Firat Ayverdi

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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. [1]

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.

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