Born in 1958, Mehmet Esen left school early, ran away from home and took refuge in the theatre, where he began acting. Without work after the political turbulence of the early 1980s, he contrived a living touring cafés with a stand-up act, much in the style of an Ottoman public storyteller. He has continued his performances successfully to the present day, now on a grander scale and with several tours of Turkey, Germany and Austria. It was again in the early 1980s that he started acting for the screen, working with the top Turkish directors. To date he has notched up some 13 performances. He also writes, acts for television and has directed one TV series. - IMDb Mini Biography

Filmography

• 2026Ketenpere: Dalavere
• 2025Bi Umut — Zekeriya
• 2022As Possible As Everything — Galip
• 2022Düş Peşine
• Yalı Çapkını — Vahit
• 2021The Cage — Turgut
• 2019Operation Cicero — Yugoslavian Butler
• 2018Four Cornered Triangle
• 2018Göktaşı
• 2018Naphthalene
• 2017Ayla: The Daughter of War — Albay Celal
• 2017Ketenpere — Vefa Abi
• 2017The Lord of the Seagull — Metin
• 2017Yeni Başlayanlar İçin Hayatta Kalma Sanatı — Avukat
• Winter Sun — Ismail
• 2015Beni de Götür — Amca
• 2014The Two Faces of January — Turkish Plainclothes Policeman
• Yasak
• Eski Hikaye
• 2013Gitme Baba — Gürhan
• Ateşe Yürümek
• 2010Hayde Bre — Ev Sahibi
• 2010Nene Hatun
• Hesaplaşma
• 2009Kanımdaki Barut
• Fikrimin İnce Gülü
• Eylül
• 2005On the Way
• 2000Losers of the Dark City — Şeref
• Şaşıfelek Çıkmazı — Mehmet
• 1993The Passenger
• Olacak O Kadar
• 1987Muleteers — Asker
• 1987Prenses
• 1986Yolcu
• 1984Fidan
• 1983The Baggy Trousers Case
• 1983Thus Were Recep, Zehra And Ayşe
• 1982A Broken Love Story
• 1982Mine
• 1982The Lake — Yaşar
• Al Beni Baba — Hacı Efendi
• All Alone — Director, Writer
• Corner of the Earth

Appearances as themselves (1)

• The Agency — Self