Selim Erdoğan (actor)

Selim Erdoğan is a Turkish actor born on April 1, 1972 in Kocaeli. He was known to the masses with his character Abuzer Edali in the TV series Çiçek Taksi, which was released in the late 1990s.

His father was a worker from Adana and his mother was a housewife from Tarsus. He spent his childhood and youth in Izmit. He started acting at Kocaeli Regional Theatre. He settled in Istanbul by entering Istanbul University State Conservatory in 1990 and completed his theater education there.

Acting career

He appeared regularly on television from the mid-1990s. Abuzer Edalı, whom he portrayed in Çiçek Taksi, which ran between 1996 and 2002, became the most well-known role of his career. In cinema, he received the promising young actor award at the 12th International Ankara Film Festival for his performance in the 2000 film Fasulye.

In the following years, he appeared in many productions in both comedy and drama genres. He played Zeynel in Yarım Elma, Abid Bozoğlu in Twilight, and Ertan in Arka Sokaklar. He played a taxi driver in Fatih Akın's movie Against the Wall, and Servet in Vizontele Tuuba. More recently, she appeared in the movie Kolpaçino 4 4'luk and as Reyyaz in Kanal D's İnci Taneleri series.

Erdoğan, who stands out with strong supporting characters in his career spanning over thirty years, is one of the familiar faces of Turkish television.