Baki Davrak (born 1971) is a Turkish-German actor who is known for his leading role in the film The Edge of Heaven (Auf der anderen Seite) which won the Prix du scénario at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival.
Life Baki Davrak received his training in Hannover and Berlin theatres. Although he has worked on numerous films, he continues to act in the theater.
Baki Davrak first gained attention in Kutluğ Ataman's 1997 film Lola and Billy the Kid and Thomas Arslan's 1999 film . After these films, Baki Davrak took a break from film productions and became a care taker of a park until Fatih Akin offered him the main role as Professor Nejat, a professor of Turkish descent who teaches German, in his 2007 film The Edge of Heaven.Heike Faller, "Mein Freund, der Schauspieler", Die Zeit, 25 October 2007, , archived from the original on 28 October 2007]. The film won several international prizes including best screenplay, best director, best supporting actor and best supporting actress. In the same year, Baki Davrak also appeared in Harald Bergmann's film, Brinkmanns Zorn (Brinkmann's Wrath).
Baki Davrak has also appeared in numerous television series and movies including Wolffs Revier, Eva Blond, and Meine verrückte türkische Hochzeit (made into the English ), though most of the roles were small. From January 2008 until August 2009, he took on the WDR radio scene as he played the role of Nadir Taraki, the main criminal investigator on the first four installments of a radio series.
In addition to acting, Baki Davrak also writes. His first volume of poetry was to be published in 2007, but was delayed.
Filmography TV series Year Title Role2024Kudüs Fatihi Selahaddin EyyubiAvram2020–2021ÇukurOgeday Erdenet2016–2017Vatanım SensinVasili2010Mordkommission IstanbulErhan Akalın2010Ein Fall für zwei Valon Majko2010KDD – Kriminaldauerdienst Türkischer Heiler2009Tatort Kuzen2006Kommissarin Lucas Cengiz Özgür2004Alarm für Cobra 11 – Die AutobahnpolizeiScherge2004Eva Blond?2004Wolffs RevierKlaus Sänger2000Jens Schlegel1999BalkoRoman
Web series Year Title Role2020Rise of Empires: OttomanĐurađ Branković
Film Year Title Role2014KırımlıBauer2011Praktican vodic kroz Beograd sa pevanjem i plakanjemOrhan2011Bizim Büyük ÇaresizliğimizFikret2010Do Not Forget Me Istanbul?2007The Edge of HeavenNejat Aksu2006Brinkmann's WrathKonrad2003Past by NightMarc2003ScardanelliWaiblinger2001Null Uhr 12Polis2001Planet AlexJo1999Bevor der Tag anbrichtAsker1999August Goethe1999Zeki1999Lola und BilidikidMurat
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