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Yiğit Özşener

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Yiğit Özşener
Born (1972-04-06) 6 April 1972 (age 52)
NationalityTurkish
EducationYıldız Technical University
OccupationActor
Years active1997–present

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

Early life

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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.[1] Özşener graduated from Yıldız Technical University with a degree in Electronics and Communications Engineering in 1996.[2] 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

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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".[3] 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.[4][5]

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".[6] He had guest roles in Galip Derviş Turkish version of "Monk" and popular series Cesur ve Güzel, "Kırmızı Oda", "10 Bin Adım".[7][8]

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.[9]

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.[10] He portrayed as Mustafa Kemal Atatürk in film "Zaferin Rengi".[11]

Filmography

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Web series
Year Title Role Notes
2001 Karanlıkta Koşanlar Mehmet Leading role
2016 Yüzyıllık Mühür Hilmi
2018- Bozkır Seyfi
2022 Cezailer Mert
2022 10 Bin Adım Gönenç Guest
TV series
Year Title Role Notes
2001-2003 Üzgünüm Leyla İshak Supporting role
2002 Unutma Beni Esat Guest
Zeybek Ateşi Gazeteci Burak
2003 Estağfurullah Yokuşu Sadi Leading role
2004 Arapsaçı
24 Saat Yiğit
2005 Rüzgarlı Bahçe Ozan
2006 Rüya Gibi Cenk Öztürk
2007–2009 Dudaktan Kalbe Cemil Paşazade
2009–2011 Ezel Cengiz Atay
2012 Son Selim
Esir Şehrin Gözyaşları - Bir Ferhat ile Şirin Hikayesi Ferhat
2013 İntikam Rüzgar Denizci Joined
Galip Derviş Engin Seçim
2017 Cesur ve Güzel Rıza
2020 Ramo Yavuz Gürkan Supporting role
2021 Kırmızı Oda Zafer Karahanoğlu Guest role
2021–2022 Barbaroslar: Akdeniz'in Kılıcı Pietro Leading role
2022–2023 Sıfırıncı Gün Ejder /Salih
2023– Şahane Hayatım Onur Gümüşçü
Film
Year Title Role Notes
2000 Herkes Kendi Evinde
2001 Yeşil Işık
2002 O Şimdi Asker Ömer
2003 Giz
Crude (Fırsat) Ali
2004 Çalınan Ceset Yiğit TV film
One Day In Europe Policeman
Gece 11:45 Okan
2005 Tombala TV film
Last Looks
2006 Kabuslar Evi: Onlara Dokunmak Yunus TV film
Beş Vakit Yusuf
2007 Kayıp TV film
2008 Kung Fu Panda dubbing
Prenses Lissi ve Karadamı Yeti dubbing
2009 Güneşi Gördüm Caner
2011 Aşk Tesadüfleri Sever Burak
Kaybedenler Kulübü Mete
Dedemin İnsanları İbrahim
2014 Ocak Ayının İki Yüzü
2017 İşe Yarar Bir Şey Bahtıma Takılan Karaçalı Gibi Yusuf
Bir Kahramanın Rüyası TV film
2018 Kaybedenler Kulübü Yolda Mete
2022 Aile Toplantısı
2023 Cenazemize Hoşgeldiniz
2023 Zaferin Rengi Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
Short film
Year Title
2001 Model
2003 Prenses...Kankam ve Ben
2004 Apartman
2006 Taklit
2007 Yoldaki Kedi
2020 Hatıra Fotoğrafı

References

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  1. ^ "Bu kadar azınlığın olduğu ülkede çoğunluk nedir?". Milliyet. 30 October 2011. [dead link]
  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.
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