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Yiğit Özşener
Born	(1972-04-06) 6 April 1972 (age 52) İzmir, Turkey
Nationality	Turkish
Education	Yıldız Technical University
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1997–present

Yiğit Özşener (Turkish pronunciation: [jiˈit ˈœzʃenæɾ]; born 6 April 1972) is a Turkish actor.

Early life

After Ottoman Empire collapsed, His paternal family is of Turkish descent who immigrated from Kavala. His maternal family is of Turkish descent who immigrated from Skopje. Özşener graduated from Yıldız Technical University with a degree in Electronics and Communications Engineering in 1996. 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.

Career

He gained national attention for appearing as the "Özgür Çocuk" (Free Child) with singer Nil Karaibrahimgil in a series of commercials for Turkcell and Nil Karaibrahimgil's music video "Ben Özgürüm". He appeared in the series Karanlıkta Koşanlar based from detective novel with Haluk Bilginer, Uğur Yücel. Then he joined in the series Üzgünüm Leyla alongside veteran actors Perran Kutman, Çetin Tekindor, Selçuk Yöntem, Burçin Terzioğlu.

Between 2007 and 2009, he played Cemil Paşazade in the series Dudaktan Kalbe adapted from Reşat Nuri Güntekin's classic novel. Since 2009, he played Cengiz Atay in the hit revenge series Ezel. His crime series "Son" was sold to USA, France, Spain, Russian, Netherlands for adaptation. Due to Nejat İşler left "Rüzgar" role, he started to play as "Rüzgar" with Beren Saat in second season of İntikam which Turkish remake of "Revenge". He had guest roles in Galip Derviş Turkish version of "Monk" and popular series Cesur ve Güzel, "Kırmızı Oda", "10 Bin Adım".

He played crime series "Bozkır" and "Ramo". He played in historical series "Yüzyıllık Mühür", "Barbaroslar: Akdeniz'in Kılıcı". He played in series "Cezailer" about Rosenhan experiment.

During his cinema career, he played in many hit films. He had parts in films such as O Şimdi Asker, Gece 11:45 and Beş Vakit. In 2011, he appeared in the film series Aşk Tesadüfleri Sever. He starred as Mete Avunduk in the film series Kaybedenler Kulübü about the 1990s cult radio show of the same name. He played in period film "Dedemin İnsanları" and "Güneşi Gördüm". With Dudaktan Kalbe's co-star Aslı Tandoğan, he played in film "Bir Kahramanın Rüyası" twice. He portrayed as Mustafa Kemal Atatürk in film "Zaferin Rengi".

Filmography

References

1. "Bu kadar azınlığın olduğu ülkede çoğunluk nedir?". Milliyet. 30 October 2011.
2. "Filmle gençliğimize bir selam çaktık". sabah.com.tr. Retrieved 2011-04-05.
3. "Ancak beni tanıyan biri bana kötü adam rölü verir". hurriyet.com.tr. 23 May 2010. Retrieved 2011-04-05.
4. "Yiğit Özşener kimdir, nereli ve kaç yaşında? İşte Kırmızı Oda "Sefer" karakterinin biyografisi". 21 March 2021.
5. "TV'de cinayet". 21 January 2001.
6. "Nejat İşler İntikam'dan ayrıldı". 31 August 2013.
7. "Maggie Civantos, protagonista de una nueva 'pasión turca'". 28 October 2022.
8. "Turkish TV series 'Son' to be adapted for Dutch TV". Daily Sabah. April 2016.
9. "Cezailer ya da bunca delinin arasında ne işim var!". 10 June 2022.
10. "Bir Kahramanın Rüyası filmi konusu ve başrol oyuncuları". 31 July 2019.
11. "Nejat İşler ve Yiğit Özşener yıllar sonra 'Zaferin Rengi' filminde bir arada". 9 August 2023.

External links

• Yiğit Özşener at IMDb

• 1972 births
• Living people
• Male actors from İzmir
• Turkish male film actors
• Turkish male stage actors
• Turkish male television actors
• 21st-century Turkish male actors
• 20th-century Turkish male actors