Nejat İşler

Acting

Nejat İşler

Born

1972-02-29 (54)

Place of birth

İstanbul, Türkiye

Known for

Acting

Credits

51 titles

Nejat İşler (born 28 February 1972) is a Turkish actor and writer. He is best known for many hit films including won Cannes Film Festival. Some of his popular series are Behzat Ç, Gülbeyaz, Bıçak Sırtı, Keşanlı Ali Destanı, İntikam, Aliye, and Şehnaz Tango. He played in the Turkish TV series Behzat Ç. Bir Ankara Polisiyesi as a ruthless villain with a dark sense of humor and honor. He had leading role for same role in spin off series "Respect". He also appeared as one of the actors in the movies "Behzat Ç. Seni Kalbime Gömdüm", "Behzat Ç. Ankara Yanıyor".

Known for

Film credits

2020s · 11 titles

10 Days of a Bad Man poster
6.4

Battered, broken and bereaved, a private investigator must muscle his way through a tangle of lies to uncover the truth behind a mansion murder.

10 Days of a Bad Man

2023

10 Days of a Good Man poster
6.5

A lawyer turned private investigator takes on a missing person case, propelling him on an unexpected and life-altering quest.

10 Days of a Good Man

2023

Color of Victory poster
8.2

The days when Istanbul was occupied as a result of the Armistice of Mudros after the First World War and the Fenerbahce football team won the "Harington Cup".

Color of Victory

2024

Son Yemek poster
NR

The film focuses on what it means to truly love someone "in sickness and in health." In the story, talented pianist Canan embarks on a passionate affair with Bekir, a mysterious agent, after saving his life. However, Bekir suddenly disappears. When he returns years later, he finds Canan married someone else. This encounter rekindles a love that had been interrupted years before. Canan is forced to make an impossible choice between her past passion and her present-day loyalty.

Son Yemek

2026

A Long Cold Winter poster
NR

A behind-the-scenes documentary focusing on the making of Nuri Bilge Ceylan’s Winter Sleep, exploring the filming process, the actors’ performances, and the director’s working methods. Through the experiences of the cast and crew, the documentary offers an intimate look at how the film was brought to life.

A Long Cold Winter

2024

10 Days of a Curious Man poster
6.2

When a young woman goes missing in Istanbul, a jaded writer gets tangled up in a deadly chain of events as he sets out to find her—and a good story.

10 Days of a Curious Man

2024

All Over the Place - A Portrait of Tuncel Kurtiz poster
5.5

Tuncel Kurtiz is an international actor who has worked in various countries such as Turkey, Germany, and Sweden throughout his fifty-year career. He has starred in countless works in cinema, stage and television and has received many awards, including the Silver Bear at the Berlin Film Festival. He has directed two documentaries and a feature-length fiction film. Kurtiz's acting performance ranges from popular melodramas to major plays such as Mahabharata (Peter Brook), encompassing many different genres and styles. As an actor, Kurtiz believes in the creative power of chaos: 'Chaos is the most difficult to create / Not a false chaos / Many things come out of chaos'. Through testimonies, film excerpts, and archive footage, this documentary reflects Tuncel Kurtiz's diverse body of artistic work in all its dimensions for the first time. In the background of this detailed portrait are Turkey's turbulent years and the reality of exile.

All Over the Place - A Portrait of Tuncel Kurtiz

2025

The Playroom poster
6.4

Fırat and Filiz are a couple in their 30s. Because their marriage has entered a period of stagnation, they go to a quiet, small hotel near Assos for a holiday. At the hotel, they meet Özkan and Aysun, local villagers who are running the entire hotel and the seaside restaurant. As Fırat and Filiz observe the relationship dynamics between the local couple, they start to mimick them. One day, while on a hike up a deserted hill, supposedly searching for a historical ruin, Filiz mimics Aysun’s way of speaking and seduces Fırat. The balance of power shifts in relationships, and the story moves toward an unexpected result.

The Playroom

2024

The Garage poster
4.1

Two brothers Yılmaz and Müjdat, who have grown up in an orphanage, are inherited a car body repair shop from Nuri and İsmet who were like fathers to them. One night they take an old grumpy man's car to couple of streets away. In the middle of the night, when they are hotwiring the car, the old man's heart can't take it. Thus, their short journey now leads them to somewhere unknown. One thing leads to another, now Yılmaz and Müjdat have to put the old man's dead body into a thinner solvent tank. The duo keeps painting the cars in their shop but they realize that the thinner they take from the tank with the dead body is giving amazing results. That "a couple of streets away" now leads to something really odd.

The Garage

2022

9,75 poster
6.0

During his military service in 1990's Southeast Turkey, Ahmet experiences something that will haunt him for the rest of his life. In 2013, when the chaotic days of Gezi Park protests in Istanbul start, Ahmet learns he has a brain tumor. Just as the lines between truth and fiction, the dream and the reality start to get blurred for him, he meets Serap; the love of his life. But time is ticking and his painful past weighs down on him every day, suffocating him with the same question: Who is the child that plays hide and seek with him?

9,75

2020

Oregon poster
4.6

Summer 1985, Istanbul. Hakan and Gaye want to give back a music tape to their friend Selen before they leave. Things won't go as planned.

Oregon

2023

2010s · 12 titles

Winter Sleep poster
7.5

Aydın is a hotel owner and a retired actor in rural Turkey. As winter emerges he begins navigating the conflicts within the relationships with his wife, sister and existence.

Winter Sleep

2014

Red Istanbul poster
5.7

Orhan who lived in London for years and did not come back to Turkey agrees to help Deniz -a famous director- edit his first book. Deniz has been living in a mansion with his family which started to lose its old brightness and power. Orhan finds himself in the middle of Deniz's complicated relationships, mysterious friends and stange family members. This is the first movie of Ferzan Ozpetek which is shot in Turkey after a long time. It is also based on his own book which has the same name with the movie.

Red Istanbul

2017

For Both of Us poster
6.0

Çiçek is a girl who grew up in a small village. She has so many questions about her own life with no answers. And then her life is changed by Dogan, her literature teacher.

For Both of Us

2016

Losers' Club poster
6.5

Kaan and Mete, co-hosts of a mid 1990s radio show called Kaybedenler Kulübü (Losers' Club), struggle to deal with their daily lives after their show becomes an instant hit. Kaan meets Zeynep, the girl of his dreams, but their relationship comes under pressure as the show continues to stir controversy and attract fans from every segment of Istanbul society.

Losers' Club

2011

The Plane Tree poster
6.3

A matriarch and her grandson forge a special bond during family picnics every two months, until her health causes a conflict among the relatives.

The Plane Tree

2011

Dragon Trap poster
5.5

When a serial killer goes after former convicted pedophiles, it is up to Police Commissioner Abbas and his Chief Celal to stop the killings.

Dragon Trap

2010

Blue poster
8.1

A thorough look at the 90's Turkish rock scene, one legendary stage band and its two members: Kerim Capli and Yavuz Cetin... An inquiry of their existential battles with the society, the industry and their own minds.

Blue

2017

A Long Cold Winter poster
7.8

A documentary about the shooting session of the film "Winter Sleep" by Nuri Bilge Ceylan. 'Winter Sleep' had been shot in about 14 weeks in Cappadocia region of Anatolia.

A Long Cold Winter

2014

Behzat Ç.: Ankara Is on Fire poster
6.5

In the absence of Behzat Ç., a superintendent named Himmet gets replaced as the president of the murder Bureau. When the murder of minister of Interior makes a big impact, Himmet decides to take advantage of it and he makes his team help the fight against terrorism bureau.

Behzat Ç.: Ankara Is on Fire

2013

Black and White poster
5.6

A painter with a turbulent history, fiercely committed to his ideals and still averse to settling down despite his 70 years; a lawyer who packed in his job after suffering a heart attack and now pursues a quiet life looking after his pet snail; a doctor already disenchanted with his profession and now discarded by his wife; a career woman braving life on her own, who has made loneliness a life style. These characters are all patrons of Black & White, an Ankara bar that has been around for 25 years, and in a sense the bar is their last haven. The owner, meanwhile, is the irritable, easily offended but utterly lovable Faruk... Black & White is a film about the awareness of growing old, friendship, sensitivity and the finer details of life.

Black and White

2010

The Lord of the Seagull poster
5.3

The Lord of the Seagull (MEF) is a man living a calm life on the seashore in Istanbul. There is someone he has been waiting for years. Finally the guest he waits will come out. In white, a woman who shoots on the shore like a tale will change the whole life of the MEF.

The Lord of the Seagull

2017

Kaybedenler Kulübü Yolda poster
4.9

Kaan and Mete, who have a holiday in Olympos with a crowded Kadiköy group, travel to Istanbul with their engines. Two people are accompanied by two unexpected guests on their journey. This journey, which they do with various plans, shows them that the journey and the relations are not as planned at all.

Kaybedenler Kulübü Yolda

2018

2000s · 8 titles

The Edge of Heaven poster
7.2

The lives of six German-Turkish immigrants are drawn together by circumstance: An old man and a prostitute forging a partnership, a young scholar reconciling his past, two young women falling in love, and a mother putting the shattered pieces of her life back together.

The Edge of Heaven

2007

İstanbul Tales poster
6.8

Five interconnected stories set in modern-day Istanbul based on the fairytales Snow White, Cinderella, Pied Piper, Sleeping Beauty and Little Red Riding Hood.

İstanbul Tales

2005

Everything About Mustafa poster
6.7

A man is forced to confront his past after he loses everything in an accident. Mustafa is a successful business man living a seemingly great life with his family when an accident takes it all away from him and leaves him with many questions and a cab driver, Fikret, who can answer it all. Mustafa is due to get a lot more than what he bargained for, however, as his interrogations take him to long-forgotten childhood memories and force him to see his formerly perfect life from a very different perspective.

Everything About Mustafa

2004

2 Süper Film Birden poster
3.9

Necati is a 33 year old man who's passionate for cinema. He has lost his mother just after he was born and his father is an odd fisherman nicknamed "Newton". Necati's biggest dream is to complete his film "Gravity Zero" which he endeavors to shoot by using a home camera and show it to an audience on a cinema screen. The film he presented as "an experimental picture that will rock Europe" runs on no script nor does it incorporate any professional actors. Unexpected circumstances come to life when Necati is on the verge of realizing his dream will leave him alone in the midst of a Mafia pay-off and give birth to results that will affect the lives of the people around him.

2 Süper Film Birden

2006

At the Bar poster
6.4

A group of drug-influenced lumpen teenagers from the suburbs of the city descends into the center where they do not belong, where they are excluded. They adopted a brutal method to seize rights that were not granted to them. Unaware of what will happen to them, cheerful and well-to-do university students are helpless in the face of this gun-wielding mob that suddenly raids the bar where they are having fun.

At the Bar

2007

Stolen Eyes poster
6.7

This is a story of strange, impossible, inexplicable love between a Muslim Turk woman and a non-Muslim Bulgarian man. Ivan (the Bulgarian) is a pure and romantic young fellow, who gets caught up in the so-called "regeneration process" (when ethnic Turks' names were forcibly changed to Bulgarian ones). He is responsible for the official seals, which is required to issue the new identity documents after the forced name changes. The schoolteacher Ayten tries to steal the seals, thinking that this way she can slow down the ethnic genocide. Their unexpected and unusual meeting brings these two characters together and makes them fell close, forcing Ivan to take a fateful decision -he must either "rename" Ayten, or face the consequences if he does not.

Stolen Eyes

2005

Egg poster
5.8

Poet Yusuf (35-38) returns to his childhood hometown, which he hadn't visited for years, upon his mother's death. He is faced with a neglected, crumbling house. Ayla, a young girl (17-19) awaits him there. Yusuf has been unaware of the existence of this distant relation who had been living with his mother for five years; He stays by his dead mother's bedside for a while on the morning of his return...

Egg

2007

10 to 11 poster
7.0

Mithat passionately collects newspapers in his Istanbul flat. The other tenants ridicule him and he lives a lonely life. As the building is to be renovated, Mithat develops a friendship with concierge Ali, another loner, who helps him save his collection. They involuntarily change each other’s fate.

10 to 11

2009

1990s · 1 titles

Series credits

The Pit poster
7.5

When a mafia family named Koçovars are in danger of losing control of their neighborhood, “The Pit,” their youngest son must come back home, a place he could never truly escape.

The Pit

2017

Behzat Ç.: An Ankara Policeman poster
7.6

Centered around a personally troubled, officially discredited police chief and his inharmonious police team in Ankara Police Force. Even though the show usually focuses on murders and other crimes that happens on a weekly basis, the undertone of the story leads to an eventual duel between Behzat Ç. and the rotten department officials and bureaucrats.

Behzat Ç.: An Ankara Policeman

2010

The Family poster
7.6

Aile is a story of Aslan who is the son of a large family, runs a nightclub. An extremely shrewd man. He is a dark and mysterious character. Psychologist Devin will enter the life of this difficult man and it becomes intense.

The Family

2023

Parmaklıklar Ardında poster
8.0

The lives of women in prison, as well as the adventures of their relatives who came to visit and the aftermath of those who went out.

Parmaklıklar Ardında

2007

Aliye poster
7.3

No synopsis available yet.

Aliye

2004

Kurşun Yarası poster
8.2

No synopsis available yet.

Kurşun Yarası

2003

Crazy Heart poster
7.5

Crazy Heart is a Turkish action, drama and political television series directed by Osman Sinav. The series, which started on Show TV on October 5, 1998, was released on the fourth season, the last season of the ATV. Crazy Heart , composed of 113 episodes published in 4 seasons, ended on June 24, 2002.

Crazy Heart

1999

Bıçak Sırtı poster
6.1

No synopsis available yet.

Bıçak Sırtı

2007

Respect poster
7.0

The protagonist of the story, Ercüment Çözer rebels against disrespect and rudeness that we tend to avoid, ignore and eventually forget. Ercüment Çözer is a sociopath obsessed with the idea of respect. However, this time, he is not alone on his obsessive journey. The young lovers Helen and Savas, who have just stepped foot into the real world, find themselves in the middle of difficult situations after being mistreated by a group of people and end up being responsible for a chain of murders that take place in Istanbul. The concept of disrespect instantly turns into a social and mediatic struggle between the two generations. As for the mediatic follow up, Turkey’s most famous morning show host, Hasret will undertake it, however, nobody knows that she is also about to take part in this journey on another level. By getting to the core of this obsession, we will be witnessing the reflection it has on society.

Respect

2020

Crossroads poster
7.0

A drama about a family which the father was in debt. After they lost everything they move in Bodrum where the parents born. They struggle to save the father from the police.

Crossroads

2016

İntikam poster
6.4

İntikam is a Turkish series broadcast on Kanal D. It is a licensed adaptation of Revenge and is jointly produced by Disney and In D house Productions, the production wing of Kanal D.

İntikam

2013

Kapalıçarşı poster
5.5

No synopsis available yet.

Kapalıçarşı

2009

Şehnaz Tango poster
6.8

No synopsis available yet.

Şehnaz Tango

1994

Keşanlı Ali Destanı poster
4.7

No synopsis available yet.

Keşanlı Ali Destanı

2011

Gülbeyaz poster
7.5

No synopsis available yet.

Gülbeyaz

2002

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

İstanbul Hatırası

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The Devil's in the Details poster
8.5

The adventures of Captain Nevzat and his assistant Ali. The series that have been adapted from Ahmet Umit's stories.

The Devil's in the Details

2004

Borsa poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Borsa

1993

Dedem, Gofret ve Ben poster
8.5

No synopsis available yet.

Dedem, Gofret ve Ben

2001