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 Leman. In August 1995 he did his first stand-up comedy show in "Leman Culture Center" performing with no serious career intention as a comedian. However, after the high response from the crowd he caried his show to attract larger crowds in Beşiktaş cultural center where he appeared in over a thousand stand-up comedy shows since, becoming extremely popular.
His movie career starts with co-starring the movie "Hersey Cok Guzel Olacak" ("Everything's Gonna Be Great") in 1998, continuing various roles in such movies Vizontele, Organize Isler and Ramon. Yet his debut came with the 2005 box-office hit 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.
In 2006, he returned to white screen with the movie "Hokkabaz" (The Illusionist) as actor, writer and co-director.
