Adnan Maral

Adnan Maral — Biography

In Germany, Adnan Maral, a Turkish-German actor and writer, is best known for playing Metin Öztürk in the ARD comedy series Türkisch für Anfänger. The performance won him the German Television Award for Best Actor in a Series in 2006, and he continues to work in both German and Turkish productions.

Born in the Çıldır district of Ardahan, he spent most of his life in Frankfurt am Main. He began his artistic life in the theatre and has acted on screen since 1996. Early on he appeared in episodes of Tatort, then in Kebab Connection (2004), Die Wilden Kerle 3 (2006) and Fay Grim (2006). Türkisch für Anfänger made him a familiar face across Germany; the series, in which he worked alongside Elyas M'Barek, Josefine Preuß and Pegah Ferydoni, was adapted for cinema in 2012 and he played the same character in the film.

Later credits include Vasha (2009), Kimliksiz (2011), Tom Sawyer, Fünf Freunde 4 (as Ramsi) and Die Känguru-Chroniken (2020, as Friedrich Wilhelm). In Faraway (Çok Uzak, 2023), he played Ilyas Altin. On television he also appeared in SOKO Köln, Donna Leon and Family Mix, and Einmal Hans mit scharfer Soße (2013) and Kuckuckskind (2014) are also among his film credits.