Kurtuluş was born in Uşak, Turkey, and moved at the age of 18 months to Germany, where he grew up with his brother, Tekin, in Salzgitter, Lower Saxony. He performed several minor television roles in episodes of different TV shows and continued working in theater until his big-screen debut in his main role as the young Turkish boy Gabriel in Fatih Akın's filmKurz und schmerzlos (Short Sharp Shock). After his breakthrough he appeared in the successful
Short Sharp Shock
⭐ 6.7Naked
⭐ 5.4The Tunnel
⭐ 7.1In July
⭐ 7.251Pars: Operation Cherry
⭐ 5.5Transfer
⭐ 6.2Getürkt
⭐ 4.2Herz
⭐ 2Vasha
⭐ 5.8Mordach: Death in the Mountains
⭐ 0Big Game
⭐ 5.492Eine Liebe in Saigon
⭐ 0Head Full of Honey
⭐ 7.38 Saniye
⭐ 6.9Versprich mir, dass es den Himmel gibt
⭐ 0Snowflake
⭐ 6.6Mary
⭐ 0Boran
⭐ 0Head-On
⭐ 7.446Clair Obscur
⭐ 5.8Soundless
⭐ 6.3Abdulhamid Falling
⭐ 6Empathy Bx
⭐ 9.5Who Killed Lady Winsley?
⭐ 6.3Abikalypse
⭐ 4.5The Young Chief Winnetou
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