Olgun Şimşek (born 1 June 1971) is a Turkish actor.

Biography

Olgun Şimşek was born in the village of Yenice in Büyükorhan, Bursa. His paternal family is of Alevi Türk (Turkish) descent from

Bingöl Bingöl (; ; ), known as Çapakçur before 1944, is a city in Turkey. It is the seat of Bingöl Province and Bingöl District,Turkmen from

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. His father was a primary school teacher and his mother was a housewife. He graduated in theatre from the

Istanbul University Istanbul University, also known as University of Istanbul (), is a Public university, public research university located in Istanbul, Turkey. Founded by Mehmed II on May 30, 1453, a day after Fall of Constantinople, the conquest of Constantinop ...

State Conservatory and began acting professionally in 1993. Şimşek acted in the play ''Otogargara'' with

Demet Akbağ Demet Akbağ (; born 23 December 1959) is a Turkish theatre, film actress and acting trainer. Biography Demet Akbağ was born on 23 December 1959 in Denizli as the third child of Benan and Oktay İybar. Her family was in Denizli at the time ...

and

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 ...

. He had a small parts in the films ''Tersine Dünya'' in 1993 and ''Yer Çekimli Aşıklar'' in 1995. In 1998, he acted in the film ''Karışık Pizza'' for which he won the Most Promising Actor award at the Ankara Film Festival. In 2004, he starred in the film '' Yazı Tura'' directed by

Uğur Yücel Uğur Yücel (born 26 May 1957) is a Turkish film actor, producer and director. He graduated from the Theater Department of the Istanbul Municipality Conservatory (İstanbul Belediye Konservatuarı Tiyatro Bölümü). He took part in several pl ...

where he played a disabled soldier. For this, he won several awards including the Golden Orange for Best Actor as well as Best Actor awards at the Ankara Film Festival, Istanbul Film Festival, Adana Golden Coccoon Festival and the SİYAD awards. Şimşek also had appearances in television series such as ''Sihirli Ceket'', ''Beşik Kertmesi'' ve ''Alacakaranlık''. He played in hit youth comedy ''Yedi Numara'' alongside ex-wife Şebnem Sönmez. He played two different roles in hit sitcom series ''Yalan Dünya''.

Filmography

* 1993: '' Tersine Dünya'' - TV series * 1993: '' Tetikçi Kemal'' - TV series * 1994: '' Aziz Ahmet'' - TV series * 1994: '' Gülşen Abi'' - TV series * 1995: '' Yer Çekimli Aşklar'' - TV series * 1996: '' Sihirli Ceket'' - TV series * 1996: ''Sultanım'' - Erkan Yılbaş - TV series * 1997: '' Bir Demet Tiyatro'' - Kudret/Bahattin - TV program * 1998: '' Dış Kapının Mandalları'' - TV series * 1998: '' Karışık Pizza'' - Murat - TV series * 1998: ''Tatlı Rüyalar'' - Ali Haydar Akbayır - TV series * 2001: '' Yeşil Işık'' - Ferdi * 2002: ''Beşik Kertmesi'' - TV series * 2000–2003: '' Yedi Numara'' - Sabit Ballıoğlu - TV series * 2003: '' Alacakaranlık'' - Emir Büyükdereci - TV series * 2003: '' Yazı Tura'' - Rıdvan * 2005: '' Beyaz Gelincik'' - Aziz Kudret Tarhan - TV series * 2005: '' Kapıları Açmak'' - Cihan - TV series * 2008: ''Akşamdan Kalma'' - Hidayet * 2009–2010: ''

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'' - Mahmut - TV series * 2010: ''Akşamdan Kalma 2'' - Hidayet * 2012: '' Gözetleme Kulesi'' - Nihat - TV series * 2012: '' Yalan Dünya'' - Selahattin/Ahmet - TV series * 2012: ''Akşamdan Kalma 3'' - Hidayet * 2017: ''

Eşkıya Dünyaya Hükümdar Olmaz ''The Bandit'' () is a 1996 Turkey, Turkish film written and directed by Yavuz Turgul and starring Şener Şen and Uğur Yücel. According to the director the film, which is about a bandit who comes to Istanbul after serving a 35-year jail sent ...

'' - Yaşar Kimsesiz - TV series * 2017: ''Bana Söyleme'' - Yılmaz Akbağ - TV series * 2020: '' Ramo'' - Cihangir Hanlı - TV series * 2022: '' Cici'' -

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original film * 2023: '' Terzi'' -

original series

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* 1971 births People from Bursa Living people Turkish male film actors Turkish male stage actors Turkish male television actors Best Actor Golden Orange Award winners Best Actor Golden Boll Award winners Turkish people of Kurdish descent {{Turkey-actor-stub