Selçuk Yöntem (born 13 July 1953) is a Turkish actor and TV presenter.

Life and career

Yöntem was born on 13 July 1953 in

Eyüpsultan Eyüpsultan or Eyüp () is a municipality and Districts of Turkey, district of Istanbul Province, Istanbul Province, Turkey. Its area is 228 km2, and its population is 422,913 (2022). The district extends from the Golden Horn all the way to t ...

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. His mother was from

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and his father was from Sakarya. In 1976, he graduated from

Ankara State Conservatory The Hacettepe University Ankara State Conservatory (), the first conservatory to be founded in the Republic of Turkey, was established in 1936 by a directive of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk. The conservatory is part of Hacettepe University. History ...

with a degree in theatre studies. In 1977 started working in the same institution. In 1994, Yöntem took the play ''Aşağıdakiler'' on stage, followed by ''Gürültülü Patırtılı Bir Hikâye'' in 1995. Between 1997 and 1998, he directed an adaptation of

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's play ''Ay Işığında Şamata''. Aside from his career on stage, he joined TRT Istanbul Radio and took part in presenting

radio play Radio drama (or audio drama, audio play, radio play, radio theatre, or audio theatre) is a dramatised, purely acoustic performance. With no visual component, radio drama depends on dialogue, music and sound effects to help the listener imagine ...

s. He simultaneously continued a career in television and cinema, and for his performance in the movie ''C Blok'', he was given the "Best Supporting Actor" award. After his portrayal of the Bozo character in ''Deli Yürek'' TV series and its follow-up movie, in 2003 he joined the cast of ''

Kurtlar Vadisi ''Valley of the Wolves'' () is a Turkish crime drama television series created by Osman Sınav and Raci Şaşmaz, which originally aired on Show TV. The show focuses on the protagonist Agent Polat Alemdar, an undercover operative who joins th ...

'' as Aslan Akbey. Another breakthrough came with his role in the 2008 drama series '' Aşk-ı Memnu'' as Adnan Ziyagil. He also presented about 400 episodes of ''Büyük Risk'' on Star TV and then on

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. In 2013, he was cast in ATV's series ''Bugünün Saraylısı'', playing the role of Ata Katipoğlu. He also took the task of presenting the popular game show '' Kim Milyoner Olmak İster?'' in 2014, after the former presenter

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suffered from a stroke.

Filmography

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Yontem, Selcuk 1953 births Living people People from Eyüp Turkish male film actors Turkish male television actors Turkish male stage actors Turkish television presenters Ankara State Conservatory alumni