Erdogan Atalay
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Erdoğan Atalay is a Turkish-German TV star.
. Afterwards he took on first parts in several German television series such as Music Groschenweise, Employment for Lohbeck, Double Employment and The Guard. In 1996 Action Concept engaged him for the role he has played successfully up to now: Semir Gerkhan in the German television series "Alarm für Cobra 11 – Die Autobahnpolizei
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. Then he started enriching the stories by ad-libs. Besides he proved himself a real action hero by doing a great deal of amazing stunts. Soon nobody could tell anymore how many stunts he had already pulled. Due to that he became the actual hero of this long-living series. He also added another human dimension to his role and the whole show when Semir Gerkhan conquerered and finally married Andrea Schäfer (played by Carina Wiese
). But his most stunning quality might be that despite all his very well-earned success he kept being a friendly and really modest man after all. Subsequently he as popular in Turkey
as in Germany
and likewise in many dozens of otherwise very different countries around Germany and Turkey.
Biography
Having already made his first appearance as a minor actor in "Aladdin and the miracle lamp" at the National Theatre of Hanover, he studied acting in HamburgHamburg
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. Afterwards he took on first parts in several German television series such as Music Groschenweise, Employment for Lohbeck, Double Employment and The Guard. In 1996 Action Concept engaged him for the role he has played successfully up to now: Semir Gerkhan in the German television series "Alarm für Cobra 11 – Die Autobahnpolizei
Alarm für Cobra 11 – Die Autobahnpolizei
Alarm für Cobra 11 – Die Autobahnpolizei is a long-running, popular German television series about a two-man team of highway police, originally set in Berlin and later in North Rhine-Westphalia. The series has been broadcast in countries worldwide....
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Explanation for lasting popularity
There are many reasons why Erdoğan Atalay became that successful as Semir Gerkhan. In the beginning he just added some humour and humanity to the series by merely acting brilliantly as a very sympathetic sidekickSidekick
A sidekick is a close companion who is generally regarded as subordinate to the one he accompanies. Some well-known fictional sidekicks are Don Quixote's Sancho Panza, Sherlock Holmes' Doctor Watson, The Lone Ranger's Tonto, The Green Hornet's Kato and Batman's Robin.-Origins:The origin of the...
. Then he started enriching the stories by ad-libs. Besides he proved himself a real action hero by doing a great deal of amazing stunts. Soon nobody could tell anymore how many stunts he had already pulled. Due to that he became the actual hero of this long-living series. He also added another human dimension to his role and the whole show when Semir Gerkhan conquerered and finally married Andrea Schäfer (played by Carina Wiese
Carina Wiese
Carina Nicolette Wiese is a German actress who was born in Dresden and completed a classic formation as actress in Leipzig...
). But his most stunning quality might be that despite all his very well-earned success he kept being a friendly and really modest man after all. Subsequently he as popular in Turkey
Turkey
Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...
as in Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
and likewise in many dozens of otherwise very different countries around Germany and Turkey.