Tayfun Bademsoy (born 14 October 1958) is a Turkish-German 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 Ahmet Ertegun 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) * ''Feuer für den großen Drachen'' (1983, 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) * ' (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 ''Tatort'' ("Crime scene") is a German language police procedural television series that has been running continuously since 1970 with some 30 feature-length episodes per year, which makes it the longest-running German TV drama. Developed by ...

(Voll auf Hass)'' (1987) * ''Magic'' (1990, 4 Episodes) * '' Ein starkes Team'' (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 likened to Poirot. The name links to the emergency telephone number of the ''Volkspolizei''. The first episode was broadcast 27 June 1971 in the ...

'' (2001–2011, 15 episodes) * ''

(Zielscheibe)'' (2001) * ''Club der Träume'' (2002) * '' Eva Blond - ...und die vierzig Räuber'' (2003) * ''

(Baum der Erlösung)'' (2008)

Personal life

His mother

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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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External links

* * 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