Muhammed Cangören

Muhammed Cangören, an artist of Afghan Turkmen origin, discovered his passion for theater during school. Cangören, who started his career on Afghan television in 1969, took part in approximately twenty-five to thirty television films during this period. The actor, who came to Türkiye in 1982 and continued his artistic journey, first worked on children's theater in Gaziantep and learned Turkish during this period.

Muhammed Cangören, who said hello to the TV series world in Türkiye in 1998 with 'Second Spring', then appeared before the audience with the character of Hanım Ağa's man Nedim in the TV series 'Üvey Baba'. In 2002, she attracted attention with the character of Kara Duran in the TV series 'Berivan'.

However, the turning point in Muhammed Cangören's career was the character "Abuzer Kömürcü", which he played in "Valley of the Wolves" under the direction of Osman Exam in 2003. This role was greatly appreciated by the public and introduced Cangören to large audiences. Although many viewers do not know his name, he attracted great attention with this performance and the character of Abuzer Kömürcü still lives on with active fan groups and pages.

The actor, who played the character of 'Allahyar' in the movie 'Deli Deli Olma', also received acclaim for his role as 'Sıtkı Seyitoğlu' in Osman Exam's TV series 'Sakarya Fırat' in 2010. In the 2012 movie 'Operation: Argo', he played an Iranian shopkeeper who was angry when his shop was photographed, and he spoke Persian in the movie.

Finally, Muhammed Cangören, who played the character of Hamdi Baba in the TV series 'Eşkıya Dünyaya Ruler Olmaz' in 2020-2021, met the audience with the character of İhsan in the TV series 'Deha' in the 2024-2025 season. In 2026, he participated in the TV series 'Yeraltı' with the character of Rıfat Hanoğlu (Donçiçi).

Muhammed Cangören was born on July 1, 1951 in Afghanistan.

He started theater in secondary school and started working on Afghan television in 1969. There are around 25-30 television movies. The actor, who came to Türkiye in 1982, first performed in children's theater in Gaziantep. He also learned Turkish in these years. Later, in 1998, he started his TV series adventure by taking a role in the TV series İki Bahar.

He also played the character of Nedim, Hanım Ağa's man, in the TV series Üvey Baba. In 2002, she played the character of Kara Duran in the TV series Berivan.

In 2003, he won the public's appreciation with the character named Abuzer Kömürcü in Kurtlar Vadisi. Apart from the characters he has played before, he is best known for his role in "Valley of the Wolves". Even though many spectators did not know his name, they were very interested in him with this play. He played the character "Allahyar" in the movie "Deli Deli Olma (2009)".

In 2010, he successfully portrayed the character "Sıtkı Seyitoğlu" in Osman Exam's TV series "Sakarya Fırat".

He also played an Iranian shopkeeper who was very angry when his shop was photographed in the movie Operation: Argo, in which Ben Affleck took part as director and actor, and was released on November 30, 2012. He spoke Persian in the movie.

Productions in which he took part

He took part in a total of 69 productions; 12 of the most well-known are listed.

• Çukur (2017) — Reşit Feyzullah
• Kingfisher (2022) — Saffet Aga
• Valley of the Wolves (2003) — Abuzer Kömürcü
• Underground (2026)
• A Bandit Cannot Rule the World (2015) — Hamdi Korkmaz
• Operation: Argo (2012) — Bazaar Shopkeeper
• Stepfather (1998) — Nedim
• That Life Is Mine (2014) — Affan
• Sakarya Fırat (2009) — Sıtkı Seyitoğlu
• Sıla (2006) — Zinar
• Mordkommission Istanbul (2008) — Mesut Demirci
• Gassal (2024) — Hamdi

Production and imprint information was taken from TMDB.