
Istanbul, Turkey
Nurettin Sönmez (born July 24, 1978) is a Turkish actor and martial arts teacher. He is best known for his role as "Bamsı Beyrek" in historical series Diriliş: Ertuğrul. Sönmez was born on 23 November 1978 in Istanbul. He is a child of an immigrant family. His mother is an Albanian immigrant. His father, Ümit Sönmez, is a dentist. Nurettin Sönmez graduated from Istanbul University Mining Engineering Department. He then went to the Dialog Communication Acting School of Can and Arsen Gürzap and graduated from there. Later, he studied theatre at Yeditepe University. Sönmez started his acting career in 1999 with the Akşam Güneşi series, in which he shared the lead role with Serdar Gökhan, Pelin Batu and Sumru Yavrucuk. He started to attract attention with the character of Gaddar Ali, which he portrayed in the series Osmanlı'da Derin Devlet, published in 2013. Since 2014 he has become well known with the character of Bamsı Beyrek in the series Diriliş: Ertuğrul and its sequel Kuruluş: Osman. Besides acting, Sönmez is also an instructor about Far East sports, providing training and seminars in Turkey and abroad.


as Bamsı Beyrek
2019

as Bamsı Beyrek
2014

2024

as Branka Brekovic
2011

as Ulvi
2013

as Kemal Yörükoğlu
2022

as Gaddar Ali
2012

2013
1999

as Enrico
2022
10 ep.

as Bamsı Beyrek
64 episodes

as Bamsı Beyrek
150 episodes

10 episodes

as Branka Brekovic
26 episodes

as Ulvi
1 episodes

as Kemal Yörükoğlu
8 episodes

as Gaddar Ali
7 episodes

13 episodes
16 episodes