Olgun Şimşek

Olgun Şimşek was born in the village of Yenice in Büyükorhan, Bursa. His paternal family is of Alevi Kurdish descent from Bingöl. His maternal family is Sunni Turkmen from Bursa.[1][2] 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.[3]

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.[4]

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, Istanbul Film Festival, Adana Golden Coccoon Festival and the SİYAD awards. He played two different roles in hit sitcom seriesYalan Dunya.[4][5]

• Olgun Şimşek at IMDb