Throughout the 28 years of the series, the same 57-year-old Semir Gerkhan (actor Erdogan Atalay), beloved by the audience, and his constantly changing partners have been treating the eyes of fans.
Fans of Cobra 11 remember what veterans of the series were back then, and we present how they have changed and looked in recent days.
The beginning of a career
Erdogan was born in Hanover, West Germany, to a Turkish father and a German mother.
At the age of 18, he made his first appearance at the Hanover National Theater, where he played a supporting role in Aladdin and the Magic Lamp, and then studied acting at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hamburg.
He later made guest appearances in several German TV series, such as Music Groschenweise, Einsatz für Lohbeck, Doppelter Einsatz and Die Wache.
In 2004, the man married actress Astrid Pollmann, but the marriage was unsuccessful – In 2009, the couple went their separate ways.
They have a daughter, Pauletta, who also starred alongside her father in Alarm für Cobra 11 as Ayda Gerkhan, the middle child of Semir Gerkhan.
His second child was born in 2012. in the middle He had it with make-up artist and manager Katja Ohneck, with whom he has been dating since 2017. is married.
The TV series “Cobra 11”, which began to be created in Germany in 1996 and captivated the European audience, is still being filmed today: the irreplaceable hero of the series, Semir, has already managed to film in two hundred and fifty episodes!
The cult series about the team of two Berlin highway policemen manages to capture attention with each new episode.
For many years, the legendary highway police duo has been “eating up” the ambitions of criminals of all stripes – several “eagles” and maniacs, robbers, kidnappers, rapists, terrorists, bombers. Crazy chases, dangers on the road – the daily routine of the “Cobra 11” team.
With almost two dozen video cameras to film one scene, with close to a hundred supporting staff and stuntmen, with impeccable acting, an impressive spectacle of modern motor transport is created, involving the audience from the first to the last moment.
It is not surprising that one of the most popular series in Germany managed to win several prestigious awards – for special effects and script.
