Yurdaer Okur

Yurdaer Okur
Okur in a scene from 7. Koğuştaki Mucize (2019)
Born (1974-10-29) 29 October 1974 (age 50)
Rize, Turkey
OccupationActor
Years active1999–present
SpouseDilara Yalçın
Children1

Yurdaer Okur (born 29 October 1974) is a Turkish film, television and stage actor.[1][2]

Life and career

Yurdaer Okur was born on 29 October 1974 in Rize.[3] 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.[1]

After being introduced to drama actor Genco Erkal in 1999, he joined the Dostlar Theatre and got a role in the play Barefoot in Athens. In the following year, he started working for the Istanbul State Theatre as a part-time actor. In 2002, he joined the cast of Diyarbakır State Theatre. Starting from 2000, he acted in and directed various plays for the Turkish State Theatres. He also taught drama and acting lessons in Diyarbakır. Alongside his career on stage, Okur soon began appearing in a number of movies and television series.[4]

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.[5] In the following year he began portraying Tuğrul Bozan in another historical drama, titled Alparslan: Büyük Selçuklu.

Theatre

As actor

As director

Filmography

Film
Year Title Role Notes
2002 Sır Çocukları
2005 Chemins d'O (Güneşin Doğuşu) Güneş Short film
Gen Dr. Ragıp Leading role
Kısık Ateşte 15 Dakika
2011 Türkan Commissioner Emin
Labirent İsmet
2018 Direniş Karatay Baiju Noyan Leading role
Keşif Bekir
2019 7. Koğuştaki Mucize Yarbay Aydın
Körler Pencereden Bakar mı? Doctor Short film, leading role
2020 Bilmemek Sinan Leading role
Son Kale Hacıbey Ahmet Paşa
2023 Demir Kadın: Neslican Doctor Nevzat
Kadınlara Mahsus Metin Ünal
Television
Year Title Role Notes
1999 Ferhunde Hanımlar
2000 Üzgünüm Leyla
Evdeki Yabancı
2001 Çifte Bela
Tatlı Hayat
2002 Aslı ile Kerem
Dadı Journalist Guest appearance
2005 Belalı Baldız Demir
Aşk Oyunu Hakan
2006–2008 Köprü Tekin
2007 Kabuslar Evi: Çarşamba Karısı Erdal TV film
2010 Kılıç Günü Mustafa Kiziroğlu
2011–2012 Sakarya Fırat Kerküklü Süleyman
2012–2015 Karadayı Turgut Akın
2014 Reaksiyon Gürkan
2015–2016 Yeter Yekta Harmanlı Leading role
2016 Saruhan Kadı TV film, leading role
2018 Alija Alija Izetbegović Leading role
2019 Nöbet Major Barış Kalender
Sevgili Geçmiş Tekin Malik Guest appearance
2020 Kuruluş: Osman Balgay
2020–2021 Kefaret Ahmet Çınarlı Leading role
2021–2022 Alparslan: Büyük Selçuklu Tuğrul Bozan
2022 Hakim Azem Demirkıran Leading role
2022, 2023 Yargı Turgut Ali Guest appearance
2023 Yabani Serhan Soysalan Leading role
Streaming series and films
Year Title Role Notes
2018 Hakan: Muhafız Kemal Erman Netflix original series
2023 İyi Adamın 10 Günü Arif Netflix original film
TBA #adaleTT Selim TRT Dijital series

References

  1. ^ a b "Yurdaer Okur kimdir? Yurdaer Okur nereli ve kaç yaşında?". Sözcü (in Turkish). 28 February 2020. Retrieved 4 September 2021.
  2. ^ "Kefaret Ahmet kimdir, kaç yaşında, evi nerede? Yurdaer Okur'un oynadığı diziler merak edildi!". CNN Türk. 29 July 2021. Retrieved 28 November 2021.
  3. ^ "Yurdaer Okur kaç yaşında, nereli? Kefaret'in Ahmet'i Yurdaer Okur kimdir?". Akşam (in Turkish). 22 November 2020. Retrieved 28 November 2021.
  4. ^ "Yurdaer Okur kimdir? Yurdaer Okur kaç yaşında ve nereli?". Habertürk (in Turkish). 8 May 2019. Retrieved 28 November 2021.
  5. ^ "Kefaret "Ahmet" Yurdaer Okur Kimdir? Yurdaer Okur Kaç Yaşında ve Nereli?". Onedio (in Turkish). Retrieved 4 September 2021.


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