Şükrü Özyıldız (born 18 February 1988) is a Turkish actor. He is best known for his roles in the series ''

Benim Hala Umudum Var ''Benim Hala Umudum Var'' () is a Turkish television drama starring Gizem Karaca, Berk Oktay and Şükrü Özyıldız. It was broadcast on Star TV (Turkey), Star TV, and later on Fox (Turkey), Fox TV between 2013 and 2014. The series is written by ...

'', '' Şeref Meselesi'' and ''

Kış Güneşi Kis, Kış or Kiš, is a surname. Notable persons with that surname include: * Andriy Kis (born 1982), Ukrainian Olympic luger * Cássia Kis (born 1958), Brazilian actress * Danilo Kiš (1935–1989), Serbian writer * Gergő Kis (born 1988), Hunga ...

''.

Life

Özyıldız was born in the city of İzmir. During Ottoman Empire, His maternal family is of

Rûm Rūm ( ar, روم , collective; singulative: Rūmī ; plural: Arwām ; fa, روم Rum or Rumiyān, singular Rumi; tr, Rûm or , singular ), also romanized as ''Roum'', is a derivative of the Aramaic (''rhπmÈ'') and Parthian (''frwm'') te ...

descent who immigrated from

Rhodes Rhodes (; el, Ρόδος , translit=Ródos ) is the largest and the historical capital of the Dodecanese islands of Greece. Administratively, the island forms a separate municipality within the Rhodes regional unit, which is part of the So ...

. His father is of Turkish descent from

Trabzon Trabzon (; Ancient Greek: Tραπεζοῦς (''Trapezous''), Ophitic Pontic Greek: Τραπεζούντα (''Trapezounta''); Georgian: ტრაპიზონი (''Trapizoni'')), historically known as Trebizond in English, is a city on the Bl ...

. After earning a steat the Department of Ship Mechanics Engineering at

Istanbul Technical University Istanbul Technical University ( tr, İstanbul Teknik Üniversitesi, commonly referred to as ITU or The Technical University) is an international technical university located in Istanbul, Turkey. It is the world's third-oldest technical university ...

and studying in Istanbul for one year, he started studying again at

Ege University Ege University or Aegean University ( tr, Ege Üniversitesi) is a public research university in Bornova, İzmir. It was founded in 1955 with the faculties of Medicine and Agriculture. It is the first university to start courses in İzmir and the ...

and then went to Portugal under the Erasmus program. Özyıldız has been interested in martial arts since he was a youngster and has participated in cage fights in Portugal. After participating in a workshop on acting, he realized that he liked the experience very much and decided to study acting at the Müjdat Gezen Art Center. Starting in 2011, he debuted in the series ''Derin Sular''. Since then he has appeared in major films and television productions in his native country, including ''

Çoban Yıldızı ''Çoban Yıldızı'' is an instrumental Turkish melody composed by Melih Kibar in 1975. In 1975, TRT, the Turkish Radio and Television Corporation ordered a jingle for the coming Eurovision Song contest national finals. (see Turkey in the Euro ...

'', ''

'', '' Şeref Meselesi'' and ''

''. His most recent role on TV was in the series ''Akıncı'', which was broadcast on the Turkish television channel ATV.

Filmography

Film

Television

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ozyildiz, Sukru 1988 births Living people Turkish male film actors Turkish male television actors Actors from İzmir Turkish people of Greek descent