily utilise them are not favoured at all. Does a rectangle has three corners or does it have three corners just because one sees three corners while standing at the other corner? Can a rectangle be three-cornered as well?
Movie - 2022, 2h 15m • as Galip
Saadet, who lives in Basaksehir, one of the urban transformation areas of Istanbul, arranged a job interview by means of her father's former boss pulling some strings.
Movie - 1987, 2h 15m • as Asker
Three villagers, four soldiers and a journalist woman traveling through the snow.
Movie - 2010, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
An outstanding performance featuring brilliant storytelling, high stakes drama, and unforgettable character arcs.
Movie - 2017, 2h 15m • as Metin
The Lord of the Seagull (MEF) is a man living a calm life on the seashore in Istanbul. There is someone he has been waiting for years. Finally the guest he waits will come out. In white, a woman who shoots on the shore like a tale will change the whole life of the MEF.
Movie - 1982, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
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.
Movie - 2010, 2h 15m • as Ev Sahibi
Hayde Bre is about the experiences of Şaban Ağa, who lives an ordinary life in a small town with his wife and friends, as he navigates between rural and urban life.
Movie - 1983, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
Recep lives with his wife Zehra and their children in his father's house. He also runs a hotel in the seaside town where they live. Ayşe, from the town, attends high school in Istanbul with Selma Hanım. After graduating, she returns to the town. However, her family does not allow her to attend university. Selma Hanım comes to the town to convince Ayşe's family. She starts staying at Recep's hotel. Ayşe also starts spending time with Selma Hanım while waiting for her university exam results. Mrs. Selma returns to Istanbul after a while. A few days later, Ayşe's exam results arrive. Her father tears up the results. Upon this, Ayşe runs away from home and goes to Recep's hotel. However, Ayşe's arrival at the hotel will change the lives of both Ayşe and Zehra.
Movie - 1993, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
The railway station in a small town in Western Anatolia where no birds or caravans pass, during the most active and critical days of the National War of Independence in 1921. One is the station chief, who lost his eye and the other foot on the front, and the other was left with caries, and the other was the wife of the station chief.
Movie - 2017, 2h 15m • as Avukat
A twenty years old boy that lost his mother, father and sister in a traffic accident takes a caravan trip with his best friend in order to hold onto life again.
Movie - 2005, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
Based on true events, Yolda is the story of Yilmaz Guney, at the time the most celebrated filmmaker in Turkey, and the final years of his life in prison.