Fahri Yardım

Fahri Yardım was born in Hamburg, Germany, into a Turkish academic family, where he first discovered his passion for acting through school performances. He honed his craft at the Hamburger Bühnenstudio der darstellenden Künste, leading to appearances in various theatre productions across Berlin and Hamburg. Fahri embodies a contemporary generation of actors who prioritize character over ethnicity, skillfully sidestepping ethnic stereotypes in his work. His diverse range of roles showcases this versatility: he played an Anatolian in "Almanya - Willkommen in Deutschland" (2011), a Greek in "Kebab Connection" (2004), a German Sinte in "Chiko" (2008), and a German character in "Mogadischu" (2008), as well as a woman in "Unter Frauen" (2012).

One of his standout performances came in the film "66/67 - Fairplay war gestern" (2009), and 2012 marked a significant year for him, revealing the breadth of his talent. During this time, he portrayed a priest in Marcus H. Rosenmüller's "Wer's glaubt, wird selig," an artist in Marc Rothemund's "Mann tut was Mann kann," a paramedic in Lars Becker's ZDF thriller "Die Geisterfahrer," a doctor in ProSieben's "Kreutzer kommt ... ins Krankenhaus," and a detective in Sat.1's "Hannah Mangold & Lucy Palm." In 2013, he starred alongside Ben Kingsley in the international film adaptation of "Der Medicus" and became a regular on the ORF police drama "CopStories." That March, he partnered with Til Schweiger in the first of several anticipated episodes of "Tatort."