Aykut Kayacık

Aykut Kayacık — Biography

Working in German film and television, the Turkish-born actor Aykut Kayacık has also directed and written for the stage alongside acting. His career, which spans more than three decades, has taken place mostly in German productions. He is best known for Almanya – Willkommen in Deutschland (2011) and Zenne (2011), as well as titles such as Kiss me Kismet and Tod in Istanbul.

In the 1990s he appeared in productions such as Superstau (1991) and Dunkle Schatten der Angst (1993), and played a policeman in Dunckel (1998). He also took part in episodes of the crime series Tatort from 1996, 2001 and 2002. In the 2000s he played Bülent in What to Do in Case of Fire? (2001), Kemal Akbaba in Kiss me Kismet (2006) and Ahmet in Janjan (2007), and had roles in Vivere (2007) and Made in Europe (2008).

Between 2010 and 2013 he was seen often in cinema: Vater Morgana and Tod in Istanbul (2010), Almanya – Willkommen in Deutschland, in which he plays Veli Yilmaz, and Zenne (2011), Offroad and Bliss (2012), and 300 Worte Deutsch, as Emre, and Im weißen Rössl – Wehe Du singst!, as the head chef (2013). The Physician (2013) is also counted among his better-known credits. On television he also appeared in the series Der Kriminalist and Der Letzte Bulle.