Erdal Özyağcılar (born 4 August 1948) is a

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actor. He has appeared in films, on the stage and on television.

Biography

Özyağcılar was born in 1948 in

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. He started his acting career in 1967, with the movie "''Ölüm Tarlası''" (Field of Death). He is a theater artist as well as a screen actor, who had roles in many plays, movies and TV series. He also appeared in TV commercials. He was cast in

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's cult films. Between 1989-1997, He played in the one of longest Turkish series "Bizimkiler". Özyağcılar is a popular character in the TV series ''

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'', which is famous both in Turkey and

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. It is first Turkish series exported to Greece. The artist regained his popularity in Turkey in 2007 with the series named '' Elveda Rumeli'' (Farewell

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), portraying a Turkish peasant living during the turmoil times of 19th century in

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region, near Monastir, with his family, when

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started to lose territory and fall back. He is married to , also a theater actress.

Filmography

References

* Biyografi.net
''Biography of Erdal Özyağcılar''

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ozyagcilar, Erdal Living people 1948 births People from Bursa Turkish male film actors Best Supporting Actor Golden Orange Award winners Golden Butterfly Award winners Turkish male television actors