Ruhi Sarı

Born

18 May 1972 (aged 54)

Place of birth

Trabzon

On Avşar Film

appeared in 1 movie and 2 series

Ruhi Sarı was born on 18 May 1972 in Trabzon. After graduating from the Selçuk University State Conservatory Theater Department, he had his first professional stage experience at the Kartal Sanat Tiyatrosu; in later years he appeared on stage in plays such as Ağır Roman and Fare Kapanı.

He took his first film role in 1995 in Sen de Gitme Triyandafilis, directed by Tunç Başaran. For this performance he was deemed worthy of the Yılmaz Zafer Honorary Award in Antalya and the Yılmaz Güney Honorary Award in Adana; he was also named promising new actor at the Ankara International Film Festival. For his role as İsa in Üçüncü Sayfa, he received the best actor award from several different organizations in 2000. He also appeared in Kabadayı, whose screenplay was written by Yavuz Turgul, and in Made in Europe by İnan Temelkuran; for the latter film he shared the best actor award at the Altın Koza with the other male actors in the cast.

His first television series was Zilyoner, which aired in 1999. In the TRT 1 series Yedi Numara he played Satılmış Ballıoğlu, and in Yerden Yüksek he played Cumali. Yeditepe İstanbul, Ezo Gelin and Kırmızı Oda are also among the series of his career.

Sarı played Mahsun Güler in Türkler Çıldırmış Olmalı, Ekrem "Eko" in Sultan Makamı and Tarantino in Aşk Yakar, all Avşar Film productions.