Cihan Ünal

Cihan Ünal (born 22 January 1946) is a Turkish actor.

Biography He finished elementary school in Tosya and Kırıkkale. After continuing his education at Ankara Cebeci Secondary School and Kurtuluş High School, he worked in Ankara Radio Children's Programs, Ankara Radio Education Programs, Radio Theater and Arkası Yarın in 1960–1964.

In the same years, he worked as an amateur actor in children's theater and private theaters. In 1962 he attended theater courses at Ankara Halkevi. Then he acted in the same institution. He received training from Nüzhet Şenbay, Nurettin Sevin, Suat Taşer, Haldun Marlalı and Mahir Canova. He also starred in the play Öteye Doğru directed by Suat Taşer. Between 1963 and 1964, he took part in small roles in Ankara State Theater plays. He entered Ankara State Conservatory in 1964.

He graduated from the Theater Department of the Conservatory in 1969 and started to work as an actor in Ankara State Theater the same year. He first played in the movie Damdaki Kemancı in 1971. His second feature film was Şeytan, one of the first Turkish horror classics. He worked as an assistant to Cüneyt Gökçer in the acting department of Ankara State Conservatory between 1971–1973. Between 1973 and 1982, he gave diction, mimic, role and stage classes as a lecturer at the same school.

In 1982, he went to London with the British Council scholarship. There he continued his education by participating in various rehearsals at the Royal National Theater and the Royal Shakespeare Company. He also worked as a guest teacher with the instructors in RADA (Royal Academy of Dramatic Art) for two months in London. He then worked at Ankara State Theater until 1983. Between 1987 and 2000, he continued his role as a lecturer at Mimar Sinan University State Conservatory's Theater Department by giving role, diction, mimic and stage lessons.

As a guest of the British Council and Royal Shakespeare Company, he attended seminars in Stratford in 1992. In 1997, he taught in a private diction and announcer course. In 1999, he taught acting and diction classes at Yeditepe University. In 2000, he taught diction, mimic, role and stage lessons at Hacettepe University State Conservatory. In 2001, he became the Head of the Theater Department at the same institution.

Theatre State theatres

King Lear : William Shakespeare - Ankara State Theatre - 1980 Bağdat Hatun : Güngör Dilmen - Ankara State Theatre - 1980 The Liberated Don Quixote : Anatoly Lunacharsky - Ankara State Theatre - 1978 Harold and Maude : Colin Higgins - Ankara State Theatre - 1977 The Good Doctor : Neil Simon\Anton Chekhov - Ankara State Theatre - 1976 Yunus Emre : Recep Bilginer - Ankara State Theatre - 1974 Bu Hesapta Yoktu : Nikolai Ostrovsky - Ankara State Theatre - 1973 The Imaginary Invalid : Molière - Ankara State Theatre - 1972 Fatih : Turan Oflazoğlu - Ankara State Theatre - 1972 I, Don Quixote : Dale Wasserman - Ankara State Theatre - 1971 Becket : Jean Anouilh - Ankara State Theatre - 1971 Romeo and Juliet : William Shakespeare - Ankara State Theatre - 1971 Murat IV : Turan Oflazoğlu - Ankara State Theatre - 1970 Andromaque : Jean Racine - Ankara State Theatre - 1968 Le verre d'eau ou Les Effets et les Causes : Eugène Scribe - Ankara State Theatre - 1967 A Dream Play : August Strindberg - Ankara State Theatre - 1964 Peter Pan : James Matthew Barrie - Ankara State Theatre - 1964 Julius Caesar : William Shakespeare - Ankara State Theatre - 1963

Musicals performed at state theatres My Fair Lady : Alan Jay Lerner - Ankara State Theatre - 1976 Fiddler on the Roof : Sholem Aleichem - Ankara State Theatre - 1969

Egemen Bostancı Theatre Yedi Kocalı Hürmüz : Sadık Şendil - Egemen Bostancı Theatre - 1979

Istanbul City Theatre Uncle Vanya : Anton Çehov - Istanbul City Theatre - 1994 Evita : Andrew Lloyd Webber\Tim Rice - Istanbul City Theatre - 1989

Dormen Theatre Good Morning Mr. Weill : Haldun Dormen - 1991

Istanbul State Opera and Ballet The Merry Widow

Tiyatro İstanbul Çetin Ceviz Aktör Kean - 1996 Yeni Baştan Sanat-(Art) Bu Adreste Bulunamadı Dönme Dolap (oyun) Altı Haftada Altı Dans Dersi

Theatre plays directed Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks : Richard Alfieri - Tiyatro İstanbul - 2008 Sihirli Kelimeler : Karl Herz Gies - Ankara State Theatre - 1975

Filmography

Damdaki Kemancı - 1971 Şeytan - 1974 Yargıç ve Celladı - 1975 (Gül ve Bülbül) - 1977 Murat IV -1980 Kuruluş - Osmancık -1987 Herhangi Bir Kadın Seni Kalbime Gömdüm Mine Seni Seviyorum Bir Kadın Bir Hayat İhtiras Fırtınası Bir Sevgi İstiyorum Körebe O Kadın Gazap Rüzgarları Kalbimdeki Düşman Gece Dansı Tutsakları Kadın İsterse Muhteşem Yüzyıl: Kösem : Kuyucu Murad Pasha - 2016 Söz : Büyük Bey - 2017 Kafalar Karışık : Ünal - 2018 Yalnız Kurt : Davut Bahadır (Kumandan) - 2022 Kuruluş: Orhan : Osman I - 2025