Cem Yılmaz
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Cem Yılmaz (born April 23, 1973) is a famed Turkish stand-up comedian, actor, cartoonist and screenwriter.
He was born in Kocamustafapaşa in İstanbul, and his family origins go back to Sivas.
While studying at Boğaziçi University Tourism and Hotel Management department, he started publishing cartoons for the Turkish humor magazine in national circulationLeman. In August 1995 he did his first stand-up comedy show in the cultural center owned by the same magazine in İstanbul. In December of the same year, he moved his show to the larger Beşiktaş cultural center where he appeared in over a thousand stand-up comedy shows since, becoming extremely popular.
His foray into film acting came with the 2005 box-office hit (in Turkey, but also in Germany) G.O.R.A., a big-budget science-fiction comedy written and starred by Cem Yılmaz. The shooting of the film had lasted several years because of financial and other technical problems and the deep involvement left him exhausted for a time.
He returns to the screen with the film "Hokkabaz" (The Illusionist) scheduled for release on 20 October 2006.
