Mehmet Günsür (; born 8 May 1975) is a Turkish model, actor and producer.
Early life Günsür was born in 1975 as the second child of a family of Tatar descent (a Turkic ethnic subgroup).'Ben yarım Tatarım, Mehmet tam Tatar' His mother, Sibel, was a lecturer and his father, Teoman, was an industrial engineer who graduated from the Middle East Technical University and worked in a number of different sectors. His older sister Zeynep Günsür Yüceil is an associate professor in Kadir Has University.
Career He began his acting career at the age of seven in various commercials. At the age of 14, he appeared in Okan Uysaler's series Geçmiş Bahar Mimozaları with actors such as Rutkay Aziz, Filiz Akın and Müşfik Kenter. After graduating from the Italian High School, he entered the Marmara University Communication Faculty and graduated with honors. Günsür gave concerts with a music group and ran a restaurant for four years. With a friend's help, he auditioned for a role in the movie Hamam. After the trial shot, he was accepted for the role and the film was directed by Ferzan Özpetek. After this film, he decided to turn to acting.
Günsür got married on 17 July 2006 to the Italian documentalist Caterina Mongio, whom he met in 2004. They have 3 children.
Filmography Film Year Title Role Notes 1997 Hamam Mehmet 1999 Hayal Kurma Oyunları Futbolcu 2001 Tommaso Giovanni TV movie Giuda Giovanni TV movie 2002 İtalyan Giorgio 2003 Il papa buono Don Paolo TV movie O Şimdi Asker Nihat Denizer 2004 Hayal Kurma Oyunları Futbolcu 2005 Anlat İstanbul Rıfkı 2007 Fall Down Dead Stefan Kerchek 2008 Se chiudi gli occhi 2010 Ses Onur Matrimoni e altri disastri Andrea 2011 Aşk Tesadüfleri Sever Özgür Turgut2014Unutursam Fısılda Tarık Ertuğrul 2017İstanbul Kırmızısı Yusuf 2017 Martıların EfendisiŞenol2020 Figli Tipo Sempatico Web Series Year Title Role Notes 2017–2018 Fi Deniz Sarızeybek 2018 Kanaga Mardin Tamay 2019–2021 Atiye Erhan 2022 Devils Araba Sheikh Tv Series Year Title Role Notes 1989 Geçmiş Bahar Mimozaları Sabih 1989 Cahide 1999 Sır Dosyası Ayhan İnce 2001 Don Matteo 2002 Le ragioni del cuore 2003 Pilli Bebek Tarık 2004 Kasırga İnsanları Sinan 2005–2006 Beyaz Gelincik Mustafa Aslanbaş 2007–2008 Bıçak Sırtı Mehmet Ertuğrul 2011 Saigon, l'été de nos 20 ans Spaghetti 2012–2014 Muhteşem Yüzyıl Şehzade Mustafa 2021 La Compagnia del Cigno Teoman Kaya2022 Lea - Un nuovo giorno Arturo Minerva Short Film Year Title Role Notes 2003 Stregeria 2004 Non ci sarebbe niente da fare! 2011 Master Plan Mr. M
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