Tuncay Özinel

Tuncay Özinel is a Turkish comedian, theatre, cinema and TV series actor born in Istanbul on December 12, 1942. His father is a British attaché and Tuncay Özinel has never seen or known his father. His mother is Kadriye Hanım. Tuncay Özinel's theater adventure started when he was the head of the theater department in his secondary school years and continued for many years.

Tuncay Özinel started working at the Dormen Theater in 1961 under the auspices of Ulvi Uraz and at the Cep Theater under the direction of Haldun Dormen. He completed his military service in 1964-1965. He entered Kadıköy Public Education Center in 1966 and joined Üsküdar Players as his first professional actor in 1971.

Tuncay Özinel joined the Ali Poyrazoğlu Theater in the 1972-73 season and worked there for five seasons. He founded the Tanı Sahnesi in 1975 and contributed to the training of many valuable theater actors there.

She broke up with Ali Poyrazoğlu in 1977 and did not do theater for a year and a half. During this period, he made money by doing shows with Hadi Çaman. In 1978, he founded İğneli Fıçı Kabare Theater together with Halit Akçatepe. He became a well-known actor with his role as "Dilaver" in the television series "Sizin Dersane", which received great acclaim in the 1979-80 season.

Later, he worked as an actor at the Çevre Theater in Kocamustafapaşa, and in 1980 he founded the "Tuncay Özinel" theater, which he named after himself. Tuncay Özinel's theater became a school over time and contributed to the training of many famous actors.

Tuncay Özinel wrote a book called "One Person Family" in 2002 and talked about his theater life in this book. In his book, he also revealed that he is gay. Tuncay Özinel died at the age of 71 due to pneumonia in the hospital where he was treated in Istanbul on 23 November 2013. Tuncay Özinel has many theater plays and filmography.

Some of his important works include theater plays such as "Long Live My Sultan", "Confrontation", "The Thief", "Nina" and "Şair Evliği", and movies and television series such as "Yahşi Batı", "Zapping Family", "Your Dersane" and "My Sweet Darling Kaymaklı Turkish Delight".

Tuncay Özinel was born on December 12, 1942 in Istanbul, Türkiye. He died on November 23, 2013.

Productions in which he took part

• Zapping Family (1993) — Şinasi
• Yahşi Batı (2009) — Josh
• Luxurious Life (1976)
• Monster Jafar (1975)
• Candy Apple (1975)
• My Cevriye (1978)
• Hasan Almaz Basan Alır (1975)
• Oh My Wife Don't Hear (1976) — Latif

Production and imprint information was taken from TMDB.