Kerim Afşar (13 August 1930 – 26 September 2003) was a Turkish actor who played various roles in theater, movies and TV series. During his career, the actor also directed several movies and also played as voice actor in some of his movies.
Biography
He was graduated from
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.
Th ...
in 1953. Due to
WW2
World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the World War II by country, vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great power ...
Afşar and his family moved to
Gelibolu
Gelibolu, also known as Gallipoli (from el, Καλλίπολις, ''Kallipolis'', "Beautiful City"), is the name of a town and a district in Çanakkale Province of the Marmara Region, located in Eastern Thrace in the European part of Turkey on th ...
. He started his career by performed in various plays even before his graduation in 1952. His first role was "Oberon" character in ''A Midsummer Night's Dream'' play written by Carl Elberth. He played in many characters and acted as voice actor in "Radio Theater" programs in TRT (Turkish TV channel). In 1980, he continued his career in
Berlin
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, Germany by the invitation of Peter Stein in order to play in his plays. After returning to Turkey, he joined in Ankara Art Theater (AST) and continued to his career here while also performing in
Istanbul City Theater. Afşar passed away on September 26, 2003.
Selected filmography
*
Yaprak Dökümü
''Yaprak Dökümü'' (''The Fall of Leaves'') is a novel by Turkish author and playwright Reşat Nuri Güntekin, written in 1930. It is available in an English translation by W. D. Halsey
Plot summary
The novel revolves around a middle-class Tur ...
- 1988
* Perry Mason - 1983
* Mine - 1982
* Çekiç ve Titreşim - 1979
* Emekli Başkan - 1979
* Isı - 1979
* Kuma - 1979
* Arkadaş - 1974
* Mevlana - 1973
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Battal Gazi Destanı
''Battal Gazi Destanı'' (''Battal Ghazi Legend'') is a 1971 Turkish historic action film. Starring Cüneyt Arkın, it is a depiction of the life of the legendary Muslim ''Serdar'' of Malatya, Battal Gazi. Moreover, it is the first one of four ...
- 1971
* Yılan Soyu - 1969
* Çalıkuşu - 1966
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References
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1930 births
2003 deaths
Male actors from Istanbul
Turkish male film actors
Turkish male stage actors
Turkish expatriates in Germany
20th-century Turkish male actors
Ankara State Conservatory alumni