Arsen Gürzap was born in Ankara in 1950. His father is of Georgian origin, and after graduating from Ankara State Conservatory, Department of Theatre, Arsen started his artistic life at the General Directorate of Ankara State Theatres. Since 1987, he worked as both an actor and director at the Istanbul State Theatre.
At the same time, she took part in Theater Istanbul, gave lectures at the Department of Theater at the National Defense University, and was a founding member of the school called Dialog with her husband Can Gürzap; This school has trained 15,000 graduates in 15 years, and Arsen taught hosting, eloquence and human relations here.
Gürzap, who also took part in cinema and TV series projects, has also undertaken voice-over work; Especially in recent years, his voice-over in LÖSEV's promotional films has attracted great attention.
Arsen married Can Gürzap, the same stage artist, in 1971 and from this marriage they gave birth to two daughters named Ayşe and Elif. The couple parted ways in 2001 and their official divorce took place in November 2008. They continued to work together at Dialog school until Can Gürzap's death.
In his directorial career, he staged the play "The Dresser" (Ronald Harwood) in 1995, "The Orchestra" (Arthur Miller) in 1996 and "The Cherry Orchard" (Anton Chekhov) in 2003. As an actor, he performed on the Ankara State Theater stage with "Deli İbrahim" (Turan Oflazoğlu) in 1967; Then he played a role in important productions such as "The Witch's Cauldron", "Anger", "The Fall", "The One Who Runs Away from People", "Hedda Gabler".
Since 1978, she took part in plays such as "Pof and Paf", "Antigone", "There Will Be No Trojan War", "Kösem Sultan", "Lysistrata", "The Cherry Orchard" at the Istanbul State Theatre; She performed in works such as "Six People Are Looking for Their Author" (Luigi Pirandello) in 1988, "Afife Jale" (Nezihe Araz) in 1991, "War Weary Women" (Nezihe Araz) in 1992 and "Red Black Tree" (Bilgesu Erenus) in 1999.
He also staged plays such as "An Ideal Husband" (Oscar Wilde) and "A Strange Couple" (Neil Simon) at Theater Istanbul.
In the world of cinema, he starred in the films "That Woman" and "Tohum and Toprak" in 1982, "Stars Grow at Night" in 1991, "An Istanbul Tale" in 2003, "Bloody Wedding" in 2005, "Deaf Room" in 2006, Ümit Ünal's "Shadowless" in 2008, and "Stories from the Southeast" in 2010. He took part in productions such as "Homeland First", "Little Lady" in 2011 and "War of the Roses" in 2014.
His success in the art community was also crowned with awards; In 1968, he was awarded the "Praiseworthy" award by the Art Lovers Association for his performance in the play "Pofla Paf", and in 1972 he received a similar recognition from the same association once again for his contribution in the play "Six People".
Gürzap, whose father is of Georgian origin, graduated from Ankara State Conservatory, Department of Theatre, and started his artistic career at the General Directorate of Ankara State Theatres. He has been working as an actor and director at the Istanbul State Theater since 1987. The artist also worked at Theater Istanbul for a while; She also gave lectures in the MSÜ Theater department and was a founding member of the school called Dialog with her husband Can Gürzap.
He teaches courses as a presenter, eloquence and human relations instructor at the school, which has graduated 15,000 people in 15 years. Arsen Gürzap has also appeared in movies and TV series and has also done voice-over work. The most popular voice-over work in recent years has been the promotional films of the LÖSEV Foundation for Children with Leukemia.
Productions in which he took part
He took part in 15 productions in total; 12 of the most well-known are listed.
- The War of the Roses (2014) — Cahide Hekimoğlu
- Empathy with Ahmet Mümtaz Taylan (2022)
- An Istanbul Tale (2003) — Behiye Arhan
- Ten Women (1987) — Türkan Şoray (voice)
- Stories from the Southeast: Homeland First (2010) — Meltem Solmaz
- Little Lady (2011) — Şaziye
- Blood Wedding (2005)
- Sağır Oda (2006) — Sitare Kırımlı
- Servet (2018) — Belkıs Fettah
- The Heartless Man (2008) — Süheyla
- The Power of Love (1994) — (Hülya Avşar Voice)
- Shadowless (2009) — Heaven
Production and imprint information was taken from TMDB.
