Atilla Yiğit

Istanbul's artist Atilla Yiğit, born on August 6, 1947, is known for both his acting and voice-over work in the Turkish theater and cinema world. Yiğit, who graduated from the Philosophy Department of the Faculty of Letters, started his artistic life with the steps he took at Şişli Gazanfer Özcan Theater and worked in this institution for many years.

The artist, who reinforces his mastery on theater stages with his work in front of and behind the camera, has been actively acting in theater since 1974, and also appears before the audience as a voice actor in many films, TV series and advertising projects.

Atilla Yiğit also has directorial attempts in his theater career. He sat in the director's chair in the plays "Ah Süreya", which was staged at the Oda Theater in 2018, and "Bir Gün Aftersı" and "I Cried", which were also performed on the same stage in 2017. The management success in these projects has once again revealed the versatile talent of the artist.

In addition to acting and directing, Atilla Yiğit's work in the advertising world is also remarkable. Dido has appeared in the advertisements of many brands such as Europen, Alpella, Media Markt, sahibinden.com, Red Bull, Pınar Kido, Kent Plus Yalova, Özyurtlar Holding, E Bebek, Halkbank, Ülker Rodeo, Enza Mobilya, Little Caesars Pizza, Kaf Kefir, Özdilek Holding, Dyo. His performances in these commercials made Yiğit permanent in the memory of the masses.

His achievements in artistic life have been crowned with various awards. Atilla Yiğit, who won the Theater Professional Achievement Award in 2022, was deemed worthy of the Best Supporting Actor Award at the Istanbul Film Festival with his performance in the movie "Zuğurt Ağa" in 1985. These awards constitute important milestones in the artist's acting career.

Atilla Yiğit was born in 1947 in Istanbul, Türkiye.

Productions in which he took part

He took part in 39 productions in total; 12 of the most well-known are listed.

• Little Witch (1999) — Haydar
• Nuclear Family (2002)
• Uğurlugiller (1988)
• Tariq and Others (2006)
• Anatolian Tiger (2006)
• Little Agha (1984)
• Born Again (1987)
• Nanny (2001) — Kadir
• The Delusion Family (1985)
• Main (1991)
• Two Liars (2017) — Rıfkı
• Hicran Street (2007) — (Ali Tutal Voice)

Production and imprint information was taken from TMDB.