Mehmet "Mem" Ferda is a British

United Kingdom

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 actor of Turkish Cypriot descent.

Biography

Ferda was born in Chelsea, London

Chelsea, London

Chelsea is an area of West London, England, bounded to the south by the River Thames, where its frontage runs from Chelsea Bridge along the Chelsea Embankment, Cheyne Walk, Lots Road and Chelsea Harbour. Its eastern boundary was once defined by the River Westbourne, which is now in a pipe above...

 in 1963 to Turkish Cypriot parents. At the age of six, his mother took him to Cyprus

Cyprus

Cyprus , officially the Republic of Cyprus , is a Eurasian island country, member of the European Union, in the Eastern Mediterranean, east of Greece, south of Turkey, west of Syria and north of Egypt. It is the third largest island in the Mediterranean Sea.The earliest known human activity on the...

, where his father was the Minister of Agriculture. The family emigrated back to London

London

London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...

 when he was 12 years old, following an assassination

Assassination

To carry out an assassination is "to murder by a sudden and/or secret attack, often for political reasons." Alternatively, assassination may be defined as "the act of deliberately killing someone, especially a public figure, usually for hire or for political reasons."An assassination may be...

 attempt on his father. Whilst studying, Ferda achieved two university degrees, a BSc Honors degree in Psychology and a Master's Degree in Business Administration (M.B.A.). He then began acting in television commercials and was eventually accepted and graduated from the renowned London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art

London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art

The London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art is a leading British drama school in west London. LAMDA's president is Timothy West and its new principal is Joanna Read, who recently succeeded Peter James...

 with a Postgraduate Diploma in acting. At a height of 6 ft 2’ and a brawler’s physique he has become notorious for playing the roles of villains.

Filmography

Actor

Film
Year	Film	Role	Notes
1996	Evita Evita (film) Evita is the 1996 film adaptation of Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical of the same name based on the life of Eva Perón. It was directed by Alan Parker and written by Parker and Oliver Stone. It starred Madonna, Antonio Banderas, and Jonathan Pryce...	Arresting Officer
1997	Bring Me the Head of Mavis Davis Bring Me the Head of Mavis Davis Bring Me the Head of Mavis Davis is a British comedy film directed by John Henderson, originally released in 1997.-Plot:The film stars Rik Mayall as a rock manager who recruits Jane Horrocks...	Mr. S Bon
1999	The Lost Son The Lost Son (film) The Lost Son is a 1999 crime drama starring French actor Daniel Auteuil and set in London. It was directed by Chris Menges.-Plot:Xavier Lombard is a Parisian private detective based in London. His best friend is Nathalie, a high-class call girl. He gets a telephone call from an old friend in the...	Pimp
2004	Hide & Seek Hide & Seek Hide and Seek is the leading track of Japanese star Namie Amuro's 2007 album Play. It is one of the two new songs to have a music video and is being used to promote the album. It has dance, hip hop, and R&B tones and has a synthesized voice in the verses...	George/Byron
2004	Elshera	Mustapha
2004	Iffy	Ben
2004	Kritzi: The Little Goat	Rob Hunter
2005	Experiment	Vladimir Miszich
2005	Revolver	Macha's Goon
2008	The Crew The Crew (2008 Film) The Crew is a 2008 British crime film based on the novel "Outlaws" by Kevin Sampson. It is set in the criminal underworld of Northern England especially Liverpool, Merseyside.-Synopsis:...	Dusan
2010	Legacy: Black Ops	Andriy
2011	The Devil's Double The Devil's Double The Devil's Double is a 2011 drama film directed by Lee Tamahori and starring Dominic Cooper, Philip Quast, Ludivine Sagnier and Raad Rawi. It was released on January 22, 2011 at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival and was released in limited theaters on July 29, 2011 by Lionsgate and Herrick...	Kamel Hannah
2011	The Veteran The Veteran (film) The Veteran is a 2011 British film directed by Matthew Hope, featuring Toby Kebbell, Brian Cox, Tony Curran and Adi Bielski.- Plot :Robert Miller , a veteran soldier, is returning from the war in Afghanistan to his home in a violent decaying South London council housing estate, overrun by...	Hakeem
2011	Emulsion Emulsion An emulsion is a mixture of two or more liquids that are normally immiscible . Emulsions are part of a more general class of two-phase systems of matter called colloids. Although the terms colloid and emulsion are sometimes used interchangeably, emulsion is used when both the dispersed and the...	Egor
2011	Ill Manors Ill Manors Ill Manors is an upcoming British film. The film was written and directed by Ben Drew, starring Riz Ahmed, Nathalie Press and Dannielle Brent.-Plot:The film revolves around four main characters living in Forest Gate, London...	Vladimir	(post-production)
2011	Pusher Pusher (film) Pusher is a 1996 Danish crime film directed by Nicolas Winding Refn. The film was not only a huge success in Denmark, but also in many other European countries. It was the film that launched Winding Refn's career. It became the first of a trilogy...	Hakan	(post-production)
2011	Gridiron UK	Side Kick	(pre-production)
Television
Year	Show	Role	Notes
1995	The Bill The Bill The Bill is a police procedural television series that ran from October 1984 to August 2010. It focused on the lives and work of one shift of police officers, rather than on any particular aspect of police work...	Hechman	TV series (1 episode)
1995	London Bridge	The Waiter	TV series (1 episode)
1996	Kavanagh QC Kavanagh QC Kavanagh QC is a British television series made by Carlton Television for ITV between 1995 and 2001. It has been shown on ITV3 as recently as August 2011; series 1–6 are available on Region 2 DVDs....	Sgt. Wright	TV series (1 episode)
1996	Drop the Dead Donkey Drop the Dead Donkey - Major characters :* Gus Hedges — The unctuous Chief Executive of the company, and yes-man to Sir Roysten Merchant. A management stereotype, complete with clichés and clumsy metaphors, he swiftly transforms GlobeLink from a serious news network to a ratings-chasing tabloid channel...	Newsroom Employee	TV series (1 episode)
1996	Pirates Pirates (TV series) Pirates is a British children's television sitcom about a family of pirates living in a council house. It featured a number of bizarre characters, such as the "Man in a Sack" and a baby in a pram which was never seen, but gave off a mysterious green glow. The series ran from 1994 to 1997 on...	Gym Instructor	TV series (1 episode)
1996	Family Money	The Airplane Passenger	TV series (1 episode)
1997	Supply & Demand	PCI Johnson	TV movie
1997	Chalk Chalk (TV series) Chalk is a British television sitcom set in a comprehensive school named Galfast High. Two series, both written by Steven Moffat, were broadcast on BBC1 in 1997...	Teacher	TV series (1 episode)
1997	Jonathan Creek Jonathan Creek Jonathan Creek is a British mystery series produced by the BBC and written by David Renwick. Primarily a crime drama, the show is also peppered with broadly comic touches...	Drunk	TV series (1 episode)
1997	Gayle's World	Gallery Owner	TV series (1 episode)
1997	This Life This Life This Life is a BBC television drama that was produced by World Productions and screened on BBC Two. Two series were broadcast in 1996 and 1997 and a reunion special in 2007....	Mike	TV series (1 episode)
1997	Birds of a Feather Birds of a Feather Birds of a Feather was a British sitcom that was broadcast on BBC1 from 1989 until 1998. Starring Pauline Quirke, Linda Robson and Lesley Joseph, it was created by Laurence Marks and Maurice Gran, who also wrote some of the episodes along with many other writers.The first episode sees sisters...	Hunky Man	TV series (1 episode)
1997	Holding On	The Witness	TV mini-series
1997	Trial & Retribution Trial & Retribution Trial & Retribution is a feature-length ITV police proceduraltelevision drama series that began in 1997. It was devised and written by Lynda La Plante as a follow-on from her successful television series Prime Suspect. Each episode of the Trial & Retribution series is broadcast over two nights. The...	Sgt. Crocker	TV series
1997	The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, often known simply as Tom Jones, is a comic novel by the English playwright and novelist Henry Fielding. First published on 28 February 1749, Tom Jones is among the earliest English prose works describable as a novel...	The Prison Guard	TV mini-series
1997	The Fast Show The Fast Show The Fast Show, known as Brilliant in the US, was a BBC comedy sketch show programme that ran for three series from 1994 to 1997 with a special Last Fast Show Ever in 2000. The show's central performers were Paul Whitehouse, Charlie Higson, Simon Day, Mark Williams, John Thomson, Arabella Weir and...
1998	Noel's House Party Noel's House Party Noel's House Party was a BBC television light entertainment show hosted by Noel Edmonds that was broadcast live on Saturday evenings throughout the 1990s. It was set in a large house in the fictional village of Crinkley Bottom, leading to much innuendo. The show was broadcast during the...	The Passenger	TV series (1 episode)
1998	A Wing and a Prayer	Violent Passenger	TV movie
1998	Family Affairs Family Affairs Family Affairs was a British soap opera broadcast on Five, from 1997 to 2005. It was the second programme to be broadcast on the channel on 30 March 1997, the channel's launch night...	Danny	TV series (1 episode)
1999	Red Handed Red Handed Red Handed was a thoroughbred racehorse who won the Melbourne Cup in 1967.Bred by Jack Macky, Jr., he was owned and raced by F. W. Clarke and partners.-References:*...	Restaurant Diner	TV series (1 episode)
1999	See How They Run	Scott
1999	Roger Roger Roger Roger Roger Roger is a BBC television comedy-drama written by John Sullivan. The series was about a mini-cab firm called Cresta Cabs. The pilot aired in 1996 and there were three subsequent series on BBC1 in 1998, 1999 and 2003.-Pilot: 1996:...	Marco	TV series (1 episode)
2000	London's Burning London's Burning London's Burning was a British television drama programme produced by London Weekend Television for the ITV network that focused on the lives of members of the London Fire Brigade, principally those of the Blue Watch at a fictional fire station called Blackwall.It was broadcast between 1986 and...	Joe	TV series (1 episode)
2003	Dream Team Dream Team (TV series) Dream Team is a British television series produced by Hewland International which aired on Sky1 and Sky3 from 1997 to 2007; it chronicled the on-field and off-field affairs of the fictional Harchester United Football Club....	Manager	TV series (1 episode)
2004	She's Gone	Turkish Cop	TV movie
2004	EastEnders EastEnders EastEnders is a British television soap opera, first broadcast in the United Kingdom on BBC One on 19 February 1985 and continuing to today. EastEnders storylines examine the domestic and professional lives of the people who live and work in the fictional London Borough of Walford in the East End...	Gaz	TV series (1 episode)
2005	Planespotting	Turkish Prisoner	TV movie
2005	Spooks	Doorkeeper	TV series (1 episode)
2006	A Good Murder	Andrei	TV movie
2006	Heartbeat	Andrei Beschastnych	TV series (1 episode)
2007	Saddam's Tribe	Taras Rabinovich	TV movie
2007	The Whistleblowers	Mustafa Doglu	TV series (1 episode)

Producer

Film
Year	Film	Notes
2010	Don't Call Back	Associate producer
2010	Bad Company Bad Company Bad Company were an English rock supergroup founded in 1973, consisting of two former Free band members — singer Paul Rodgers and drummer Simon Kirke — as well as Mott the Hoople guitarist Mick Ralphs and King Crimson bassist Boz Burrell. Peter Grant, who, in years prior, was a key component of...	Executive producer
2011	Emulsion Emulsion An emulsion is a mixture of two or more liquids that are normally immiscible . Emulsions are part of a more general class of two-phase systems of matter called colloids. Although the terms colloid and emulsion are sometimes used interchangeably, emulsion is used when both the dispersed and the...	Executive producer
2011	Gridiron UK	Associate producer (pre-production)

Theatre credits

• Dr.Dudakov in Summerfolk
• Shylock in The Merchant of Venice
  The Merchant of Venice
  The Merchant of Venice is a tragic comedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written between 1596 and 1598. Though classified as a comedy in the First Folio and sharing certain aspects with Shakespeare's other romantic comedies, the play is perhaps most remembered for its dramatic...
  
  
• Bosola in The Duchess of Malfi
  The Duchess of Malfi
  The Duchess of Malfi is a macabre, tragic play written by the English dramatist John Webster in 1612–13. It was first performed privately at the Blackfriars Theatre, then before a more general audience at The Globe, in 1613-14...
  
  
• Francis Flute
  Francis Flute
  Francis Flute is a character in the play A Midsummer Night's Dream. His occupation is a bellows-mender. He is forced to play the female role of Thisbe in "Pyramus and Thisbe", a play within the play which is performed for Theseus' marriage celebration....
  
   in A Midsummer Night's Dream
  A Midsummer Night's Dream
  A Midsummer Night's Dream is a play that was written by William Shakespeare. It is believed to have been written between 1590 and 1596. It portrays the events surrounding the marriage of the Duke of Athens, Theseus, and the Queen of the Amazons, Hippolyta...
  
  
• Brutus in Julius Caesar
  Julius Caesar (play)
  The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, also known simply as Julius Caesar, is a tragedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written in 1599. It portrays the 44 BC conspiracy against...
  
  
• Terrance in Fucking Games

Personal life

Ferda is the cousin of İrsen Küçük

İrsen Küçük

İrsen Küçük is the current Prime Minister of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus. He is the nephew of Republic of Cyprus's first Vice-President Dr Fazıl Küçük.- References :...

, the current Prime Minister of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus

Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus

Northern Cyprus or North Cyprus , officially the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus , is a self-declared state that comprises the northeastern part of the island of Cyprus...

.

External links

• Mem Ferda Official website
• Mem Ferda: Larger than Life by Jamie Garwood.