Yurdaer Okur

Yurdaer Okur (born 29 October 1974) is a Turkish film, television and stage actor.

Life and career Yurdaer Okur was born on 29 October 1974 in Rize. After finishing his high school in Bafra, he enrolled in Akdeniz University's tourism management program. After studying at this school for three years, he decided to change his major and in 1994 enrolled in Hacettepe University State Conservatory's theatre program. He later received his master's degree from Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University.

He had a recurring role in the Netflix original series Hakan: Muhafız. Okur was also among the cast of 7. Koğuştaki Mucize. In 2020, he starred in the historical drama series Kuruluş: Osman as Balgay. In the following year he began portraying Tuğrul Bozan in another historical drama, titled Alparslan: Büyük Selçuklu.

Theatre As actor Barefoot in Athens : Maxwell Anderson – Dostlar Theatre – 1999 Spaghetti mit Ketchup : Rainer Hachfeld – Istanbul State Theatre – 2000 The Beauty Queen of Leenane : Martin McDonagh – Istanbul State Theatre – 2000 Ben Ruhi Bey Nasılım : Edip Cansever – Istanbul State Theatre – 2001 Benerci Kendini Niçin Öldürdü : Nâzım Hikmet – Istanbul State Theatre – 2001 Dünyanın Ortasında Bir Yer : Özen Yula – Diyarbakır State Theatre – 2003 Hortulus : Plautus – Diyarbakır State Theatre – 2003 Yaşar Ne Yaşar Ne Yaşamaz : Aziz Nesin – Diyarbakır State Theatre – 2004 Así que pasen cinco años : Federico García Lorca – Tiyatro Oyunevi – 2006 The Pillowman : Martin McDonagh – Talimhane Theatre – 2009 Ölümü Yaşamak : Orhan Asena – Diyarbakır State Theatre – 2010 Babamın Cesetleri : Berkun Oya – Krek – 2012 Kuvâyi Milliye - Kurtuluş Savaşı Destanı : Nâzım Hikmet – 2014 – Tiyatro 2000 The Pillowman : Martin McDonagh – 2016 – Entropi Sahne Ran : Nâzım Hikmet – 2017 – Entropi Sahne The Beauty Queen of Leenane : Martin McDonagh – 2018

As director Benim Güzel Pabuçlarım : Dersu Yavuz Altun – Diyarbakır State Theatre – 2004 A Marriage Proposal : Anton Chekhov – Diyarbakır State Theatre – 2006 Ich Feuerbach : Tankred Dorst – Trabzon State Theatre – 2011 Mãos de Eurídice : Pedro Bloch – Ankara State Theatre – 2012 Taziye : Murathan Mungan – Diyarbakır State Theatre – 2013–14 Empty City : Dejan Dukovski – Entropi Sahne – 2017 The Little Prince : Antoine de Saint-Exupéry – Entropi Sahne – 2019 The Dumb Waiter : Harold Pinter – Entropi Sahne – 2019

Filmography