Engin Günaydın (born 29 January 1972) is a Turkish actor and comedian.

Biography

Günaydın was born in

Erbaa Erbaa is a town and a district (''ilçe'') of Tokat Province in the Black Sea region of Turkey. The town of Erbaa lies on the left bank of the Kelkit River and is surrounded by the Erbaa Plain, most of which lies in its district. One kilometer ...

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. He began his university studies at

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Conservatory, but in his second year he switched to

Mimar Sinan University The Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University ( tr, Mimar Sinan Güzel Sanatlar Üniversitesi, or MSGSÜ) is a Turkish public university dedicated to higher education in the fine arts. It is located in the Fındıklı neighbourhood of Beyoğlu, Istanbu ...

from where he graduated in theatre. In 1997, he had a small role in ''Otogargara'' which caused him to be cast in the television series ''Bir Demet Tiyatro'' where he played Zabıta İrfan. Later he acted in ''Aşkım Aşkım'' with

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and

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. In 2001, he acted in

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's film ''Yazgı'' for which he received the Best Supporting Actor Award at the Ankara Film Festival. In 2004, he began doing sketches on Okan Bayülgen's show. In 2005, he accepted an offer from

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and joined the cast of the sitcom ''

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'' as Burhan Altıntop, his most famous role. In 2009, he wrote the screenplay of and starred in '' Vavien'' directed by the Taylan Brothers. For this, he won a number of screenwriting awards at the

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, Yeşilçam Awards and the SİYAD awards. Additionally, he did a series of stand up shows titled ''O Hikayedeki Mal Benim''. He shared the

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's Best Actor Award in 2012 together with

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for his role in ''

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''.

Filmography

References

Biography of Engin Günaydın

External links

* 1972 births Living people People from Erbaa Turkish comedians Turkish male film actors Turkish male television actors Turkish male stage actors Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University alumni Best Actor Golden Boll Award winners {{Turkey-actor-stub