Mehmet Cengiz Bozkurt (born 24 December 1965) is a Turkish actor. He is best known for his role as Erdal Bakkal in the hit surreal comedy series Leyla ile Mecnun. A graduate of Ankara Atatürk Lisesi, in 1984 he enrolled in Middle East Technical University to study physics but changed his major to stage acting in 1990. He then moved to England, where he lived for 14 years. In 1996, he graduated from Goldsmiths, University of London with a degree in "Media and Communication" studies. He the briefly shot documentaries for some channels and directed short movies. He returned to acting with the encouragement of Mehmet Ergen and worked at Arcola Theatre. Upon returning to Turkey, he continued his career by appearing in various movies and TV series.

Filmography

• 2026Dondurmam Gaymak Gapital
• Salty Coffee — Ünver İpekli
• 2025The Sleeper — Selim
• A Round of Applause
• 2024Legend — Faruk
• Leyla — Selman
• 2024Mucize Aynalar — Şahap Cenabettin
• 2023About Dry Grasses — Nail
• 2022Ali Çevlik
• 2022Kim Bu Aile? — Adem Haberdar
• 2022New Year's Eve — Ahmet
• The Blackboard — Arif Kandemir
• 50M² — Muhtar
• Orta! Kafa! Aşk! — Fikri Bilir
• The Shadow Team — Çetin Erdemsoy
• 2021Together, We Shall Die — Hasta
• Gençliğim Eyvah — Arif Asmalı
• 2019You've Got Murder — Komiser Salih
• Jet Sosyete — Cengiz Özpamuk
• 2018What a Crush
• 2017Deli Dumrul — Duha
• 2017Pizza Pizza Amerika — Owner
• 2017Time of Happiness — Tarık
• 3G Show: Geldim Gördüm Güldüm
• 2016Dr. Dilara — Adamos
• Hangimiz Sevmedik — Şener Yeşil
• 2016Locksmith’s Debt — Fahrettin
• 2016You're Everything To Me — Birol
• 2015Telling Tales — Nafi
• 2015Trouble on Wheels — Kudret
• 2014A Good Fellow — Mızrap
• 2014Coming Soon — Suat
• Kocamın Ailesi — Dilaver Ar
• 2014Oh Dear 3 — Halit
• Aramızda Kalsın — Halil Karataş
• Sevdaluk — Muhtar Ali Kocabaş
• 2013Thou Gild'st the Even — Nazım
• 2012A Long Story — Şükrü
• 2012Berlin Kaplanı — Tayyar
• 2012Body — Yılmaz
• 2012Can — Fevzi
• 2012Code Name Venus — Adamos
• 2012Do Not Forget Me Istanbul — Salesman
• 2012Taken 2 — Border Guard #1
• 2012The Real Policestation — Hasan
• 2012Ve Sonsuza Kadar Mutlu Yaşadılar... — Memur
• Leyla and Mecnun — Erdal Bakkal
• 2011Losers' Club — Çakal Yılmaz
• 2011The Extreme Tragic Story of Celal Tan and His Family — Komiser Hakkı
• 2010Ay Lav Yu — Saido
• Behzat Ç.: An Ankara Policeman — Erdal Bakkal
• 2010The Crossing — Vedat
• Yapma Diyorum! — Kahveci
• 20083 Apples Fell from the Sky — Kadri
• 2008Cars of the Revolution — Ender
• 2008For a Moment, Freedom — Chief of hotel
• 2008Gitmek: My Marlon and Brando — Azad
• Servet Avcısı
• 2008Taş Yastık — Ali
• 2008The Market: A Tale of Trade — Hasan
• 2007Egg — Cevdet
• Parmaklıklar Ardında — Gardiyan Ekrem Demirkan
• Sevgili Dünürüm — Osman
• Kırık Kanatlar
• 2006The Net 2.0 — Police Officer
• 2006Unutulmayanlar — Kameraman Hakan
• Seni Çok Özledim — Serhan Ertunç
• Düğünümüz Var
• Ecünni — Neco
• Çare Messi

Appearances as themselves (2)

• Ben de Özledim — Self
• Golden Butterfly Awards — Self - Winner