Okan Bayülgen

Okan Kaan Bayülgen (born March 23, 1964) is a Turkish actor, variety and talk show host, comedian and photographer.

Biography

Bayülgen was born on March 23, 1964 in Istanbul, Turkey, the son of a lawyer father and a painter mother.

After graduating from Galatasaray High School, one of the most renowned and influential high schools of modern Turkey, he moved to France to study photography. He attended Tours University Faculty of Law and transferred to Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, Department of Economics. After a year of studying economics, Bayülgen returned to Turkey and attended Mimar Sinan University of Fine Arts State Conservatory,a Turkish state university dedicated to the higher education of fine arts. He graduated in 1989 with a master's degree.

Bayülgen started his career as the youngest director of the State Theaters in 1989. He also worked as an actor there. In 1991, he began his broadcasting career by hosting his own radio show at Kent FM. He took part in the American TV series "The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles" (1992) while it was filming in Istanbul. In 1994, after he was appointed to Trabzon, he was preparing a new play as a director in the State Theatre of Trabzon. However the play got canceled by the executive directors and he quit. After a successful radio career, he created his own late-night TV show called "Gece Kuşu" ("The Night Bird") in 1995 which brought him fame.

In 1996, he appeared on TV with a new late-night TV show, called "Televizyon Çocuğu" ("The Television Kid").

After 2 years break, he returned with "Zaga", his new late-night TV show, and had a huge success again. In 2004, he offered an alternative publishing model with his new high quality and intellectual show program "Herkes Bunu Konuşuyor" ("Everybody Talks This"). In 2005, the late-night TV show "Televizyon Makinası" ("Television Machine") showed everyone his own creativity and hard work. He continued with Makina (Machine) in 2006 and 2007.

After a year break, he started to a new TV show Disko Kralı, (King of Disco) in 2008.

His acting career started with a Mustafa Altıoklar movie, called "İstanbul Kanatlarımın Altında", in 1996. In 1997, the 5 ft.7 actor won the Best Actor Award at Sadri Alışık Acting Awards, for his role in "Ağır Roman" and continued his acting career successfully, as expected. He acted in "Romantik" (1999), "Oyun Bozan" (2000), "Hemşo" (2001) and "Komser Şekspir" (2001), "Sır Çocukları" (2002) and "Gülüm" (2002) ... and many TV series. He is one of the most popular dubbing performers and many famous Hollywood movies were dubbed into Turkish by him.

He continues his photography works and is also known as a photograph artist since March 2012^{[citation needed]}

Filmography

Movies

• 1996 - İstanbul Kanatlarımın Altında, (Istanbul Under My Wings)
• 1997 - Ağır Roman, (The Heavy Novel)
• 1999 - Romantik, (Romantic)
• 2000 - Oyun Bozan, (Game Disorder)
• 2001 - Hemşo
• 2001 - Komser Şekspir, (Sheakspeare the Police officer)
• 2002 - Sır Çocukları,
• 2002 - Gülüm
• 2006 - Sınav, (The Exam)
• 2009 - Kanalizasyon

Movie serials

• 1998 - Utanmaz Adam, (Shameless Man)
• 2004 - Size Baba Diyebilir miyim?, (May I Call You 'Daddy'?)

Theatre pieces

• 1998 - Atları da Vururlar Müzikali, (actor) (Horace McCoy - They Shoot Horses, Don't They?) (musical)
• 2003~2004 - Hangisi Karısı, (director) (Ray Cooney - Run For Your Wife)
• 2005~2006 - Kiralık Oyun, (actor) (Rented Game)

TV shows

• Gece Kuşu, (Bird of Night) (1994, ATV)
• Televizyon Çocuğu, (Television Kid) (1996, ATV)
• Zaga, (Zaga) (1997–2005, Kanal D)
• Herkes Bunu Konuşuyor, (Everybody Talks This) (2004–2005, NTV)
• Televizyon Makinası, (Television Machine) (2005–2006, Kanal D)
• Makina, (Machine) (2006–2007, Kanal D)
• Haber Makinası, (News Machine) (2006,CNN TURK)
• Bu Sizi İlgilendiriyor, (This Interests You) (2007, NTV)
• Disko Kralı, (King of Disco) (2008,2009...., Kanal D)
• Okan Bayülgen Sade Vatandaş, (Okan Bayülgen Simple Citizen) (2008,2009...., NTV)
• Medya Kralı, (King of Media) (2009...., Kanal D)
• Muhabbet Kralı, (King of Chat) (2009...., Kanal D)
• Çek Bakalım, (Let's Shoot) (2011...., ATV)

Photo exhibitions

• Baobab Yolu - Madagaskar, (Baobab Road - Madagascar), (2006)
• Yaşam Gücü, (Life Power), (2006)
• Pudra - Zamanın Tozu, (Powder - Dust of Time), (2007)
• Erkeklerin Saatlerini Takan Kadınlar, (Women Wearing Men's Watches), (2008)
• Çünkü Gördüğüm En Güzel Kız Sensin, (Because You're the Most Beautiful Girl I've Ever Seen) (-Dove's Global Campaign for Real Beauty), (2008)

Trivia

• In his latest show King of Chat intro many hidden texts can be read stones drop down each reading "CONSUME","OBEY","DIE.

References

• Biyografi.info - Biography of Okan Bayülgen (Turkish)

External links

• Okan Bayülgen at the Internet Movie Database

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