Erol Afşin

Erol Afşin (born 1989 in Adana, Turkey) is a Turkish actor who works mainly in German. Afşin's native languages are Zazaki, Turkish and Kurdish. He came to Germany at the age of 18. He had his first stage appearance at the Ballhaus Naunynstraße in the season 2010/11 in Nurkan Erpulat's Crazy Blood. The play played on national and international stages and was awarded as "German-language play of the year" by Theater today in 2011. In 2011 he played the leading role of Omer Argun in the Australian short film The Palace. After these two productions he was recorded in April 2011 at the Folkwang University of the Arts for acting. He also studied at the State Conservatory in Istanbul in 2013/2014. During his studies, he was in front of the camera in the French film Mustang. The film celebrated its world premiere at the 2015 Cannes International Film Festival. Shortly after his graduation, Erol played under the direction of Züli Aladağ for the WDR television film Die Opfer – Don't forget me. He also stood at Til Schweiger's side for the crime scene cinema film Tschiller: Off Duty in front of the camera. He played the recurring role as Utku in the U.S. series Homeland.