Özcan Deniz (born 19 May 1972) is a Turkish

actor An actor (masculine/gender-neutral), or actress (feminine), is a person who portrays a character in a production. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. ...

singer Singing is the art of creating music with the voice. It is the oldest form of musical expression, and the human voice can be considered the first musical instrument. The definition of singing varies across sources. Some sources define singi ...

, composer, writer and director

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descent.

Life

His family is of

origin. Deniz's family is originally from

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but he was born in

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and grew up in

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. He is the nephew of a famous traditional Kurdish singer named Şakiro. He started acting during his highschool years itself in theater plays, which he wrote himself and attended local amateur theater clubs. He performed his first orchestra work in 1985 in Aydın. In 1988 he moved to

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and in 1998 to Germany to pursue a music career. He was discovered by a group of producers in

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, Germany. Deniz‘ debut album ''Ağlattın Beni'' was released in 1992. With the album ''Meleğim'' released in 1993, he became well known. In 1994, he released his album ''Beyaz Kelebeğim''. In 1994, he acted in the film 'Ona Sevdiğimi Söyle' directed by

Memduh Ün Arif Memduh Ün (14 March 1920 – 16 October 2015) was a Turkish film producer, director, actor and screenwriter. His film, '' The Broken Pots'', was entered into the 11th Berlin International Film Festival The 11th annual Berlin Inter ...

. After his military service he released another album called ''Yalan mı'' in 1997 and started acting in the TV series ''Yalan mı'' in the same year. In 1999, he starred in another TV series called ''Aşkın Dağlarda Gezer'' which he wrote himself too. Although he came to the fore with the news that he and '' Şebnem Schaefer'' were dating in 2022, Schaefer denied these allegations from the beginning. He had the leading roles in the very popular TV series '' Asmalı Konak'' and Haziran Gecesi. Deniz both directed and wrote the screenplay for the film '' Ya Sonra?'' in 2011.

Discography

Albums

* ''Yine Ağlattın Beni'' (1992, Prestij Müzik) * ''Hadi Hadi Meleğim'' (1993, Prestij Müzik) * ''Beyaz Kelebeğim'' (1994, Prestij Müzik) * ''Yalan Mı?'' (1997, Prestij Müzik) * ''Çoban Yıldızı'' (1998, Prestij Müzik) * ''Aslan Gibi'' (2000, Prestij Müzik) * ''Leyla'' (2002, Popüler Müzik) * ''Ses ve Ayrılık'' (2004, Deniz-Spotek Production) * ''Hediye'' (2007, Doğan Music Company) * ''Sevdazede'' (2009, Avrupa Müzik) * ''Bi Düşün'' (2012, Poll Production)

Singles

* "Her Şey Değişir" (with Pamela and Fuat) (2009, Pasaj Müzik) * "Merakımdan" (2012, Poll Production) * "Aşk" (2019, DNZ Production) * "Allah Büyük" (2020, DNZ Production) * "Ben Yine Kendimle" (2020, DNZ Production) * "Ayrıntılarda Gizli" (2020, DNZ Production)

Filmography

References

External links

* * Turkish male television actors 1972 births Living people Turkish people of Kurdish descent Golden Butterfly Award winners Turkish male singers {{Turkey-actor-stub