Firat Ayverdi
Turkish actor of Kurdish ancestry (born 1990)
Firat Ayverdi is a Kurdish film actor, born in 1990, best known for his lead role as young Bilal in French director Philippe Lioret's film Welcome about illegal immigration, a film that co-stars French actor Vincent Lindon.
In 2010, Ayverdi was nominated for the prestigious French César Awards "Meilleur espoir masculin" (Most Promising Male Actor) for his role. But the award went to Tahar Rahim for his role in A Prophet.
His sister Derya Ayverdi is also an actress and has appeared in the same film Welcome.
The public source identifies “Firat Ayverdi” as turkish actor of Kurdish ancestry (born 1990). This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Firat, Ayverdi and Turkish.
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Biographical claims are most persuasive when dates, appointments and relationships can be traced to records created close to the events described. The source revision retrieved here is dated May 13, 2025. The linked authority identifier is Q5451225. VIAF identifies the subject as 102438824. The Library of Congress control number is no2010001443. 3 of 3 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1990 and 2010.
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