Nazmi Kırık

Nazmi Kırık was born in Diyarbakır in 1976 and is a Turkish-German film actor of Kurdish origin. Kırık, who started working in theater and dance at the Diyarbakır branch of the Mesopotamia Cultural Center during his education years, took the stage in various plays during this period. He continued his activities in the Istanbul branch of the same center since 1996 and contributed to the establishment of Seyr-i Mesel Art Workshop with his friends in 2003.

Nazmi Kırık, who entered the world of cinema in 1999 with the role of Berzan in the movie "Journey to the Sun", made a name for himself with the production that won the Blue Angel and Peace awards at the Berlin Film Festival in the same year. In 2003, he met with the audience in the Cannes Film Festival Directors' Section with the film "Little Freedom" directed by Yüksel Yavuz, and in 2005 he competed as the best actor candidate in the Cannes Official Competition Section with Huner Saleem's film "Kilometer Zero".

His short film "Identity", which he shot in 2006, reached the competition stage at the Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival; Kırık still continues his work both in Turkey and Germany.

In recent years, he has appeared in roles such as Nadim Baybars in the series "Uzak Şehir" (2024-present), Tayyar in the series "Yalı Çapkını" (2024) and İhsan in the series "Ne Gemiler Yaktım" (2023-2024); He has also given life to his characters in productions such as “What If You Love Much” (2023), “Gönül” (2022) and “Çukur” (2019, season 3). He added a new success to his career by winning the Best Actor award at the 44th Istanbul Film Festival in 2025.

Nazmi Kırık was born in 1976 in Diyarbakır, Türkiye.

Productions in which he took part

He took part in a total of 43 productions; 12 of the most well-known are listed.

• Tatort (1970) — Metin Nayani
• Far City (2024) — Nadim Baybars
• Nachtschicht (2003) — Akram Luqman
• Black Pearl (2017) — Halil
• What If You Love Too Much (2023) — Yakup Civelek
• It's Another (2020) — Civan
• Amber (2016)
• Rabiye Kurnaz next George W. Bush (2022) — Mehmet
• Gönül (2022) — Seymen
• Miracle (2015) — Şemsettin
• Ankara's Dikmen (2014) — Zirek
• Government Woman (2013) — Ferhat

Production and imprint information was taken from TMDB.