Born in Istanbul on July 9, 1946, Ali Poyrazoğlu is an artist who has shown himself in many roles such as acting, writing, dubbing and directing on the cinema and theater stage for many years. He has also been serving as UNICEF Turkey's Goodwill Ambassador since November 2012.
Poyrazoğlu, who started his career at Istanbul City Theaters, performed in various theater plays, worked as a translator and published his first translation book through Arslan Kaynardağ publishing house; This work was a play by Luigi Pirandello. He performed in important venues such as Dormen Theatre, Kent Oyunları, Ulvi Uraz Theater and Gülriz Sururi-Engin Cezzar Theatre, and founded the Poyrazoğlu Theatre, named after him, in 1972.
He also took part in the international arena by playing the lead role in English in the play "Pera Palas" on Broadway in New York.
Poyrazoğlu, who became known to the masses thanks to the character "Ali Uyanık" he played on TRT in the 1970s, later explained this experience to Halit Kıvanç as follows: "TRT became a school for us; they asked me to play a sketch on live broadcast and later I learned that it was a sitcom. Ali Uyanık was a character who resisted injustice." While performing at Yeşil Kabare in the 1980s, he shared the stage with the great names of the period such as Adile Naşit, Yıldız Kenter, Zeki Müren, Müjdat Gezen, Ferdi Özbeğen, Sezen Aksu and Rasim Öztekin.
During the same period, he also carried out projects with artists such as Ayşen Gruda, Bülent Kayabaş, Nilgün Belgün and Korhan Abay at the Ali Poyrazoğlu Theatre.
In the 2000s, he took part in plays such as "Our Class", "I Used to Be Little", "Thank You", "Cloud in the Air", "Borrowed Lives", "Kobay", "Old Pines Became Glasses", "Knock Knock Obsession", "Rebel Bird" and "Complete Us O Love". He took part in these productions as both actor and director. While he discussed the problematic aspects of the education system in Ferhan Şensoy's text in "Our Class", he defined love as a revolutionary organization of two people in "Complete Us O Love".
Most recently, she played the character of Madame Arsaluz in "Knock Knock Obsession" and directed this play by adapting Laurent Baffie's work into Turkish.
Poyrazoğlu, who is also known for discovering young talents, includes artists such as Cem Özer, Korhan Abay, Levent Kazak, Levent Tülek, Peker Açıkalın, Nilüfer Açıkalın, Pelinsu Pir, Bora Akkaş, Burak Alkaş, Nur Gürkan, Eser Ali Yıldırım, Güneş Emir and Hasan Akdemir among the names he brought to the stage. Poyrazoğlu, who conducted sections of the opera "Carmen" by Bizet at the Borusan Istanbul Philharmonic Orchestra in 2012, accompanied by conductor Gürer Aykal, also performed pieces from the play "Asi Kuş" on stage and stated that the feathered hat he wore in his costume was the symbol of the play.
Ali Poyrazoğlu was born on July 9, 1946 in Istanbul, Türkiye.
Productions in which he took part
He took part in 40 productions in total; 12 of the most well-known are listed.
- Empathy with Ahmet Mümtaz Taylan (2022)
- Between Us and Ali Sunal (2024)
- He's Talking About Talk (1991)
- Death Warrant (1970) — Ali
- Unfound Uşak (1976) — Ali
- Flirtatious Girls (1975) — Ahmet
- My Sweet Darling (1969)
- Nine (2002) — Firuz
- Portraits with Sedef Kabaş (1997)
- Kismet (1974)
- The Human Condition (1991)
- 5 Broke Men (1980) — Kontenjan Kazım
Production and imprint information was taken from TMDB.
