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Yiğit Özşener
Izmir, Turkey
Yiğit Özşener (born 6 April 1972) is a Turkish actor. His family originates on paternal side from Turkish immigrants in Kavala, Greece, and on maternal side from Turkish immigrant…
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Yiğit Özşener (born 6 April 1972) is a Turkish actor. His family originates on paternal side from Turkish immigrants in Kavala, Greece, and on maternal side from Turkish immigrants in Skopje, Macedonia. 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. He gained national attention for appearing as the "Özgür Çocuk" (Free Child) in a series of commercials for Turkcell. He appeared in the series Karanlıkta Koşanlar with Uğur Yücel. Then he acted in the series Üzgünüm Leyla. He had parts in films such as O Şimdi Asker, Gece 11:45 and Beş Vakit. Between 2007 and 2009, he played Cemil Paşazade in the series Dudaktan Kalbe adapted from Reşat Nuri Güntekin's novel. Since 2009, he plays Cengiz Atay in the series Ezel. In 2011, he appeared in the film Aşk Tesadüfleri Sever (Love Likes Coincidences) and starred as Mete Avunduk in the film Kaybedenler Kulübü (The Losers' Club) about the 1990s cult radio show of the same name.
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2027
Düğün Şarkıcısı
Movie
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2026
Mira: Life After Divorce
TV show Polat
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2026
Last Frame
TV show Enis
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2024
Color of Victory
Movie Mustafa Kemal Paşa
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2023
My Wonderful Life
TV show Onur Gümüşçü
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2023
The Prince
TV show Komutan Marton
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2022
Day Zero
TV show Salih / Ejder
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2022
Cezailer
TV show Dr. Mert Güngel
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2021
Barbaroslar
TV show Pietro
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2020
10 Thousand Steps
TV show Gönenç
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2020
The Red Room
TV show Zafer Karahanoğlu
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2020
Reaction
Movie
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2020
Ramo
TV show Yavuz Gürkan
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2019
Tonight with İbrahim Selim
TV show
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2018
Steppe
TV show Seyfi Amir
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2018
Kaybedenler Kulübü Yolda
Movie Mete
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2017
A Hero’s Dream
Movie
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2017
Something Useful
Movie Yavuz
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2016
Yüzyıllık Mühür
TV show Hilmi
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2016
Ve perde!
Movie
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2014
The Two Faces of January
Movie Yahya (uncredited)
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2013
İntikam
TV show Rüzgar Denizci
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2012
The End
TV show Selim
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2011
My Grandfather's People
Movie İbrahim
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2011
Losers' Club
Movie Mete
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2011
Love Likes Coincidences
Movie
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2009
Ezel
TV show Cengiz Atay
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2009
I Saw the Sun
Movie Yüzbaşı Caner
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2007
The Cat on the Road
Movie
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2007
From the Lips to the Heart
TV show Cemil Paşazade
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2007
Kabuslar Evi: Onlara Dokunmak
Movie Yunus
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2007
Kayıp
Movie
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2006
Rüya Gibi
TV show Cenk Öztürk
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2006
Times and Winds
Movie Yusuf
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2005
Rüzgarlı Bahçe
TV show
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2005
Gece 11.45
Movie Okan
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2005
One Day in Europe
Movie Polis
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2004
Apartment
Movie Mehmet
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2003
Estağfurullah Yokuşu
TV show Sadi
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2003
He's in the Army Now
Movie Ömer
