Yılmaz Erdoğan facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Yılmaz Erdoğan
Born	(1967-11-04) 4 November 1967 (age 57) Hakkâri, Turkey
Occupation	Actor, screenwriter, director, poet
Years active	1995–present
Spouse(s)	Sanem Oktar ​ ​ (m. 1993; div. 1998)​ Belçim Bilgin ​ ​ (m. 2006; div. 2018)​
Children	2

Yılmaz Erdoğan (born November 4, 1967) is a famous Turkish filmmaker, actor, and poet. He is well-known for his very popular comedy film Vizontele (2001) and the TV series Bir Demet Tiyatro (1995–2002/2006–2007). He started a company called BKM Theatre and Film Production. He won an award for Best Supporting Actor at the 4th Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Awards for his role in The Water Diviner (2014).

Early Life and Family

Yılmaz Erdoğan spent his early years in Ankara. Later, his family moved to Istanbul. His family is of Kurdish background. In 1987, he left his civil engineering studies at Istanbul Technical University to follow his passion for arts.

His brother, Mustafa Erdoğan, started the famous dance group Fire of Anatolia. His other brother, Deniz Erdoğan, has created music for some of Yılmaz's projects. The actor Ersin Korkut is his cousin. His former wife, Belçim Bilgin, is an actress and costume designer. His daughter, Berfin Erdoğan, also appeared in the film Organize İşler.

Amazing Career

Yılmaz Erdoğan began his career in theater. He joined a theater group called Nöbetçi Tiyatrosu. In 1988, he started his own theater company, Güldüşündürü. He put on a successful play that he wrote himself.

He also became the main writer for a long-running TV sketch show called Olacak O Kadar.

Starting BKM

In 1994, Yılmaz Erdoğan co-founded the Beşiktaş Cultural Center (BKM) with his business partner Necati Akpınar. He became very popular as the character Mükremin Abi in the TV series Bir Demet Tiyatro (1995–2002) on Star TV. He acted alongside actress Demet Akbağ in this show.

He also continued to succeed in theater. He performed his own one-person show called Cebimdeki Kelimeler. He also released a poetry album titled Kayıp Kentin Yakışıklısı. This album featured seventeen of his poems with traditional Turkish music.

Yılmaz Erdoğan also created professional sketch comedy groups at BKM Theatre for TV. He directed the sketch show Çok Güzel Hareketler Bunlar, where he was both a writer and an actor.

Film Success

He achieved his biggest success with the very popular comedy films Vizontele (2001) and Vizontele Tuuba (2004). He wrote, directed, and starred in both of these movies. After that, he made a sequel called Organize İşler (2005), which he also produced. Another film in this series, Organize İşler: Sazan Sarmalı, came out in 2019. In "Vizontele" and "Organize İşler", he worked with famous comedians like Cem Yılmaz, Tolga Çevik, and Ata Demirer.

His popular TV series Bir Demet Tiyatro returned for a second run from 2006 to 2007 on ATV. He also made the Christmas comedy film Neşeli Hayat (2009). He has also produced other successful comedy films like Eyyvah Eyvah (2010) and Çok Filim Hareketler Bunlar (2010).

Filmography

Theater Plays

Books

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