Baki Davrak Explained

Baki Davrak
Birth Place:Bad Säckingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
Yearsactive:1999–present
Occupation:Actor

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.[1] 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

YearTitleRole
2020–ÇukurOgeday Erdenet
2016–2017Vatanım SensinVasili
2010Mordkommission IstanbulErhan Akalın
2010Ein Fall für zwei Valon Majko
2010KDD – Kriminaldauerdienst Türkischer Heiler
2009Tatort Kuzen
2006Kommissarin Lucas Cengiz Özgür
2004Alarm für Cobra 11 – Die AutobahnpolizeiScherge
2004Eva Blond?
2004Wolffs RevierKlaus Sänger
2000Jens Schlegel
1999BalkoRoman

Film

YearTitleRole
2014KırımlıBauer
2011Praktican vodic kroz Beograd sa pevanjem i plakanjemOrhan
2011Bizim Büyük ÇaresizliğimizFikret
2010Do Not Forget Me Istanbul?
2007The Edge of HeavenNejat Aksu
2006Brinkmann's WrathKonrad
2003Past by NightMarc
2003ScardanelliWaiblinger
2001Null Uhr 12Polis
2001Planet AlexJo
1999Bevor der Tag anbrichtAsker
1999August Goethe
1999Zeki
1999Lola und BilidikidMurat

Notes and References

  1. Heike Faller, "Mein Freund, der Schauspieler", Die Zeit, 25 October 2007,, archived from the original on 28 October 2007