Erhan Emre

Erhan Emre — Biography

Erhan Emre, who was born and raised in Berlin, works in German cinema and television as an actor, director, screenwriter and producer. He has appeared in two separate episodes of the German crime series Tatort and in productions such as Gran Paradiso, Tough Enough, Kaddisch für einen Freund and Mutlu Kuzular (Von glücklichen Schafen).

He entered cinema in 1997 with Thomas Arslan's film Geschwister (Siblings). In the following years he played Rocky in Gran Paradiso, Oktay Kutlucan in the 2002 Tatort episode Schützlinge and Jabbar in Alltag. 2006 was one of his busiest years: he played Hamal in Tough Enough and Ahmet Turgut in the Tatort episode Liebe am Nachmittag, and Acımasız, which he made with Detlev Buck, was released. In 2010 he took part in the film Takiye: Allah'ın Yolunda, and in 2015 in Mutlu Kuzular, which also starred Benno Fürmann. Alongside acting he moved over time into directing and screenwriting, and then film production.

He grew up in Berlin's Kreuzberg district as one of eight children of a Kurdish family that had emigrated from Turkey, with roots in the Hınıs district of Erzurum; he is a German citizen. He studied production at the German Film and Television Academy (dffb) in Berlin and completed the programme in 2002.