Olgun Şimşek

Olgun Şimşek (born 1 June 1971) is a Turkish actor.

Biography Olgun Şimşek was born in the village of Yenice in Büyükorhan, Bursa. His father is an Alevi Kurd from Bingöl His father was a primary school teacher and his mother was a housewife. He graduated in theatre from the Istanbul University State Conservatory and began acting professionally in 1993.

Şimşek acted in the play Otogargara with Demet Akbağ and Yılmaz Erdoğan. He had a small parts in the films Tersine Dünya in 1993 and Yer Çekimli Aşıklar in 1995. In 1998, he acted in the film Karışık Pizza for which he won the Most Promising Actor award at the Ankara Film Festival. In 2004, he starred in the film Yazı Tura directed by Uğur Yücel where he played a disabled soldier. For this, he won several awards including the Golden Orange for Best Actor as well as Best Actor awards at the Ankara Film Festival, Istanbul Film Festival, Adana Golden Coccoon Festival and the SİYAD awards.

Şimşek also had appearances in television series such as Sihirli Ceket, Beşik Kertmesi ve Alacakaranlık. He played in hit youth comedy Yedi Numara alongside ex-wife Şebnem Sönmez. He played two different roles in hit sitcom series Yalan Dünya.

Filmography

1993: Tersine Dünya - TV series 1993: Tetikçi Kemal - TV series 1994: Aziz Ahmet - TV series 1994: Gülşen Abi - TV series 1995: Yer Çekimli Aşklar - TV series 1996: Sihirli Ceket - TV series 1996: Sultanım - Erkan Yılbaş - TV series 1997: Bir Demet Tiyatro - Kudret/Bahattin - TV program 1998: Dış Kapının Mandalları - TV series 1998: Karışık Pizza - Murat - TV series 1998: Tatlı Rüyalar - Ali Haydar Akbayır - TV series 2001: Yeşil Işık - Ferdi 2002: Beşik Kertmesi - TV series 2000–2003: Yedi Numara - Sabit Ballıoğlu - TV series 2003: Alacakaranlık - Emir Büyükdereci - TV series 2003: Yazı Tura - Rıdvan 2005: Beyaz Gelincik - Aziz Kudret Tarhan - TV series 2005: Kapıları Açmak - Cihan - TV series 2008: Akşamdan Kalma - Hidayet 2009–2010: Kapalıçarşı - Mahmut - TV series 2010: Akşamdan Kalma 2 - Hidayet 2012: Gözetleme Kulesi - Nihat - TV series 2012: Yalan Dünya - Selahattin/Ahmet - TV series 2012: Akşamdan Kalma 3 - Hidayet 2017: Eşkıya Dünyaya Hükümdar Olmaz - Yaşar Kimsesiz - TV series 2017: Bana Söyleme - Yılmaz Akbağ - TV series 2020: Ramo - Cihangir Hanlı - TV series 2022: Cici - Netflix original film 2023: Terzi - Netflix original series