Murat Yıldırım (actor)

Television

Thus he played his first minor role in Ölümsüz Aşk which was written by Yılmaz Erdoğan. Later he performed in Bütün Çocuklarım and in Büyük Yalan. His first leading role was in the series Fırtına where he met his future first wife, Burçin Terzioğlu.

In 2007 he starred in Asi which was nominated for the International TV Audience Award-Best Drama TV Series at the 51st Monte-Carlo Television Festival alongside Tuba Büyüküstün.^[4] After the end of Asi Yıldırım agreed to act in Aşk ve Ceza alongside Nurgül Yeşilçay.

Yıldırım's next role, in 2012, was Ecevit in the hit series Suskunlar which the first Turkish drama sold to the USA market for remake alongside Aslı Enver.^{[5][6][7][8][9]} In middle 2015 Yıldırım signed a contract with O3 productions and MBC Group for an upcoming series,^[10] which eventually premiered in early 2016 under the title Gecenin Kraliçesi.^[11] In 2017, together with his wife Iman Elbani, he played in a music video for American singer Jessica Sutta's single, "When a Girl Loves a Boy".^[12]

From 2019 to 2021, he starred as the titular character in the crime-mafia action series Ramo, alongside co-star Esra Bilgiç. From 2021 to 2022, he shared the leading roles with Damla Sönmez in the period drama Aziz on Show TV. He currently stars as one of the lead roles in the TRT1 series Teşkilat about Mit.^[13]

Film

Yıldırım also had a brief appearance in the Turkish film Organize İşler. He got nominated for Golden Orange Award for Best Actor for his leading role in the film Araf. During the filming of Asi he starred opposite Beren Saat in the movie Güz sancisi about Istanbul pogrom. In late 2014, Yıldırım returned on screens, after a break of one a half years, portraying Lieutenant Sadık Turan in the movie Kırımlı based on the autobiographical novel Korkunç Yıllar. In 2015, he appeared as Sinan in the film adaptation of Turkey's 2014 best-selling novel Kocan Kadar Konuş. The romantic comedy was released on 20 March 2015, to positive reviews. Due to its commercial success, a sequel was announced shortly after the film's release. The sequel, named Kocan Kadar Konuş-Diriliş was released on 1 January 2016.^{[citation needed]}