Mehmet Emin Toprak
Turkish actor
Mehmet Emin Toprak | |
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Born | (1974-09-11)11 September 1974 Yenice, Çanakkale, Turkey |
Died | 2 December 2002(2002-12-02) (aged 28) Çan, Çanakkale, Turkey |
Nationality | Turkish |
Occupation | Film actor |
Years active | 1997–2002 |
Relatives | Nuri Bilge Ceylan (cousin) |
Mehmet Emin Toprak (11 September 1974 – 2 December 2002) was a Turkish film actor.
Toprak starred in the critically acclaimed 2002 film Uzak.[1] He died in a car crash on the way back from the Ankara Film Festival near the town of Çan, at the age of 28.[2]
A few weeks after the accident, the film Uzak was shown at the 2003 Cannes Film Festival, where Toprak was posthumously awarded Best Actor.[3]
Personal life
Toprak collaborated with his cousin Nuri Bilge Ceylan in his films. He had been married for five months at the time of his death.[2][4]
Filmography
- Kasaba (The Small Town, 1997)
- Mayıs Sıkıntısı (Clouds of May, 1999)
- Uzak (Distant, 2002)
Awards and nominations
Year | Awards | Category | Nominated work | Result |
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1999 | Turkish Film Critics Association | Best Supporting Actor | Mayıs Sıkıntısı | Nominated |
2002 | Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival | Best Supporting Actor | Uzak | Won[5] |
Turkish Film Critics Association | Best Actor | Nominated[6] | ||
2003 | Cannes Film Festival | Best Actor | Won[7] | |
2004 | Singapore International Film Festival | Best Actor | Won[8] |
References
- ^ "Critic Reviews for Distant". Metacritic. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
- ^ a b Gibbons, Fiachra (6 May 2004). "Death in Yenice". The Guardian. Retrieved 9 February 2020.
- ^ Gibbons, Fiachra (5 September 2003). "Tragic twist denies young star triumph in Venice". The Guardian. Retrieved 27 August 2019.
- ^ "Bize 'Uzak', dünyaya yakın" ['Distant' from us, close to the earth]. Milliyet (in Turkish). 27 May 2003. Retrieved 15 May 2023.
- ^ 39. Antalya Altın Portakal Film Festivali (1-5 Ekim 2002). Antalya: Antalya Kültür Sanat Vakfı Yayınları. 2002.
- ^ SİYAD'ın ödül adayları belli oldu. Hürriyet. 17 January 2003. Retrieved 9 February 2020.
- ^ "Cannes winners in full". BBC News. 25 May 2003. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
- ^ "2004: SGIFF 17". Singapore International Film Festival. Retrieved 9 February 2020.
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- Erol Taş (1975)
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- Hüseyin Peyda (1977)
- Şener Şen (1978)
- Tuncel Kurtiz (1980)
- Yaman Okay (1981)
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- Talat Bulut (1983)
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- Engin İnal (1985)
- Erdal Özyağcılar (1986)
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- Tuncer Necmioğlu (1990)
- Hayati Hamzaoğlu (1991)
- Tuncer Necmioğlu (1992)
- Fikret Hakan (1993)
- Tuncel Kurtiz / Oktay Kaynarca (1994)
- Mustafa Avkıran (1995)
- Cengiz Sezici (1996)
- Haluk Bilginer (1997)
- Mustafa Uğurlu (1998)
- Ercan Yazgan (1999)
- Şükran Güngör / Eşref Kolçak (2000)
- İsmail Hakkı Şen (2001)
- Oktay Kaynarca / Mehmet Emin Toprak (2002)
- Aytaç Arman / Çetin Öner (2003)
- Bahri Beyat (2004)
- Timuçin Esen (2005)
- Civan Canova (2006)
- Tuncel Kurtiz (2007
- Volga Sorgu Tekinoğlu (2008)
- Volga Sorgu Tekinoğlu (2009)
- Cengiz Bozkurt / Rıza Akın (2010)
- Erkan Avcı (2011)
- Tansu Biçer (2012)
- Ahmet Özarslan (2013)
- Aziz Çapkurt (2014)
- Kaan Çakır (2015)
- Haji Gul Aser (2016)
- Ozan Dağara / Hakan Emre Ünal (2019)
- Emrah Özdemir (2020)
- Erdem Şenocak (2021)
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