Recep Renan Bilek is a musician and theater actor born in Istanbul in 1968. After graduating from Galatasaray High School, he performed in the Ortaoyuncular troupe and took part in various cinema productions. Bilek, who performed as a member of a music group called "Leke" in her youth, released a solo album with the same name in 1999 after the group disbanded. He lived in Izmir until 2005, and since then he has returned to Istanbul.
Bilek, who also performs one-man stage performances as well as acting, met with the audience with shows such as "Bi' Laf Edmeli", "Aramuz Kalsın", "Bir Cem Karaca Hikâyesi: Ömrüm", "Seventies Towards the 50th Year" and "Aranjmanlar". In the television world, he is known for his role as Soner's assistant Süleyman in the TV series "Öyle Bir Geçer Zaman ki"; He also took part in various roles in many TV series such as "Last Fathers Hear", "Doksanlar", "Yeşil Deniz", "Yeni Gelin", "Dear Past", "Çatı Katı Aşk", "Ramo", "One of Us", "Baba", "Yalan" and "Bahar".
In his cinema career, he started with the 1990 movie "Yeşil Bir Dünya", followed by "After the Revolution" in 2011, "Government Woman" in 2013, "Large Family Paste" in 2015, "What Happened" and "It's Good to Live" in 2017, "Pocket Hercules: Naim Süleymanoğlu" in 2024. He took part in projects such as “Sadık Ahmet”. He also appeared in an obscure production called "Garip Bülbül Neşet Ertaş".
Bilek, who is also a strong writer, wrote weekly columns under the title "Leke" in the "soL Newspaper", which was published for a short time, and also contributed to magazines on various subjects such as music, art, language and philosophy. During his youth, he also took part in Ufuk Yıldırım's music video "Plead to the Creator".
Renan Bilek (b. 1968, Istanbul), Turkish musician, theater actor. He graduated from Galatasaray High School. He took part in Ortaoyuncular and various films. He lived in Izmir for a while; He returned to Istanbul in 2005. He played the role of Soner's assistant, Süleyman, in the TV series Söyle Bir Geçer Zamanki.
During his high school years, he was a member of a music group called Leke. After the disbandment of the group, he released an album called Leke in 1999.
Renan Bilek performs one-man shows as well as theater plays and TV series. "We Must Say a Word", "Keep It Between Us", "A Cem Karaca Story: My Life", "The Seventies Towards Their 50th Anniversary", "Arrangements" are the artist's one-man shows.
He wrote weekly columns under the title "Leke" in the daily soL Newspaper, which was published for a while.
Productions in which he took part
He took part in 23 productions in total; 12 of the most well-known are listed.
- Green Sea (2014) — Hilmi Çakırlı
- Time Just Passes by (2010) — Süleyman
- Dear Past (2019) — Commissioner Akif
- New Bride (2017) — Kamil
- The Godfather (2022) — Firuz
- Lie (2024) — Emin Kaleli
- Penthouse Love (2020) — Celal Yılmaz
- Completely Different Conversations with Ceyda Düvenci (2022) — Renan Bilek
- Cyprus Ballad (2026)
- Doksanlar (2013) — Bekir Tuncay
- Pocket Hercules: Naim Süleymanoğlu (2019) — Remzi
- Government Women (2013) — Inspector Tuğrul
Production and imprint information was taken from TMDB.
