Yiğit Özşener (; born 6 April 1972) is a Turkish actor.

Early life

After

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collapsed, His paternal family is of Turkish descent who immigrated from

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. His maternal family is of Turkish descent who immigrated from

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. Özşener graduated from

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with a degree in Electronics and Communications Engineering in 1996. Özşener, who had begun studying acting at the

Şahika Tekand Şahika Tekand (born 1959) is a Turkish actress. She has appeared in more than fifteen films since 1987. Biography Tekand graduated from the Fine Arts Faculty, Department of Theatre and Acting at the Dokuz Eylül University Dokuz Eylül Univ ...

acting studio, began acting there in various plays, including

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's ''

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'', which was directed by Şahika Tekand herself.

Career

He gained national attention for appearing as the "Özgür Çocuk" (Free Child) with singer

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in a series of commercials for

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and Nil Karaibrahimgil's music video "Ben Özgürüm". He appeared in the series '' Karanlıkta Koşanlar'' based from detective novel with

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. Then he joined in the series '' Üzgünüm Leyla'' alongside veteran actors Perran Kutman,

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, Selçuk Yöntem, Burçin Terzioğlu. Between 2007 and 2009, he played Cemil Paşazade in the series '' Dudaktan Kalbe'' adapted from

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's classic novel. Since 2009, he played Cengiz Atay in the hit revenge series '' Ezel''. His crime series "

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" was sold to USA, France, Spain, Russian, Netherlands for adaptation. Due to

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left "Rüzgar" role, he started to play as "Rüzgar" with

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in second season of

İntikam ''İntikam'' () is a Turkish primetime drama television series that aired on Kanal D, starring Beren Saat and Yiğit Özşener. It debuted on January 3, 2013. ''İntikam'' is the Turkish version of the ABC TV series ''Revenge'' created by Mike ...

which Turkish remake of "Revenge". He had guest roles in

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Turkish version of "Monk" and popular series Cesur ve Güzel, "Kırmızı Oda", "10 Bin Adım". He played crime series "Bozkır" and "Ramo". He played in historical series "Yüzyıllık Mühür", "Barbaroslar: Akdeniz'in Kılıcı". He played in series "Cezailer" about

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. During his cinema career, he played in many hit films. He had parts in films such as '' O Şimdi Asker'', '' Gece 11:45'' and ''

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''. In 2011, he appeared in the film series '' Aşk Tesadüfleri Sever''. He starred as Mete Avunduk in the film series '' Kaybedenler Kulübü'' about the 1990s cult radio show of the same name. He played in period film "Dedemin İnsanları" and "Güneşi Gördüm". With Dudaktan Kalbe's co-star Aslı Tandoğan, he played in film "Bir Kahramanın Rüyası" twice. He portrayed as

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in film "Zaferin Rengi".

Filmography

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ozsener, Yigit 1972 births Living people Male actors from İzmir Turkish male film actors Turkish male stage actors Turkish male television actors 21st-century Turkish male actors 20th-century Turkish male actors