Özcan Deniz

Özcan Deniz (born 19 May 1972) is a Turkish actor, singer, composer, writer and director of Kurdish descent.

Life His family is of Kurdish origin. Deniz's family is originally from Ağrı but he was born in Ankara and grew up in Aydın. He is the nephew of a famous traditional Kurdish singer named Şakiro. He started acting during his highschool years itself in theater plays, which he wrote himself and attended local amateur theater clubs. He performed his first orchestra work in 1985 in Aydın. In 1988 he moved to Istanbul and in 1998 to Germany to pursue a music career. He was discovered by a group of producers in Munich, Germany. Deniz‘ debut album Ağlattın Beni was released in 1992. With the album Meleğim released in 1993, he became well known. In 1994, he released his album Beyaz Kelebeğim. In 1994, he acted in the film 'Ona Sevdiğimi Söyle' directed by Memduh Ün. After his military service he released another album called Yalan mı in 1997 and started acting in the TV series Yalan mı in the same year. In 1999, he starred in another TV series called Aşkın Dağlarda Gezer which he wrote himself too. Although he came to the fore with the news that he and Şebnem Schaefer were dating in 2022, Schaefer denied these allegations from the beginning. He had the leading roles in the very popular TV series Asmalı Konak and Haziran Gecesi. Deniz both directed and wrote the screenplay for the film Ya Sonra? in 2011.

Discography Albums Yine Ağlattın Beni (1992, Prestij Müzik) Hadi Hadi Meleğim (1993, Prestij Müzik) Beyaz Kelebeğim (1994, Prestij Müzik) Yalan Mı? (1997, Prestij Müzik) Çoban Yıldızı (1998, Prestij Müzik) Aslan Gibi (2000, Prestij Müzik) Leyla (2002, Popüler Müzik) Ses ve Ayrılık (2004, Deniz-Spotek Production) Hediye (2007, Doğan Music Company) Sevdazede (2009, Avrupa Müzik) Bi Düşün (2012, Poll Production)

Singles "Her Şey Değişir" (with Pamela and Fuat) (2009, Pasaj Müzik) "Merakımdan" (2012, Poll Production) "Aşk" (2019, DNZ Production) "Allah Büyük" (2020, DNZ Production) "Ben Yine Kendimle" (2020, DNZ Production) "Ayrıntılarda Gizli" (2020, DNZ Production) "Arabesk" (2025, Medya Prodüksiyon) "Bu Defa Başka" (2025, Medya Prodüksiyon)

Filmography Movies Year Title Role 1994 Ona Sevdiğimi Söyle 1996 Yer Çekimli Aşklar Cemal 2002 Kolay Para Cevher Yıldız 2003 O Şimdi Asker Yüzbaşı Volkan 2003 Asmalı Konak: Hayat Seymen Karadağ 2004 Neredesin Firuze? Ferhat Can 2006 Keloğlan Kara Prens'e Karşı Kara Prens 2008 Sarıkamış Beyaz Hüzün Teğmen Faik 2008 Mevlana Celaleddin-i Rumi: Aşkın Dansı Çelebi Hüsamettin 2011 Ya Sonra? Adem 2012 Araf Mahur 2012 Evim Sensin İskender 2013 Su ve Ateş Haşmet 2015 Sevimli Tehlikeli Director-writer 2016 Her Şey Aşktan Medium Kado 2016 İkinci Şans Cemal2017 Öteki TarafÇetin TV series Year Title Role 1997 Yalan Hasan 1999 Aşkın Dağlarda Gezer Zal 2002–2003 Asmalı Konak Seymen Karadağ 2004–2006 Haziran Gecesi Baran Aydın 2007 Kader Ali Asyalı 2008 Aşk Yakar Mustafa 2010 Samanyolu Nejat 2012 Bir Zamanlar Osmanlı: Kıyam Serhat 2013–2014 Karagül Murat Şamverdi 2014–2015 Kaderimin Yazıldığı Gün Kahraman Yörükhan 2017–2019 İstanbullu Gelin Faruk Boran 2021 Seni Çok Bekledim Kadir 2023 Kızıl Goncalar Dr. Levent Alkanlı TV programs Year Title Channel 1998 Deniz Show Star TV 2007 İki Renk TRT 1