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Ahmet Mümtaz Taylan

Ahmet Mümtaz Taylan

Actor · 61 years old

Mustafa in the series Hayat Sırları

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Age61
Birth dateSeptember 12, 1965
BirthplaceAnkara
ProfessionActor
Zodiac signVirgo
Eye colorBrown
EducationGazi University, Economics Department; Hacettepe University Ankara State Conservatory, Theatre Department

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Ahmet Mümtaz Taylan — Biography

Ahmet Mümtaz Taylan is an actor, director and presenter who came to the screen from the theater and reached a wide audience on television and in film. Viewers know him best as İskender in Leyla ile Mecnun; in Nuri Bilge Ceylan's Bir Zamanlar Anadolu'da he played Arap Ali. Since 2022 he has hosted the program Empati on NTV.

The first part of his career was on stage. After studying economics he entered the conservatory, and from 1989 he spent about eighteen years in the State Theatres as actor, director and artistic administrator, working in Diyarbakır, in Germany at Roberto Ciulli's Theater an der Ruhr, and in Ankara. He was among the founders of the State Theatre Artists' Association and became its first president. Staging Misafir earned him the 2002 İsmet Küntay Best Director award; he resigned from the State Theatres in 2006.

On screen since 1996, he has appeared on television in Kurşun Yarası, Çapkın and Ezo Gelin, and after Leyla ile Mecnun the same cast reunited in Ben de Özledim. In film he won best actor at the Altın Koza for Made in Europe, at Kazan for Saklı Hayatlar and at the Altın Portakal for Gelincik. More recent work includes Arıza, Aziz and Kızılcık Şerbeti; a book of interviews about his experiences, Ara Toplam, appeared in 2021.

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Cinephile Looks at script, editing and directing choices; keeps a distance from formula films.

Ahmet Mümtaz Taylan's career moves between two poles: Onur Ünlü's absurdist humor in Leyla ile Mecnun, and Arap Ali the driver in Nuri Bilge Ceylan's Bir Zamanlar Anadolu'da. His work with Ünlü in Kırık Kalpler, Sen Aydınlatırsın Geceyi and Ben de Özledim too points to a recurring partnership with this director. In my view being at ease in both worlds is the real range of his career.

Family Viewer Asks whether the whole household can watch it; cares about humor and heart.

For watching at home with Ahmet Mümtaz Taylan, Avrupa Yakası, İşler Güçler and Küçük Esnaf are good picks: mostly comedy, light fare. Organize İşler Sazan Sarmalı and Ölümlü Dünya are action comedies too, but check first before sitting down with little ones. Behzat Ç.: Bir Ankara Polisiyesi has a hard, dark tone; keep it for older viewers.

These are not reader reviews: they are short editorial takes on this person's screen work, written from different viewer perspectives with AI assistance. Reader comments are below.

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