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Cem Yılmaz

Cem Yılmaz

Acting

April 23, 1973 (53 years old)
Istanbul, Turkey
Male
80 Movies
20 TV Shows

While studying at the Department of Tourism and Hotel Management of Bogazici University, he started drawing comics for the Turkish humor magazine Leman. In August 1995 he did his first stand-up comedy show in "Leman Culture Center" performing with no serious career intentions as a comedian. However, after the positive response of the audience, he continued his show to attract larger crowds in Besiktas Cultural Center where he has appeared in over a thousand stand-up comedy shows since, becoming so popular that tickets have sold for 250TL (approx. US$140). His movie career started in 1998 with a co-starring role in the comedy Everything's Gonna Be Great (1998), directed by Ömer Vargi, and continued with a role in Vizontele (2001), directed by Yilmaz Erdogan and Ömer Faruk Sorak. He achieved his greatest success by starring in and writing big-budget science-fiction parody G.O.R.A. (2004), also directed by Ömer Faruk Sorak, which despite spending several years in production because of financial and other technical problems became a box-office hit and described by Rekin Teksoy as a strong sign that showed that popular cinema was successful in appealing to wide audiences. He maintained this success with a starring role in the comedy feature movie Magic Carpet Ride (2005) AKA 'Magic Carpet Ride', also directed by Yilmaz Erdogan, for which he won Best Supporting Actor at the 11th Sadri Alisik Awards, and his directorial debut with The Magician (2006), co-directed by Ali Taner Baltaci, for which he won Best Actor at the 34th Brussels International Independent Film Festival and 12th Sadri Alisik Awards. He has since repeated his box office success with a sequel to G.O.R.A. (2004) called A.R.O.G (2008), also co-directed by Ali Taner Baltaci, and comedy Western parody called Yahsi Bati - The Ottoman Cowboys (2009), directed by Ömer Faruk Sorak. That same year, he co-starred, alongside veteran actor Sener Sen, in the police drama Hunting Season (2010), written and directed by Yavuz Turgul, and made a special appearance in drama Zefir (2010), written and directed by Belma Bas. After two years he also acted in Ferzan Özpetek's A Magnificent Haunting (2012). After he filmed his last stand-up comedy show CM101MMXI Fundamentals (2013) directed by Murat Dündar, he announced that for the next few years he will stop his stand-up comedy shows to have a rest. Along his professional career, he has won numerous awards and appeared in more than 4000 stand-up comedy shows, took part in 10 movies and contributed as a dubbing performer in 4 movies.

G.O.R.A.
G.O.R.A.

G.O.R.A.

2004 7.3

as Arif / Komutan Logar / Erşan Kuneri / Komutan Kubar

Age 31 (now 53)
A.R.O.G
A.R.O.G

A.R.O.G

2008 7.0

as Arif / Komutan Logar / Kaaya / Koobar / Enigma

Age 35 (now 53)
The Water Diviner
The Water Diviner

The Water Diviner

2014 6.8

as Sgt. Jemal

Age 41 (now 53)
Yahşi Batı
Yahşi Batı

Yahşi Batı

2009 6.9

as Aziz Vefa

Age 36 (now 53)
Everything's Gonna Be Great
Everything's Gonna Be Great

Everything's Gonna Be Great

1998 7.5

as Altan Çamlı

Age 25 (now 53)
The Magician
The Magician

The Magician

2006 6.9

as İskender Tünaydın

Age 33 (now 53)
Arif V 216
Arif V 216

Arif V 216

2018 6.2

as Arif Işık / Erşan Kuneri

Age 44 (now 53)
Coming Soon
Coming Soon

Coming Soon

2014 6.6

as Zafer Yıldız / Beşir

Age 41 (now 53)
Hunting Season
Hunting Season

Hunting Season

2010 7.0

as İdris

Age 37 (now 53)
Iftar Soda
Iftar Soda

Iftar Soda

2016 7.1

as Cibar Kemal

Age 42 (now 53)
Comidark Films: In Between
Comidark Films: In Between

Comidark Films: In Between

2019 6.4

as Ayzek

Age 46 (now 53)
Do Not Disturb
Do Not Disturb

Do Not Disturb

2023 6.2

as Ayzek

Age 50 (now 53)
Ali Baba and the 7 Dwarfs
Ali Baba and the 7 Dwarfs

Ali Baba and the 7 Dwarfs

2015 4.9

as Ali Şenay / Boris Mancov

Age 42 (now 53)
Comidark Films 2: Insane
Comidark Films 2: Insane

Comidark Films 2: Insane

2020 6.2

as Güven

Age 46 (now 53)
Vizontele
Vizontele

Vizontele

2001 7.3

as Fikri

Age 27 (now 53)
Comidark Films: The Getaway
Comidark Films: The Getaway

Comidark Films: The Getaway

2019 5.1

as Alpay

Age 46 (now 53)