Erdal Özyağcılar

Biography

Özyağcılar was born in 1948 in Bursa. He started his acting career in 1967, with the movie "Ölüm Tarlası" (Field of Death). He is a theater artist as well as a screen actor, who had roles in many plays, movies and TV series. He also appeared in TV commercials. Özyağcılar is a popular character in the TV series Yabancı Damat, which is famous both in Turkey and Greece. The artist regained his popularity in Turkey in 2007 with the series named Elveda Rumeli (Farewell Rumelia), portraying a Turkish peasant living during the turmoil times of 19th century in Balkans region, near Monastir, with his family, when Ottoman Empire started to lose territory and fall back. He is married to Güzin Özyağcılar, also a theater actress.

Known For

Persona

as Kader Kaytan

In the Family

as Haşmet Kurt

The Road

as Tarık Akan (voice)

The King of the Street Cleaners

as Hacer'in Abisi

Feyzo, The Polite One

as Gülo'nun Abisi

The Broken Landlord

as Kekeç Salman

The Honest One

as Mustafa

Postacı

as Lütfü

Şabaniye

as Şeyhmus

Naked Citizen

as Mahalleli (voice) [uncredited]