Olgun Şimşek (born 1 June 1971) is a Turkish actor.
Biography
Olgun Şimşek was born in the village of Yenice in Büyükorhan, Bursa. His father was a primary school teacher and his mother was a housewife. He graduated in theatre from the
Istanbul University
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, latin_name = Universitas Istanbulensis
, motto = tr, Tarihten Geleceğe Bilim Köprüsü
, mottoeng = Science Bridge from Past to the Future
, established = 1453 1846 1933
...
State Conservatory and began acting professionally in 1993.
Şimşek acted in the play ''Otogargara'' with
Demet Akbağ
Demet Akbağ (née İybar; born 23 December 1959) is a Turkish theatre and film actress.
Biography
Demet Akbağ was born on 23 December 1959 in Denizli as the third child of Benan and Oktay İybar. Her maternal family is of Turkmen descent. He ...
and
Yılmaz Erdoğan. He had a small parts in the films ''Tersine Dünya'' in 1993 and ''Yer Çekimli Aşıklar'' in 1995. In 1998, he acted in the film ''Karışık Pizza'' for which he won the Most Promising Actor award at the Ankara Film Festival.
Şimşek also had appearances in television series such as ''Sihirli Ceket'', ''Yedi Numara'', ''Beşik Kertmesi'' ve ''Alacakaranlık''. In 2004, he starred in the film ''
Yazı Tura'' directed by
Uğur Yücel where he played a disabled soldier. For this, he won several awards including the
Golden Orange for Best Actor as well as Best Actor awards at the Ankara Film Festival, Istanbul Film Festival, Adana Golden Coccoon Festival and the SİYAD awards. Currently, he is starring in a Turkish comedy show ''Yalan Dunya''.
Filmography
* 1993: ''
Tersine Dünya'' - TV series
* 1993: ''
Tetikçi Kemal'' - TV series
* 1994: ''
Aziz Ahmet'' - TV series
* 1994: ''
Gülşen Abi'' - TV series
* 1995: ''
Yer Çekimli Aşklar
A yer is either of two letters in Cyrillic alphabets, ъ (ѥръ, ''jerŭ'') and ь (ѥрь, ''jerĭ''). The Glagolitic alphabet used, as respective counterparts, the letters (Ⱏ) and (Ⱐ). They originally represented phonemically the "ul ...
'' - TV series
* 1996: ''
Sihirli Ceket'' - TV series
* 1996: ''Sultanım'' - Erkan Yılbaş - TV series
* 1997: ''
Bir Demet Tiyatro'' - Kudret/Bahattin - TV program
* 1998: ''
Dış Kapının Mandalları'' - TV series
* 1998: ''
Karışık Pizza'' - Murat - TV series
* 1998: ''Tatlı Rüyalar'' - Ali Haydar Akbayır - TV series
* 2001: ''
Yeşil Işık'' - Ferdi
* 2002: ''Beşik Kertmesi'' - TV series
* 2000–2003: ''
Yedi Numara'' - Sabit Ballıoğlu - TV series
* 2003: ''
Alacakaranlık'' - Emir Büyükdereci - TV series
* 2003: ''
Yazı Tura'' - Rıdvan
* 2005: ''
Beyaz Gelincik'' - Aziz Kudret Tarhan - TV series
* 2005: ''
Kapıları Açmak'' - Cihan - TV series
* 2008: ''Akşamdan Kalma'' - Hidayet
* 2009–2010: ''
Kapalıçarşı
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'' - Mahmut - TV series
* 2010: ''Akşamdan Kalma 2'' - Hidayet
* 2012: ''
Gözetleme Kulesi'' - Nihat - TV series
* 2012: ''
Yalan Dünya'' - Selahattin/Ahmet - TV series
* 2012: ''Akşamdan Kalma 3'' - Hidayet
* 2017: ''
Eşkıya Dünyaya Hükümdar Olmaz
''The Bandit'' ( tr, Eşkıya) is a 1996 Turkish film written and directed by Yavuz Turgul and starring Şener Şen and Uğur Yücel.
According to the director the film, which is about a bandit who comes to Istanbul after serving a 35-year ja ...
'' - Yaşar Kimsesiz - TV series
* 2017: ''Bana Söyleme'' - Yılmaz Akbağ - TV series
* 2020: ''
Ramo
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'' - Cihangir Hanlı - TV series
* 2022: ''
Cici'' -
Netflix
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original film
References
External links
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1971 births
People from Bursa
Living people
Turkish male film actors
Turkish male stage actors
Turkish male television actors
Best Actor Golden Orange Award winners
Best Actor Golden Boll Award winners
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