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Necati Şaşmaz

1971 - Today

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Muhammed Necati Şaşmaz (born 15 December 1971) is a Turkish actor, best known for playing the lead role of Polat Alemdar in the popular television series Kurtlar Vadisi (Valley of the Wolves) and its movie spin-offs, including Kurtlar Vadisi Irak (Valley of the Wolves Iraq). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Necati Şaşmaz has received more than 350,153 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Necati Şaşmaz is the 4,456th most popular actor (up from 5,036th in 2019), the 953rd most popular biography from Türkiye (up from 1,061st in 2019) and the 39th most popular Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 350k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 48.19

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.04

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.44

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Necati Şaşmaz ranks 4,456 out of 13,578. Before him are Lana Clarkson, Bae Suzy, Willi Forst, Jasna Diklić, Theo James, and Sybil Danning. After him are Camille Cottin, Trish Van Devere, Dan Duryea, Edward Platt, Giorgio Albertazzi, and Charlene Tilton.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1971, Necati Şaşmaz ranks 154. Before him are Imanol Alguacil, Moritz Bleibtreu, Sergej Barbarez, Gheorghe Mureșan, Will Yun Lee, and Mark Henry. After him are Henry Thomas, Carlos Gamarra, Shawn Wayans, Mauricio Pellegrino, Max Martin, and Alexander Popov.

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In Türkiye

Among people born in Türkiye, Necati Şaşmaz ranks 953 out of 1,347. Before him are Mithat Bayrak (1929), Mustafa Subhi (1882), Stefanos Skouloudis (1838), Ayşen Gruda (1944), Nigâr Hanım (1856), and Zahrad (1924). After him are Morphia of Melitene (1010), Manolis Kalomiris (1883), Kadir Topbaş (1945), Bayram Şit (1930), Bedros Tourian (1851), and Alpay Özalan (1973).

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Among ACTORS In Türkiye

Among actors born in Türkiye, Necati Şaşmaz ranks 39. Before him are Kenan İmirzalıoğlu (1974), Kerem Bürsin (1987), Hülya Koçyiğit (1947), Afife Jale (1902), Murat Yıldırım (1979), and Ayşen Gruda (1944). After him are Halit Akçatepe (1938), Hazal Kaya (1990), Elçin Sangu (1985), Birol Ünel (1961), Okan Yalabık (1978), and İbrahim Çelikkol (1982).

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Television and Movie Roles

Valley of the Wolves: Iraq
Polat Alemdar
The film covers through fiction real-life events like the occupation of Iraq, the execution of Daniel Pearl, the Hood event and the Abu Ghraib torture scandal.
Jan 31o 20065.2 / 10
Kurtlar Vadisi
Polat Alemdar
Valley of the Wolves was a Turkish television drama which broadcast mainly on Show TV and then transferred to Kanal D, then atv for its last season. It was mostly about an agent named Polat Alemdar who leaked into the mafia after his plastic surgery. The scenario has direct and indirect references to the Turkish politics and political history from a viewpoint of an undercover agent. Valley of the Wolves became one of the most successful TV shows in Turkey and produced a successful feature film named Valley of the Wolves: Iraq.
7.3 / 10
Valley of the Wolves: Palestine
Polat Alemdar
After the Freedom Flotilla attempts to bring humanitarian assistance to Gaza refuses to turn back, it is attacked by the Israeli military. In a dramatic battle scene, activists resist and are killed by the Israeli soldiers. A Turkish commando team led by Polat Alemdar (Necati Şaşmaz) travels to West Bank in Palestine, where they launch a campaign against Israeli military personnel in an attempt to track down and eliminate an Israeli general, leader Moşe Ben Eliyezer (Erdal Beşikçioğlu), who is the responsible for the flotilla raid.
Jan 27o 20115.543 / 10