Olgun Şimşek

Olgun Şimşek
Born	1971 (age 43–44) Yenice, Büyükorhan, Bursa
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1993 - present

Olgun Şimşek (born 1971 in Yenice, Bursa) is a Turkish actor

Biography

Olgun Şimşek was born in the village of Yenice in Büyükorhan, Bursa. 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.^[1]

Şimşek acted in the play Otogargara with Demet Akbağ and Yilmaz Erdogan. 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.^[2]

Şimşek also had appearances in television series such as Sihirli Ceket, Yedi Numara, Beşik Kertmesi ve Alacakaranlık. 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, İstanbul Film Festival, Adana Golden Coccoon Festival and the SİYAD awards. Currently, he is starring in a Turkish comedy show "Yalan Dunya'. ^[2]

References

↑ Kızıltoprak, İlknur. "Seyirci ekrandaki herkesi oyuncu zannediyor". sabah.com.tr. Retrieved 2010-11-26.
1 2 "sinematurk.com: Awards for Olgun Şimşek". sinematurk.com. Retrieved 2010-11-26.

External links

Olgun Şimşek at the Internet Movie Database

Golden Orange Award for Best Actor

İzzet Günay (1964)
Fikret Hakan (1965)
Ekrem Bora (1966)
Yılmaz Güney (1967)
Fikret Hakan (1968)
Cüneyt Arkın (1969)
Yılmaz Güney (1970)
Fikret Hakan (1971)
Murat Soydan (1972)
Tarık Akan (1973)
Hakan Balamir (1974)
Erkan Yücel (1975)
Cüneyt Arkın (1976)
Kemal Sunal (1977)
Tarık Akan (1978)
Fikret Hakan (1979)
Tarık Akan / Aytaç Arman (1980)
İhsan Yüce (1981)
Genco Erkal (1982)
Genco Erkal (1983)
Tarık Akan (1984)
Hakan Balamir (1985)
Kadir İnanır (1986)
Şener Şen (1987)
Aytaç Arman (1988)
Tarık Akan (1989)
Tarık Akan (1990)
Ekrem Bora (1991)
Mehmet Aslantuğ (1992)
Mehmet Aslantuğ (1993)
Sadri Alışık / Mehmet Aslantuğ (1994)
Halil Ergün (1995)
Ruhi Sarı (1996)
Tanju Gürsu (1997)
Erkan Can (1998)
Uğur Polat (1999)
Talat Bulut (2000)
Altan Erkekli (2001)
Fırat Tanış (2002)
Tarık Akan (2003)
Olgun Şimşek (2004)
Şener Şen (2005)
Erkan Can (2006)
Murat Han (2007)
Tayanç Ayaydın (2008)
Öner Erkan (2009)
Serkan Ercan (2010)
Erdal Beşikçioğlu (2011)
Abdulkadir Tuncer (2012)
Hakan Yufkacıgil (2013)
Feyyaz Duman / Serkan Keskin (2014)

Golden Boll Award for Best Actor

Yılmaz Güney (1969)
Yılmaz Güney (1970)
Yılmaz Güney (1971)
Kadir İnanır (1972)
Cüneyt Arkın (1973)
Tarık Akan (1992)
Menderes Samancılar (1993)
Mehmet Aslantuğ (1994)
Halil Ergün (1995)
Halil Ergün (1996)
Haluk Bilginer (1997)
Kenan İmirzalıoğlu-Olgun Şimşek (2005)
Turan Özdemir (2006)
Cezmi Baskın (2007)
Teoman Kumbaracıbaşı – Murat Öncül – Ali Çelik – Murat Makçı – Murat Kılıç – Ruhi Sarı – Mustafa Kırantepe
Hasan Şahintürk – Barış Yıldız – Emin Gürsoy – İnan Temelkuran – Güven İnce – Kadir Çermik – Ali Rıza Kubilay
Öner Erkan – A. Mümtaz Taylan – İnan Ulaş Torun – Aykut Kayacık (2008)
Nadir Sarıcabak (2009)
Tansu Biçer (2010)
Durukan Ordu (2011)
İlyas Salman – Engin Günaydın (2012)
Ercan Kesal (2013)

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