Murat Ünalmış

Murat Ünalmış — Biography

In his youth Murat Ünalmış played basketball; as a Turkish actor he has since played leads in television series. Two roles introduced him to a wide audience: Mamo in Mahsun Kırmızıgül's film Güneşi Gördüm and Demir Yaman in atv's Bir Zamanlar Çukurova. In 2026 he returns to screens in Show TV's Sevdan Bir Ateş.

He grew up in Kayseri and moved to Istanbul after middle school; during his high school years he played professional basketball for Fenerbahçe. After studying business at Marmara University he trained as an actor at Akademi İstanbul, and he also learned to play the clarinet as a hobby. His early career ran through series such as Hayat Bağları, Sınırlı Aşk and Kurşun Yarası, then Üç Kadın and Şöhret, shown on atv from 2005 to 2007, in which he played Mert Erdem and rose to a lead role. Sır Gibi, Rüzgâr and Kasaba were other work of this period. The 2009 films Güneşi Gördüm and Gecenin Kanatları brought him forward in cinema, and he also appeared in Kırmızıgül's next film, New York'ta Beş Minare.

In later years he took the lead in Yer Gök Aşk and played Ali Ayazlı in İnadına Yaşamak, Mahmut Sabri in Seddülbahir 32 Saat, Arif Ünlü in TRT 1's Sevda Kuşun Kanadında and Kadir in Deli Gönül. He left Bir Zamanlar Çukurova on June 24, 2021, and in 2023 he played Gülcemal Şahin in FOX's Gülcemal.