Oğuzhan Koç (born 13 May 1985) is a Turkish singer-songwriter, comedian, actor, screenwriter, TV host and music producer.

Personal life

He stated about his voice like east origin, "Due to, I'm from Üzümlü. Maybe I'm mix." He composed the song "Erzincan" about Altıntepe fortress, where an ancient

Urartian Urartian or Vannic is an extinct Hurro-Urartian language which was spoken by the inhabitants of the ancient kingdom of Urartu (''Biaini'' or ''Biainili'' in Urartian), which was centered on the region around Lake Van and had its capital, Tushp ...

site in Üzümlü. After the

1992 Erzincan earthquake On 13 March 1992, a moment magnitude 6.7 earthquake struck eastern Turkey. It had a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (''Violent'') and occurred along the North Anatolian Fault. At least 498 people died, roughly 2,000 were injured, and an unknow ...

, his family moved to

Bursa Bursa () is a city in northwestern Turkey and the administrative center of Bursa Province. The fourth-most populous city in Turkey and second-most populous in the Marmara Region, Bursa is one of the industrial centers of the country. Most of ...

. His other family members dead. At the

1999 İzmit earthquake An earthquake of moment magnitude 7.6 struck Kocaeli Province, Turkey on 17 August 1999. According to official figures, at least 18,373 people died and 48,901 people were injured during the earthquake, and 5,840 people were missing. At least 15 ...

, he experienced due to Bursa and Kocaeli are so close. For the children help campaign of "ÇABA", he performed concert with

Sezen Aksu Sezen Aksu (; born Fatma Sezen Yıldırım; 13 July 1954) is a Turkish singer, songwriter and producer. She is one of the most successful Turkish people, Turkish singers, having sold over 40 million albums worldwide. Her nicknames include the "Q ...

and stand-up with "3 Adam". He was awarded for composing the film soundtracks, "El Alem Ne Der" and "Uçanları Vurmasınlar" about women's rights and inequality at the 17th Kral Music Awards. His mother was a teacher. His father worked in a bank. He has an older brother. On 28 August 2022, he married actress

Demet Özdemir Demet Özdemir (born 26 February 1992) is a Turkish actress and former dancer known for her roles in ''Erkenci Kuş'', ''Dunyayla Benim Aramda'', '' Doğduğun Ev Kaderindir,'' '' Adım Farah and Eşref Rüya''. She has been increasingly reco ...

. In April 2023, the couple announced that they were getting a divorce. They divorced on 8 May 2023.

Education and career

He studied at the Bursa State Conservatory's Music Department for elementary school and high school. At the age of eleven, Oğuzhan Koç met comedian

Eser Yenenler Eser Yenenler (born 14 February 1984) is a Turkish comedian, TV presenter and actor. Personal life A part of his family is originally from North Africa. He graduated from Marmara University with a degree in Business Administration and master of ...

, writer İbrahim Büyükak and founder of Hype New Media Tolga Akış in Bursa and they started their collective career together. Also, he and İbrahim Büyükak played in BursaSpor Young Football Team for a short time. He simultaneously started to study in the Anthropology Department of

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 ...

and pursued an online education in the Business Department of

Anadolu University Anadolu University () is a public university in Eskişehir, Turkey. Anadolu University Distance Education Faculty (or Anadolu University Global Campus) serves as the national provider of distance education and is a member of the European Associ ...

after spending one year in the Labour Economy Department of

Dokuz Eylül University Dokuz Eylül University () (DEÜ) is a Public university, public research university in İzmir, Turkey. Founded in 1982, it is organized into 18 faculties. It holds the distinction of being the first university in Turkey to implement the probl ...

. Koç, who has been interested in performing arts from a young age, joined the BKM Theatre in 2006, with Eser Yenenler, İbrahim Büyükak, Zeynep Koçak and Tolga Akış (pr department of Bkm). He and BKM actors worked as screenwriters and performed as actors in Kanal D's theatrical comedy '' Çok Güzel Hareketler Bunlar'', which was awarded at 36th

Golden Butterfly Awards The Golden Butterfly Awards (Turkish: ''Altın Kelebek Ödülleri'') are annual Turkish music and television awards held since 1972. Sponsored by Pantene, winners are chosen by readers of the daily newspaper ''Hürriyet'', and the event is broad ...

as the Best Comedy Show. In 2009, he took a role in the movie ''Neşeli Hayat'' directed by

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 ...

. In 2010, Koç starred in the movie titled '' Çok Filim Hareketler Bunlar'', which was written and directed by BKM actors. Together with Eser Yenenler and İbrahim Büyükak, Koç presented the talk show ''

3 Adam 3 (three) is a number, numeral and digit. It is the natural number following 2 and preceding 4, and is the smallest odd prime number and the only prime preceding a square number. It has religious and cultural significance in many societies ...

'' between 2013 and 2017. Also, they performed stand up in

Europe Europe is a continent located entirely in the Northern Hemisphere and mostly in the Eastern Hemisphere. It is bordered by the Arctic Ocean to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the west, the Mediterranean Sea to the south, and Asia to the east ...

and

Turkey Turkey, officially the Republic of Türkiye, is a country mainly located in Anatolia in West Asia, with a relatively small part called East Thrace in Southeast Europe. It borders the Black Sea to the north; Georgia (country), Georgia, Armen ...

. Koç then had a leading role in the movies ''Yol Arkadaşım'' and ''Yol Arkadaşım 2'' as Onur Güzel, and in ''Özür Dilerim'' as Koray which were written by İbrahim Büyükak. Together with Gülben Ergen and Eser Yenenler, he took part in the Turkish dubbing of musical theatre ''Pinokyo''. He was then cast as a voice actor in the animated sitcom '' Fırıldak Ailesi'', voicing a single character together with Eser Yenenler and İbrahim Büyükak. He became one of the voice actors chosen for the animated movie ''Doru''.

Filmography

Discography

Awards

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Koc, Oguzhan Living people 1985 births Turkish male stage actors Turkish male film actors Turkish male television actors Turkish singer-songwriters Turkish television presenters Turkish male singers People from Refahiye 21st-century Turkish male actors