Payidar Tüfekçioğlu was born in Izmir on May 21, 1962 and passed away in Istanbul on May 17, 2017. After receiving his theater education from Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University Theater Department, he improved himself with his conservatory education and joined the State Theaters. He performed at Bursa, Antalya and Istanbul State Theatres, and retired from the Istanbul State Theater in 2009.
The famous actor also reached a wide audience on television screens. He attracted attention with the character of İbrahim Velid in the TV series "Hünkarın Bir Gün" on TRT 1, "Ölümsüz Aşk" and "Who Doesn't Love Naciye" on ATV, and "Kurtlar Vadisi Pusu" on channels such as Show TV, Star TV, ATV and TNT. He took part in productions such as "Strange Stories" and "Fish Tired of Water" in 2012, and "Yunus Emre Aşkın Yolculuğu" on TRT 1 in 2015.
Tüfekçioğlu, who also acted in the cinema world in films such as "The Sea Was Waiting" and "Yunus Emre Aşkın Yolculuğu", also made great contributions to stage art. He took part in many plays such as "The Feast", "Amadeus", "Notes from the Underground", "Tin", "Among the Rabble" and adaptations of Shakespeare's "Macbeth" and "Othello", portraying different characters.
Tüfekçioğlu, who died of liver failure in a hospital in Istanbul on May 17, 2017 due to health problems, was buried in Çengelköy Cemetery. The mark he left on the theatre, TV series and cinema stages throughout his artistic life continues to live as an important legacy to Turkish stage and screen art.
Payidar Tüfekçioğlu, who was born on May 21, 1962, graduated from Mimar Sinan University State Conservatory Theater Department. Tüfekçioğlu has worked in many theaters for many years. Tüfekçioğlu; He worked at Antalya State Theatre, Bursa State Theater and Istanbul State Theatre. He retired from Istanbul State Theater in 2009.
In 2000; Avni Dilligil received the best actor award for his theater play Bağla Şu İşi. In 2007, he received the best actor award at the Afife Jale Theater Awards for his performance in his play Underground Notes, and in 2015 he received the best actor award at the Direklerini Theater Awards. The valuable artist passed away on May 17, 2017.
Productions in which he took part
- Valley of the Wolves: Ambush (2007) — İbrahim Velid
- Immortal Love (2003) — İsmet
- Yunus Emre: Journey of Love (2015) — Tapduk Emre
- Strange Stories (2012) — Halo
- Fish Tired of Water (2012) — Hüseyin
- Satisfying Hunger (2012) — Çetin
- Deli Yürek: Boomerang Hell (2001) — Yusuf Miroğlu (voice)
- Don't Go, Baba (2013) — Erdal
- Who Doesn't Love Naciye (2005)
- The Sea Was Waiting (1998)
Production and imprint information was taken from TMDB.
