Name
Yiğit Özşener
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1972-04-06 (54 years old)
Place of Birth
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
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After he kills a detective, a con artist and his wife must trust a potentially dangerous s...
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Kaan and Mete, co-hosts of a mid 1990s radio show called Kaybedenler Kulübü (Losers' Clu...
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In the southeast region of Turkey, the Kurdish family of Altun lives in a small mountainsi...
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The days when Istanbul was occupied as a result of the Armistice of Mudros after the First...
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Year 1977, a September morning in Ankara... Yilmaz tries to rush his pregnant wife Neriman...
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A chance meeting on a train in the Turkish countryside leads two women to a journey that s...
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One day in Europe shows stories set in four European countries. All of them involve thieve...
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In a small, poor village leaning over high rocky mountains, the villagers are simple and d...
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When the devastating Kocaeli earthquake occurs, the Turkish government passes a special la...
- 2006 Times and Winds as Yusuf
- 2011 Losers' Club as Mete
- 2011 Love Likes Coincidences
- 2011 My Grandfather's People as İbrahim
- 2004 Apartment as Mehmet
- 2014 The Two Faces of January as Yahya (uncredited)
- 2003 He's in the Army Now as Ömer
- 2005 One Day in Europe as Polis
- 2002 Yeşil Işık
- 2009 I Saw the Sun as Yüzbaşı Caner
- 2024 Color of Victory as Mustafa Kemal Paşa
- 2005 Gece 11.45 as Okan
- 2017 Something Useful as Yavuz
- 2018 Kaybedenler Kulübü Yolda as Mete
- 2007 Kabuslar Evi: Onlara Dokunmak as Yunus
- 2001 Away from Home as Murat
- 2017 A Hero’s Dream
- 2016 Ve perde!
- 2007 The Cat on the Road
- 2020 Reaction
- 2007 Kayıp
- Soon Zugzwang as Man
- Soon Secret Profile as Barış
- Soon Crude
- 2027 Düğün Şarkıcısı
- 2005 Rüzgarlı Bahçe ( 4 episodes )
- 2002 Zeybek Ateşi ( 7 episodes )
- 2009 Ezel ( 71 episodes ) as Cengiz Atay
- 2020 10 Thousand Steps ( 1 episode ) as Gönenç
- 2021 Barbaroslar ( 32 episodes ) as Pietro
- 2007 From the Lips to the Heart ( 75 episodes ) as Cemil Paşazade
- 2012 The End ( 25 episodes ) as Selim
- 2023 My Wonderful Life ( 30 episodes ) as Onur Gümüşçü
- 2013 İntikam ( 22 episodes ) as Rüzgar Denizci
- 2018 Steppe ( 18 episodes ) as Seyfi Amir
- 2001 Running in the Dark ( 10 episodes ) as Mehmet
- 2016 Yüzyıllık Mühür ( 2 episodes ) as Hilmi
- 2020 The Red Room ( 12 episodes ) as Zafer Karahanoğlu
- 2022 Cezailer ( 7 episodes ) as Dr. Mert Güngel
- 2022 Day Zero ( 6 episodes ) as Salih / Ejder
- 2006 Rüya Gibi ( 4 episodes ) as Cenk Öztürk
- 2020 Ramo ( 40 episodes ) as Yavuz Gürkan
- 2003 Estağfurullah Yokuşu ( 11 episodes ) as Sadi
- 2019 Tonight with İbrahim Selim ( 1 episode )
- 2023 The Prince ( 1 episode ) as Komutan Marton
- 2026 Last Frame ( 8 episodes ) as Enis
- 2026 Mira: Life After Divorce ( 8 episodes ) as Polat
- Soon Usta ( 1 episode )
