Avni Yalçın, 1 Ocak 1947’de İstanbul’da dünyaya gelmiş bir sinema ve dizi oyuncusudur. The artist, who started his career by performing at Istanbul City Theaters, later performed at Dostlar Theatre. Tiyatro sahnesinin yanı sıra sinema ve televizyon dünyasında da kendine sağlam bir yer edinmiştir. Yalçın, who played the character of Şevket in the TV series "Hatırla Sevgi", left the series after portraying a father who died of a heart attack in this role and joined the cast of the TV series "Karayılan".
While he played the character named Yorgo in the movie "Güz Paması", which was released in 2009, he was married to Ayşegül Devrim, an actress from the same industry, for a while.
Among the artist's most remembered roles is the character of "Moustached Literature Teacher Avni" in the classic comedy of Turkish cinema, "Hababam Class on Holiday"; He became widely known for this performance. In theater, he stepped onto the Istanbul City Theater stage with the play "Yarısı" (Bekir Büyükarkın) in 1967, and took part in productions such as "Babanın Gorillaleri" (Adnan Giz) in 1979 and "Susuz Yaz" (Necati Cumalı) in 1982.
In 1983 and 1987, he staged Bertolt Brecht's plays "Galileo Galilei" and "Mr. Puntila and His Man Matti" at the Dostlar Theatre, and in 1984 he also performed in Maxwell Anderson's play "Barefoot Socrates". He appeared on the stage of Istanbul City Theater in works such as Yaşar Kemal's "Legend of Mount Ararat" in 1989, Vaclav Havel's "Buruk Ezgi" in 1990, and Jean-Noël Fenwick's "Whose Rewards" in 1991. "What Matters is Life" jointly prepared by Nâzım Hikmet and Macit Koper in 1994, Sophocles' "King Oedipus" in 1996, Savaş Dinçel's "Tail of the Kite" in 2001, Nâzım Hikmet's "Human Landscapes from My Homeland" in 2002 and Sam Shepard's in 2016. The plays "Aşk Delisi" are among the important works in the artist's repertoire.
His work in the film and TV series world is also quite extensive. Yalçın, who entered the cinema in 1977 with "Hababam Kızı on Holiday", then took part in projects such as "Revenge of the Snakes" in 1985, "Perihan Abla" and "Poor" in 1986, and "Elif Ana" (Ayşe Kız role) in 1987. He appeared in a series of productions such as "Witch Tree" in 1994, "Salvation" in 1996, "Neighbor Neighbor" in 1997, "There is a Mirror in the Police Station" in 2000, "Bullet Wound" in 2003, and "Love Path", "Under the Lindens", "I Miss You So Much", "Journey" in 2005. has been displayed.
He continued his presence on the screens with the films "Remember Dear" in 2006, "Karayılan" in 2007, "Fall Pain" in 2008, "Children of Another Semtin" and "Melekler Korusun" in 2009; "Despite Everything" in 2011, "Tatar Ramazan" in 2013, "Ah Neriman" and "Dreams and Hopes" in 2014, "Kara Kutu" and "Cherry Season" in 2015, "Love of My Life" in 2016, "Bölük" and "Until Death" in 2017, He took part in projects such as "Personality" in 2018, "A Family Story" in 2019, "Teşkilat" in 2024 and "Another Day" in 2025.
Yalçın also confirmed his success in the television world by receiving the "Best Actor" award for his performance in the TV series "Melekler Korusun" at the 1st İsmail Cem Television Awards in 2010.
Avni Yalçın was born in Istanbul, Türkiye in 1947.
Productions in which he took part
He took part in 26 productions in total; 12 of the most well-known are listed.
- Remember Dear (2006) — Şevket Gürsoy
- Şahsiyet (2018) — Mehmet Yurtgil
- Kurtuluş (1994) — Gen. Selahattin Adil Pasha
- Bullet Wound (2003) — Ömer Çavuş
- Until Death (2017) — Sezai
- Under the Lindens (2005) — Kemal Sadıkoğlu
- Love of My Life (2016) — Hulusi
- Watchman (1985) — (Menderes Samancılar Voice)
- May the Angels Bless (2009) — Salih
- The Forgotten Ones (1974) — The Man Who Visited Nevin Seval
- Bölük (2017) — General Orhan
- I Miss You So Much (2005) — Orhan Ertunç
Production and imprint information was taken from TMDB.
