Mehmet Emin Toprak (11 September 1974 – 2 December 2002) was a Turkish film actor.

Toprak starred in the critically acclaimed 2002 film Uzak. He died in a car crash on the way back from the Ankara Film Festival, near the town of Çan at the age of 28 years.

Mehmet Emin Toprak

A few weeks after the accident, the film Uzak was shown in the 2003 Cannes Film Festival, where Toprak was posthumously awarded Best Actor.

Mehmet Emin Toprak

Personal life

Toprak collaborated with his cousin Nuri Bilge Ceylan in his films. He had been married for five months at the time of his death.

Mehmet Emin Toprak

Filmography

Kasaba (The Small Town, 1997) Mayıs Sıkıntısı (Clouds of May, 1999) Uzak (Distant, 2002)

Awards and nominations

References

1974 births

2002 deaths

Turkish male film actors

Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor winners

Road incident deaths in Turkey