Erol Åžafak Sezer (born 10 October 1970) is a
Turkish actor who usually appears in comedic roles.
His stage debut came in
Haldun Taner
Haldun Taner (16 March 1915 – 7 May 1986) was a well-known Turkish playwright and short story writer.
Biography
He was born on 16 March 1915 in Istanbul. After graduating from the Galatasaray High School in 1935, he studied politics and econom ...
's play ''Eşeğin Gölgesi'' at Ankara Halk Tiyatrosu (Ankara People's Theatre). He acted in several other plays at the same venue as well as at Ankara Ekin Tiyatrosu (Ankara Crop Theatre).
In cinema, he initially appeared in supporting roles in several movies. His breakthrough came with ''
Kolpaçino'' (2009) in which he starred.
Şafak Sezer was found guilty of physically attacking a camera assistant for "making noise" on the set of ''Alemin Kralı'' TV series in 2012, and a 13-month prison sentence was demanded for him in December 2013. The announcement of the verdict was postponed to a later date.
Sezer rose once again to public's attention in 2013 when he publicly knelt in front of Turkey's Prime Minister and apologized for his earlier participation in
protest demonstrations. Turkish newspapers reported, with accompanying photographs, on 22 July 2013 that at a
Ramadan
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dinner hosted by the ruling
AKP party on the previous evening, Sezer went to Prime Minister
Recep Tayyip ErdoÄŸan
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's table and went down on his knees in front of ErdoÄŸan and apologized for his participation in a street demonstration protesting a police crackdown ordered by the government on environmentalists in Istanbul in the previous weeks.
Şafak Sezer Başbakandan Özür Diledi
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Filmography
* '' Bir Düğün Masalı'' (1993) Lawyer Adnan
* '' Televizyon Çocuğu'' (1996) (Guest appearance)
* ''Baskül Ailesi'' (TV series) (1997) Maşallah
* '' Dostlar Pasajı'' (TV series) (1997) Yıldırım
* '' KomÅŸu KomÅŸu'' (TV series) (1997) (Guest appearance)
* '' Sıdıka'' (TV series) (1997) Kenar
* '' Åžafak Vakti'' (TV series) (1997) (Konuk oyuncu)
* '' Vizontele'' (2000) Veli
* '' Oyunbozan'' (2000) Police
* '' Reyting Hamdi'' (TV series) (2000) Åžafak
* '' Bu Film Bitmez'' (2001)
* '' Zalim'' (TV series) (2002) (Guest appearance)
* '' Rus Gelin'' (2002) Ökkeş
* '' Ekmek Teknesi'' (2002) Bahtiyar
* '' Hababam Sınıfı Merhaba'' (2003) Ercüment
* '' G.O.R.A'' (2004) Kuna
* '' Hababam Sınıfı Askerde'' (2004) Ercüment
* '' Simbiyotik'' (2004)
* '' Altın Kafes'' (TV series) (2004) Fuzili
* '' Hababam Sınıfı 3,5'' (2005) Ercüment
* '' Maskeli BeÅŸler Ä°ntikam PeÅŸinde'' (2005) Tezcan
* '' Bendeniz Aysel'' (Dizi) (2005) Aslan
* '' Ah Polis Olsam'' (Dizi) (2006) Rıfat / Komiser Yardımcısı
* '' Maskeli BeÅŸler: Irak'' (2006) Tezcan
* '' Düş Yakamdan'' (TV series) (2007) Süleyman
* '' Kutsal Damacana'' (2007) Fikret
* '' Fesupanallah'' (TV series) (2007) Cesur
* '' Maskeli Beşler: Kıbrıs'' (2008) Tezcan
* '' YaÅŸar Ne YaÅŸar Ne YaÅŸamaz'' (Television film) (2008)
* '' Kadri'nin Götürdüğü Yere Git'' (2008) Kadri
* '' Aynadaki Düşman'' (TV series) (2009) Çelebi
* '' Kolpaçino'' (2009) Özgür
* '' Kutsal Damacana 2: Ä°tmen'' (2009) Fikret
* '' Hanımeli Sokağı'' (TV series) (2009) Ramazan
* '' Türk Malı'' (2010) Erman Kuzu
* '' Memlekette Demokrasi Var'' (2010) Jandarma
* '' Kolpaçino Bomba'' (2011) Özgür
* '' Alemin Kıralı'' (TV series) (2011) Aslan Kıral
* '' Memlekette Demokrasi Var'' (2011)
* '' G.D.O. KaraKedi'' (2013) Gürkan
* '' Altındağlı'' (2013) Ekrem Altındağlı
* '' Ah Polis Olsam Yeniden'' (TV series) (2014) Komiser
* '' Şimdi Onlar Düşünsün'' (2014–2015) Aziz Keklik
* ''O Ses Türkiye
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One of the important premises of the show is ...
'' New Year Program (2015)
* '' Kolpaçino 3. Devre'' (2016) Özgür
* '' Bir Baba Hindu'' (2016)
* '' Türk Malı Aile Komedisi ''(2017)
* '' Ketenpere'' (2017)
* '' Gürbüz: Hadi Allah'a Emanet'' (2018)
* '' Göktaşı'' (2018)
* '' Yalan Dolan'' (2019)
References
External links
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1970 births
Living people
Turkish comedians
Turkish male film actors
Turkish male stage actors
Turkish male television actors
Male actors from Ankara
21st-century Turkish male actors
20th-century Turkish male actors