Ruhi Sarı

Ruhi Sarı — Biography

Ruhi Sarı is an experienced actor from Trabzon who has worked in theatre, cinema and television for over thirty years and appeared in more than ninety productions. In film he was honoured for Sen de Gitme Triyandafilis, Üçüncü Sayfa, Hiçbiryerde and Made in Europe; on television he is known for Yeditepe İstanbul, Yarım Elma and Sultan Makamı. In recent years he has been seen in Kırmızı Oda, Kusursuz Kiracı and Maviye Sürgün.

A graduate of the theatre department of Selçuk University State Conservatory, he began at Kartal Sanat Tiyatrosu and went on stage in plays such as Çapraz Aşklar, Ağır Roman and 2'si 1 Arada. His film career opened in 1995 with Rıfat in Tunç Başaran's Sen de Gitme Triyandafilis, a role that brought awards from the Antalya Golden Orange, Adana Golden Boll and Ankara International film festivals. Üçüncü Sayfa earned him several Best Actor awards and Hiçbiryerde a Best Supporting Actor prize, and he widened his range with Maruf, the Italian production Derviş, Kabadayı and Made in Europe, where he played a drug-addicted emigrant and shared the 2008 Golden Boll Best Actor award with the film's other male actors.

On television he began with Zilyoner in 1999, then appeared in Yedi Numara, Şaşıfelek Çıkmazı, Aşk Yakar, Bahar Dalları and Yerden Yüksek; Sadullah in Kırgın Çiçekler and the children's film Köstebekgiller: Perili Orman reached yet another generation of viewers. He married art director Natali Yeres in 2004 and they have a son; the marriage ended in 2018.