Yiğit Özşener

Yiğit Özşener (Turkish pronunciation: [jiˈjit œzˈʃeneɾ]) (born 6 April 1972) is a Turkish actor.

Biography

Özşener graduated from Yıldız Technical University with a degree in Electronics and Communications Engineering in 1996.^[1] Özşener, who had begun studying acting at the Şahika Tekand acting studio, began acting there in various plays, including Harold Pinter's The Dumb Waiter, which was directed by Şahika Tekand herself.

He gained national attention for appearing as the "Özgür Çocuk" (Free Child) in a series of commercials for Turkcell.^[2] He appeared in the series Karanlıkta Koşanlar with Uğur Yücel. Then he acted in the series Üzgünüm Leyla. He had parts in films such as O Şimdi Asker, Gece 11:45 and Beş Vakit. Between 2007 and 2009, he played Cemil Paşazade in the series Dudaktan Kalbe adapted from Reşat Nuri Güntekin's novel. Since 2009, he plays Cengiz Atay in the series Ezel.

In 2011, he appeared in the film Aşk Tesadüfleri Sever (Love Likes Coincidences) and starred as Mete Avunduk in the film Kaybedenler Kulübü (The Losers' Club) about the 1990s cult radio show of the same name.

Filmography

• Üzgünüm Leyla (2000)
• Herkes Kendi Evinde (2000)
• Karanlıkta Koşanlar (2001)
• Yeşil Işık (2001)
• Zeybek Ateşi (2002)
• Unutma Beni (2002)
• O Şimdi Asker (2002)
• Prenses...Kankam ve Ben (2003)
• Crude / Fırsat (2003)
• Giz (2003)
• Estağfurullah Yokuşu (2003)
• Apartman (2004)
• 24 Saat (2004)
• Çalınan Ceset (2004)
• Gece 11:45 (2004)
• Arapsaçı (2004)
• Tombala (2005)
• Rüzgarlı Bahçe (2005)
• Kabuslar Evi: Onlara Dokunmak (2006)
• Rüya Gibi (2006)
• Beş Vakit (2006)
• Prenses Lissi ve Karadamı Yeti (2007)
• Yoldaki Kedi (2007)
• Kayıp (2007)
• Dudaktan Kalbe (2007)

• Kung Fu Panda (2008)
• Güneşi Gördüm (2009)
• Ezel (2009)
• Aşk Tesadüfleri Sever (2011)
• Kaybedenler Kulübü (2011)
• Dedemin Insanlari (2011)
• SON (2012)
• İntikam (2013-)
• The Two Faces of January (2014)

References

External links

• Yiğit Özşener at the Internet Movie Database