Mehmet Usta

Mehmet Usta (born 20 February 1973) is a Turkish actor.

Life and career
Usta was born in Düzce. His family is from Trabzon and they moved to Istanbul when he was one year old. He finished his primary and secondary education at Aksaray Mahmudiye School, after which he attended Istanbul Davutpaşa High School. He completed his bachelor's degree at the School of Arts and Sciences of Marmara University and earned his master's degree in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at Marmara University Institute of Social Sciences, in the field of Art Sociology with the thesis "Traditional Turkish Theater on the Axis of Modernity and Modernization". He was interested in Far East Martial Arts before enrolling in university. After finishing his education, he started appearing on stage and soon made his debut in cinema and television.

He rose to prominence with his television roles as "Ölü" in hit series Ekmek Teknesi and as "Şoker" in Fox's hit fantasy child series Bez Bebek. He then starred in the TRT 1 hit surreal comedy series Leyla ile Mecnun as "Kamil", before portraying the character of "Gomodor" in Fox's fantasy child series Dedemin Dolabı. He subsequently starred in period series Bir Yusuf Masalı as "İkram". In 2021, he was cast in a leading role in the action drama TV series Teşkilat as Zayed Fadi.