Şükrü Özyıldız (born 18 February 1988) is a Turkish actor. He is best known for playing Onur Karasu in the series ''
Ruhun Duymaz''.
Early life
Özyıldız was born in
İzmir
İzmir is the List of largest cities and towns in Turkey, third most populous city in Turkey, after Istanbul and Ankara. It is on the Aegean Sea, Aegean coast of Anatolia, and is the capital of İzmir Province. In 2024, the city of İzmir had ...
. The maternal side of his family is of
Rûm
Rūm ( , collective; singulative: ''Rūmī'' ; plural: ''Arwām'' ; ''Rum'' or ''Rumiyān'', singular ''Rumi''; ), ultimately derived from Greek Ῥωμαῖοι ('' Rhomaioi'', literally 'Romans'), is the endonym of the pre-Islamic inhabi ...
descent who immigrated from
Rhodes
Rhodes (; ) is the largest of the Dodecanese islands of Greece and is their historical capital; it is the List of islands in the Mediterranean#By area, ninth largest island in the Mediterranean Sea. Administratively, the island forms a separ ...
. His father is of Turkish descent from
Trabzon
Trabzon, historically known as Trebizond, is a city on the Black Sea coast of northeastern Turkey and the capital of Trabzon Province. The city was founded in 756 BC as "Trapezous" by colonists from Miletus. It was added into the Achaemenid E ...
. After completing his studies from Department of Ship Mechanics Engineering at
Istanbul Technical University
Istanbul Technical University, also known as Technical University of Istanbul (, commonly referred to as İTÜ), is an public university, public technical university located in Istanbul, Turkey. It is the world's third-oldest technical university ...
and studying in Istanbul for a year, he studied at
Ege University
Ege University or Aegean University () 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 fourth oldest unive ...
and 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 he liked the experience and decided to study acting at the Müjdat Gezen Art Center.
Career
Tv Series
Özyıldız made his debut with the daily series ''Derin Sular'' in 2011 alongside
Hilal Altınbilek,
Deniz Baysal. He had guest roles in popular series "Çalıkuşu", "Uçurum".
He played Efe and followed it up by portraying Mete in Kış Güneşi opposite
Aslı Enver. He starred in
Tatlı Küçük Yalancılar, an adaptation of ''
Pretty Little Liars
''Pretty Little Liars'' is an American Mystery fiction, mystery teen drama television series created by I. Marlene King, which aired on Freeform (TV channel), Freeform from June 8, 2010 to June 27, 2017, based on the novel series Pretty Little L ...
''. With
Kerem Bürsin
Kerem Bürsin (born 4 June 1987) is a Turkish actor, known for his work predominantly in films, television and streaming series. After graduating from Emerson College in Marketing Communications Department, Bürsin began his acting career. He g ...
,
Burcu Biricik
Burcu Biricik Yetkin (born 4 May 1989) is a Turkish people, Turkish actress.
Early life
Biricik was born on 4 May 1988 in Elmalı, Antalya Province. She is of Yörük descent, which is a Turkic peoples, Turkic ethnic subgroup.
After participat ...
,
Yasemin Allen, he played ''
Şeref Meselesi'' adaptation of Italy series.
Özyıldız has appeared in several television series like ''
Çoban Yıldızı'', ''
Benim Hala Umudum Var'', ''
Nefes Nefese''. His was also a part of the series ''Akıncı'' based on animation.
In 2023, he starred as intelligence agent Onur Karasu in the romantic comedy drama series ''
Ruhun Duymaz'' opposite
Burcu Özberk.
Web Series
He had guest role in
Gülse Birsel's comedy series "Jet Sosyete".
Films
With Kış Güneşi's co-star
Başak Parlak, he played "Neva" based on autobiographical novel. He played in romantic comedies "Her Şey Aşktan" alongside
Hande Doğandemir and "Sevimli Tehlikeli" alongside
Ayça Ayşin Turan.
He played in
Yılmaz Erdoğan
Yılmaz Erdoğan (born 4 November 1967) is a Turkish filmmaker, actor and poet who is most famous for his box-office record-breaking debut comedy film '' Vizontele'' (2001) and the television series ''Bir Demet Tiyatro'' (1995–2002/2006–2007 ...
's period film
Ekşi Elmalar alongside
Farah Zeynep Abdullah,
Şükran Ovalı. With
Buğra Gülsoy,
Leyla Lydia Tuğutlu, he played in
Cebimdeki Yabancı adapted from Italy film.
He portrayed famous actor
Ayhan Işık in third film of surreal comedy series
Arif V 216. With
Demet Özdemir, He played rom-com series
Aşk Taktikleri.
Theatre
He performed in (Kim Korkar Hain Kurttan)
Who's Afraid of traitor wolf alongside
Zerrin Tekindor
Zerrin Tekindor (born 5 August 1964) is a Turkish actress and painter.
Biography
In 1985 she graduated from the Hacettepe University State Conservatory, School of Theater. In that year, she began to work at the Adana State Theatre as an in ...
. With
Serenay Sarıkaya, he performed as Hatter in "Alice Müzikali", a musical adaption based on Alice in Wonderland and published in Disney.
Filmography
Films
Television
Web series
Awards and nominations
References
External links
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1988 births
Living people
Turkish male film actors
Turkish male television actors
Male actors from İzmir
Turkish people of Greek descent