Mustafa Jasar

Mustafa Jasar — Biography

Mustafa Yaşar (also known as Mustafa Jasar) was a Macedonian film and theatre actor of Turkish origin whose filmography runs from 1981 to 2022 and spans both Yugoslav and independent Macedonian cinema. He is best known for playing Avi in Kurtlar Vadisi Filistin (Valley of the Wolves: Palestine) and Vanya in Hayde Bre. He was born in Skopje and died there on 1 April 2024.

His film career began in 1981 with Crveniot konj, and in the Yugoslav period he appeared in productions such as Srekna Nova '49 and Severna greska. In the years of Macedonian independence he continued with Tvrdokorni, Bog da gi ubie spionite, Makedonska saga and Prekaleni, and in the 2000s he appeared in films such as Vampirdzija, Neznata prasina na zaboravot, Krcma na patot za Evropa, Kontakt and Multiplej.

From the second half of the 2000s he also took part in productions made in Turkey, among them Elveda Rumeli, Balkan Dügünü (2009), Hayde Bre (2010), Kurtlar Vadisi Filistin (2011), Son Yaz Balkanlar 1912, Birleşen Gönüller, Büyük Sürgün Kafkasya and, most recently, the 2022 series Balkan Ninnisi. His theatre work was recognised with the Vojdan Černodrinski Award (2005) and the Vojdan Černodrinski Lifetime Achievement Award (2014).