The German-Kurdish actor has been nominated for Best Actor at Imagineindia 2025 for the film When Walnut Leaves Turn Yellow (Mehmet Ali Konar) Turkey. The film has got 7 nominations.

Korkmaz Arslan is a German-Kurdish Actor and Producer, born in 1983, in Turkey. He currently based in Berin – Londan. He studied acting at the Academy of Performing Arts in Ulm, Germany. He has been Acting in Tv and Film Industry after graduation all around Europe.

Korkmaz Arslan made his first leading role in 2013 with the film My Sweet Pepper Land, which was opened at the Film Cannes Film Festival. He is a multilingual Actor and continues to act in many International Projects such as Kurdish, Turkish and English Languages.

Selected Filmography

• 2025: Man like Mobeen (Series 5)
• 2024: When the walnut leaves turn yellow (Series 5)
• 2023: SOKO Hamburg – In Teufels Küche (Series 5)
• 2021: Rheingold
• The Dance of Ali And Zin
• 2019: Sisters in Arms
• 2019: Man like Mobeen (Series 2)
• 2019: Lady Winsley
• 2017: Blue Silence
• 2016: Das Milan Protokoll – Vor der Sperre
• 2014: The Cut

Selected Awards

• 2024 – Best Male Actor at Duhok International Film Festival for “When the Walnut Leaves Turn Yellow”
• 2014 – Best Male Actor at the Iranian Film Festival in San Francisco for “Bahar in Wonderland”
• 2013 – Official Selection “Un Certain Regard” at Cannes Film Festival for “My Sweet Pepper Land”