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Yılmaz Erdoğan
Born	(1967-11-04) 4 November 1967 (age 57) Hakkâri, Turkey
Occupation(s)	Actor, screenwriter, director, poet
Years active	1995–present
Spouse(s)	Sanem Oktar (1993–1998) Belçim Bilgin (2006–2018)
Children	2
Website	yilmazerdogan.com

Yılmaz Erdoğan (born 4 November 1967) is a Turkish filmmaker, actor and poet who is most famous for his box-office record-breaking debut comedy film Vizontele (2001) and the television series Bir Demet Tiyatro (1995–2002/2006–2007). He founded BKM Theatre and Film Production. He was awarded the Best Supporting Actor at 4th Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Awards for his performance in The Water Diviner (2014).

Early life

Yilmaz Erdoğan spent his childhood in Ankara until he moved to Istanbul along with his family. His family is of Kurdish origin. In 1987, he dropped out of his civil engineering studies at Istanbul Technical University. His brothers are Mustafa Erdoğan, who founded Fire of Anatolia, and Deniz Erdoğan, who has composed music for some of his company's productions. His cousin is actor Ersin Korkut. His wife is the actress and costume designer Belçim Bilgin, a descendant from the family of Sheikh Said, the leader of the Sheikh Said Rebellion and his daughter Berfin Erdoğan appeared in Organize İşler.

Career

He joined the Nöbetçi Tiyatrosu managed by veteran actor Ferhan Şensoy. In 1988, he founded his own theatre company, Güldüşündürü, and staged a successful production of his self-penned tr:Kanuni Sultan Süleyman ve Rambo.

He also became chief screenwriter at Levent Kırca and his wife Oya Başar long-running television sketch show, Olacak O Kadar.

In 1994, he founded Beşiktaş Cultural Center (Turkish: Beşiktaş Kültür Merkezi) with business partner Necati Akpınar. He achieved recognition as Mükremin Abi alongside actress Demet Akbağ in the ground breaking television series with audience Bir Demet Tiyatro (1995–2002) on Star TV.

He also continued his theatrical success with a series of plays and musicals, including his one-man show, Cebimdeki Kelimeler, and recorded a poetry album called, Kayıp Kentin Yakışıklısı, which includes seventeen poems accompanied by traditional Turkish music composed by Metin Kalender, Nizamettin Ariç and Ali Aykaç.

Also, He founded professial sketch crew in Bkm Theatre for tv. The sketch series "Güldür Güldür" directed by iconic comedian Kemal Sunal's son Ali Sunal. The child sketch series "Güldüy Güldüy" directed by Kemal Sunal's daughter Ezo Sunal. Yılmaz Erdoğan directed sketch Çok Güzel Hareketler Bunlar for both screenwriter and actor.

He achieved his greatest success with the box-office record breaking comedy films Vizontele (2001) and Vizontele Tuuba (2004), which he wrote, directed and starred in. This was followed by a sequel Organize İşler (2005), which he also produced, and Organize İşler: Sazan Sarmalı (2019). In "Vizontele" and "Organize İşler", He worked as actors with comedians Cem Yılmaz, Tolga Çevik, Ata Demirer who wrote own films .

A second run for his popular television series Bir Demet Tiyatro (2006–2007) followed on ATV, and the Christmas comedy film Neşeli Hayat (2009). He has also produced the successful comedy films Eyyvah Eyvah (2010) and Çok Filim Hareketler Bunlar (2010).

Filmography

Theater

Books

References

1. Demir, Sores Welat (2019-01-01). KürtPedia-Kürt-Kürtler-Kürtçe-Kürdistan / (KurdPedia-Kurd-Kurds-Kurdish-Kurdistan - History Book by SWD). SWD Group. p. 185. ISBN 978-82-8422-014-7.
2. "Australian film award goes to Yılmaz Erdoğan". Hurriyet Daily News. 29 January 2015. Retrieved 2015-01-30.
3. "Turkey's Yılmaz Erdoğan wins 'Australian Oscar' for supporting actor". Today's Zaman. Retrieved 2015-01-30.
4. "Ersin Korkut hakkında son dakika açıklaması geldi! Köpeği Mes'in ölüm haberini kuzeni Yılmaz Erdoğan verdi…".
5. "Belçim Bilgin Kimdir? - Güncel Belçim Bilgin Haberleri". www.sabah.com.tr. Retrieved 2020-06-06.
6. "Yılmaz Erdoğan kimdir? Yılmaz Erdoğan aslen nereli ve eşi kimdir? Yılmaz Erdoğan filmleri".

• Biyografi.info - Biography of Yılmaz Erdoğan
• IMDb - Filmography of Yılmaz Erdoğan
• Boston Turkish Film Festival - Organize İşler (Magic Carpet Ride)

External links

• Yılmaz Erdoğan's poems
• Yılmaz Erdoğan at IMDb

• 1967 births
• Living people
• People from Hakkâri
• Istanbul Technical University alumni
• Turkish male film actors
• Turkish film directors
• Turkish people of Kurdish descent
• Best Supporting Actor AACTA Award winners