Cem Yiğit Üzümoğlu (born 1 March 1994) is a Turkish actor. He came to fame by appearing in the youth series ''
Adı Efsane'' as Hakan.
Life and career
Üzümoğlu was born on 1 March 1994 in
Istanbul
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. He is a graduate of
Hacettepe University Ankara State Conservatory
The Hacettepe University Ankara State Conservatory ( tr, Hacettepe Üniversitesi Ankara Devlet Konservatuvarı), the first conservatory to be founded in the Republic of Turkey, was established in 1936 by a directive of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk.
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, Department of Acting.
He made his debut on television with the youth series ''
Adı Efsane'' as Hakan Şahin. In 2020, Üzümoğlu portrayed
Mehmed the Conqueror
Mehmed II ( ota, محمد ثانى, translit=Meḥmed-i s̱ānī; tr, II. Mehmed, ; 30 March 14323 May 1481), commonly known as Mehmed the Conqueror ( ota, ابو الفتح, Ebū'l-fetḥ, lit=the Father of Conquest, links=no; tr, Fâtih Su ...
in the
Netflix
Netflix, Inc. is an American subscription video on-demand over-the-top streaming service and production company based in Los Gatos, California. Founded in 1997 by Reed Hastings and Marc Randolph in Scotts Valley, California, it offers a fi ...
original docuseries ''
Rise of Empires: Ottoman''.
He had previously appeared in various plays. In April 2017, at the 21st Yapı Kredi Afife Theater Awards he was awarded as the "Most Successful Young Generation Artist of the Year". In 2018, he appeared on the stage again with the plays ''Troas'' and ''Kalp''. In 2019, he joined the cast of ''Evlat'', a play directed by İbrahim Çiçek. He later appeared as
Prince Hamlet
A prince is a male ruler (ranked below a king, grand prince, and grand duke) or a male member of a monarch's or former monarch's family. ''Prince'' is also a title of nobility (often highest), often hereditary, in some European states. The ...
in an adaptation of the
famous play published for YouTube's ''Digital Sahne''.
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Filmography
Theatre
References
Living people
1994 births
Male actors from Istanbul
Turkish male television actors
Turkish male stage actors
Hacettepe University Ankara State Conservatory alumni
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