Tayfun Bademsoy (born 14 October 1958) is a

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actor who currently has over 250 TV and cinema productions. He is known for his appearance in many crime-scene series. In his first

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role, he played the role of

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founder

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in the movie '' Beyond the Sea''. Bademsoy is also the

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who serves as the character '' Sayid's'' German voice in the American TV series '' Lost''.

Filmography

Films

* ''Zuhause unter Fremden'' (1978, TV film) * '' The Man in Pyjamas'' (1981) * ' (1983) * ' (1984, TV film) * ' (1984) * ''Die Abschiebung'' (1985, TV film) * ''Schmetterlinge'' (1988) * ''Noel Baba'' (1989, TV film) * ''Ich liebe Deutschland'' (1991, TV film) * ''Heart in the Hand'' (1992) * ''Gefährliche Verbindung'' (1993, TV film) * ''Reise in die Nacht'' (1998, TV film) * ''Tuareg'' (1999, Short) * ' (2001) * ''Lassie'' (2002, Short) * ''Liebe Zartbitter'' (2002, TV film) * ''Zoe's Arkadas'' (2002) * '' Süperseks'' (2004) * '' Beyond the Sea'' (2004) * ''Zeit der Wünsche'' (2004, TV film) * ' (2006) * ''

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'' (2008) * ''Thank You Mr. President'' (2008, Short)

TV series

* ''

Tatort ("Crime Scene") is a German-language police procedural television series that has been running continuously since 1970 with 30 feature-length episodes per year, making it the longest-running German TV drama. Developed by the German public-se ...

(Voll auf Hass)'' (1987) * ''Magic'' (1990, 4 Episodes) * ''

Ein starkes Team (German for: "a strong team") is a German crime film, crime television series developed by the Germany, German television channel ZDF since March 1994. Up to four new 90-minute episodes are broadcast annually, resulting in a current total of 89 ...

'' (1994–2009, 40 Episodes) * ''

(Der Entscheider)'' (1996) * '' Die Straßen von Berlin'' (1998) * ''Schimanski (Schimanski muß leiden)'' (2000) * ''

Polizeiruf 110 ''Polizeiruf 110'' ("Police call 110") is a long-running German-language detective television series. The name refers to the emergency telephone number of the ''Volkspolizei''. The first episode was broadcast 27 June 1971 in the German Democratic ...

'' (2001–2011, 15 episodes) * ''

(Zielscheibe)'' (2001) * ''Club der Träume'' (2002) * ''

Eva Blond ''Eva Blond'' is a German television series that follows the detective Eva Blond (Corinna Harfouch) and her colleague Alyans (Erdal Yıldız). It aired from 2002 to 2006 on Sat.1. See also *List of German television series External links

* ...

- ...und die vierzig Räuber'' (2003) * ''

(Baum der Erlösung)'' (2008)

Personal life

His mother Sabahat Bademsoy has played alongside Bademsoy in various German TV series such as ''Tatort''. His sister Aysun Bademsoy is a documentary film maker living in

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* * 1958 births Living people Turkish emigrants to Germany German male film actors German male television actors German male voice actors Turkish male film actors Turkish male voice actors Turkish male television actors {{Germany-screen-actor-stub