Yiğit Özşener
- Acting
- April 6, 1972 · Izmir, Turkey
Biography
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.
Known for
Filmography
- Düğün Şarkıcısı
- Mira: Life After Divorce · Polat
- Last Frame · Enis
- Color of Victory · Mustafa Kemal Paşa
- My Wonderful Life · Onur Gümüşçü
- The Prince · Komutan Marton
- Day Zero · Salih / Ejder
- Cezailer · Dr. Mert Güngel
- Barbaroslar · Pietro
- 10 Thousand Steps · Gönenç
- The Red Room · Zafer Karahanoğlu
- Reaction
- Ramo · Yavuz Gürkan
- Tonight with İbrahim Selim
- Steppe · Seyfi Amir
- Kaybedenler Kulübü Yolda · Mete
- A Hero’s Dream
- Something Useful · Yavuz
- Yüzyıllık Mühür · Hilmi
- Ve perde!
- The Two Faces of January · Yahya (uncredited)
- İntikam · Rüzgar Denizci
- The End · Selim
- My Grandfather's People · İbrahim
- Losers' Club · Mete
- Love Likes Coincidences
- Ezel · Cengiz Atay
- I Saw the Sun · Yüzbaşı Caner
- The Cat on the Road
- From the Lips to the Heart · Cemil Paşazade
- Kabuslar Evi: Onlara Dokunmak · Yunus
- Kayıp
- Rüya Gibi · Cenk Öztürk
- Times and Winds · Yusuf
- Rüzgarlı Bahçe
- Gece 11.45 · Okan
- One Day in Europe · Polis
- Apartment · Mehmet
- Estağfurullah Yokuşu · Sadi
- He's in the Army Now · Ömer
- Zeybek Ateşi
- Yeşil Işık
- Running in the Dark · Mehmet
- Away from Home · Murat
- Zugzwang · Man
- Secret Profile · Barış
- Crude
- Usta