Sezai Altekin was born in Istanbul in 1946 and passed away on January 31, 2025, in Bodrum district of Muğla, at the age of 79. He started his artistic life by joining the City Theaters in 1966 and served in various positions in the same institution until his retirement.
Altekin became known not only for his stage performances, but also for his work in television, cinema and dubbing. He undertook many voice-over projects with Gazanfer Özcan in the 1980s; He received great acclaim by voicing the characters of Barni Moloztaş and Şirin Baba. In the 2007-2008 season, he participated in Duru Theater as a guest actor with the play "I Need a Picasso".
In his television career, he appeared before the audience with the TV series "Paşa Dede" in Kanal D's "Paşa Gönlüm" series, the Beyefendi in "Tatar Ramazan" and the series "Relationship Status: Karışık" on Show TV. The artist's manager was Ali Sabuncugil Management.
In 2008, Altekin received the "Actor of the Year" awards at both the Theater Theater Awards and the "Most Successful Actor of the Year" awards at the 12th Afife Theater Awards, thanks to his performance "I Need a Picasso". His stage repertoire is "The Overcoat" (Nikolay Vasilyevich Gogol), "Molier or the Black Conspiracy" (Molière), "Ghosts" (Henrik Ibsen), "The Strays" (Dan Kavanagh), "Luxury Life" (Ekrem Reşit Rey/Cemal Reşit Rey), "Twelve Angry Men" (Reginald Rose), "The Marriage of Figaro". (Beaumarchais), “Scythe” (Fakir Baykut/Taner Barlas), “The Shadow of the Donkey” (Haldun Taner), “Coriolanus” (William Shakespeare), “Before the Ice Thaws” (Cevat Fehmi Başkut), “Rummuz Goncagü”, “Scapen's Cabinets” (Molière), “Wedding or Drum” (Haşmet Zeybek), “Pırtlatan Bal” (Aziz Nesin), “Young Osman” (Turan Oflazoğlu), “Big Sinan”, “Great Justinian”, “We Who Sign Below”, “Deli”, “Dumb”, “Rope Game”, “Ese İle Köse”, “Us And Us”, “Those On Our Backs”, “The State Father”, “Stork Sultan” and He appeared on the stage with many works such as "Big Mountains Island".
In the world of cinema and TV series, "A President in the Other Türkiye", "Where is the Devil in This", "There's a Festival", "Swallow Storm", "Very Special Team", "Tele Nanny", "Ümit Milli", "The End", "Your Soul Doesn't Hear", "Take Your Luck", "Full Board", "Don't Let My Home Fall Down", "Whistle If You Return", "Half Joke, Half Joke" He took part in productions such as Serious”, “Hospital”, “Canan Before”, “Wedding Singer”, “Revenge”, “Don't End Like This”, “Tatar Ramazan”, “Paşa Gönlüm”, “Yusuf Yusuf” and “Anonymous Lovers”.
Sezai Altekin was born in 1946 in Istanbul, Türkiye. He died on January 31, 2025.
Productions in which he took part
He took part in 25 productions in total; 12 of the most well-known are listed.
- Don't Let It End Like This (2012)
- The Wedding Singer (2008)
- Anonymous Lovers (2025)
- The End (2012) — Yorgo
- Alef (2020) — Rıza Evengil
- Relationship Status: Mixed (2015) — İsmail
- Don't Let My Home Fall Down (2003) — Sadi
- Today's Courtier (1985) — (Tahsin Koray Voice)
- Ümit Milli (2006) — Surmenaj
- We're in Trouble (2019)
- Yusuf & Yusuf (2014) — Fikret
- Paşa Gönlüm (2014) — Pasa Dede
Production and imprint information was taken from TMDB.
