Zejhun Demirov

Zejhun Demirov (2019)

Zejhun Demirov (* 1992 in Düsseldorf ) is a German film actor .

Act

Demirov, who has Macedonian roots, began his acting career under the direction of Petra Lammerts and Jean-Luc Bubert in the youth club of the Düsseldorfer Schauspielhaus . From 2009 to 2016, the student Mehmet Yilmaz played in the RTL series Der Lehrer . In the ORF production Kebab mit alles he was first seen in a supporting role in a feature film in 2011. For his portrayal of the role of the young Muslim Oray in the movie Oray , he was awarded the Götz George Young Talent Award of the First Steps Film Prize in 2018 for his acting achievements . In 2020 he was shooting the crime scene: Rescue so close to the camera.

Filmography (selection)

• 2009-2016: The Teacher (TV series, 23 episodes)
• 2011: kebab with everything
• 2012: Little Thirteen
• 2012: A Case for Two (TV series, episode 31x12)
• 2015: The little ones and the bad guys
• 2017: Hubert without Staller (TV series, episode 6x06)
• 2019: M - A city is looking for a murderer (TV series, episodes 1x01, 1x03–1x06)
• 2019: Oray
• 2019: Skylines (TV series, episodes 1x01–1x02)
• 2020: Tatort: ​​rescue so close

Radio plays (selection)

• 2013: Merle Kröger : Grenzfall (2nd part) (Florin) - Director: Thomas Leutzbach (radio play adaptation - WDR )
• 2014: Mark Zak : Glaube Liebe Mafia - The Godfather's Wife (Tayfun Coban) - Director: Thomas Leutzbach (radio play adaptation, crime radio play - WDR)
• 2018: Andrea Oster , Ulrich Noller : Sofias Krieg. Fictional political series. The terror in the heads (3rd, 8th and 20th episode) (Informant / Kurde / Informant) - Director: Thomas Leutzbach ( Original radio play - WDR)
• 2018: Max Urlacher : Full steam ahead through the desert. The Secret of the Baghdad Railway (Mehmet) - Director: Claudia Johanna Leist (original radio play, children's radio play - WDR)

Awards

• 2018: Winner of the Götz George Young Talent Award of the First Steps Film Award for Oray
• 2019: Special Mention in the Competition - Fiction category of the Crossing Europe Film Festival for Oray

Web links

Commons : Zejhun Demirov  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Zejhun Demirov in the Internet Movie Database (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Artist Talk with Zejhun Demirov. Kunsthochschule Kassel, accessed on June 8, 2020 . 
2. ↑ Zejhun Demirov honored as the best young actor. Zeit Online, September 25, 2018, accessed June 8, 2020 . 
3. ↑ Start of shooting for the eleventh “Tatort” from Dresden. The first , accessed June 8, 2020 . 
4. ↑ Festival prices 2019 - Crossing Europe. Crossing Europe Filmfestival Linz, accessed on June 8, 2020 .