Muharrem Cem Davran was born on March 3, 1964 in Istanbul. His mother came from Rize's Çayeli district and his father came from Erzincan's Kemaliye village. His father, Mehmet Davran, worked as a costume-decor chief in Nevzat Pesen's film company for a while, and then worked as the accessories chief of the City Theaters for many years.
Cem Davran entered the stage as a child actor at the Istanbul City Theater in 1977 and played the leading role in the movie "Yusuf and Kenan" directed by Onat Kutlar when he was 15 years old. He graduated from Yıldız Technical University, Department of Electrical Engineering in the 1980s.
In his private life, the artist is married to Hilal Davran and has two sons named Hür Can and Ali.
Davran, who brought many classical and modern structures to the stage in his acting career, took the stage in Shakespeare's play "Macbeth" in 1983, performed in Neil Simon's play "Askerliğim" in 1985, and took part in Victor Hugo and Jacques Tephany's play "1793" in 1986. In the 1990s, she performed in Anton Chekhov's "Three Sisters", Jean-Noël Fenwick's "Whose Prizes" and Molière's "Tartüf".
While he took part in productions such as "Tartüf" and "Teope" at the City Theater in 1992 and 1993, he also played "The Wedding of Figaro" in the same period.
Davran, who continued to work in different theaters since the late 1990s, took the stage in Neil Simon's play "Yeni Baştan" at the Theater Istanbul in 1996, and in Joseph Kesselring's play "Raspberry" at the Istanbul City Theater in 1997. In 2000, he staged his own play "Beyefendi" at Aysa Production Theatre, and in 2010 he took part in Irmak Bahçeci's play "Alevli Günler" at Istanbul Public Theatre.
Most recently, he performed in Molière's play "Bezirgan (Tartuffe)" at the Istanbul Public Theater in 2012.
Cem Davran was born on March 3, 1964 in Istanbul, Türkiye.
Productions in which he took part
He took part in a total of 41 productions; 12 of the most well-known are listed.
- Izmir Gang (2011)
- European Side (2004) — Altan (Mr. Titiz)
- Golden Butterfly Awards (1973) — Self - Host
- Ruhsar (1998) — Mazhar Mahmutoğlu
- Şaşıfelek Çokmazı (1996) — Hasan
- Recipe of Love (2021) — Hazım Soyluer
- Empathy with Ahmet Mümtaz Taylan (2022)
- 7YÜZ (2017) — Aytaç
- Someone Completely Different (2023) — Turan Öztürk
- Sweet Betus (1993)
- Unfinished Loves (2020) — Nejat Boyluca
- Who's the Boss (2003) — Cem
Production and imprint information was taken from TMDB.
