Ufuk Özkan (actor)

Ufuk Özkan is a Turkish theatre, television and cinema actor and presenter who was born on April 11, 1975 in Mannheim, Germany. He is known for his character Cevahir in the TV series Large Family.

His father is from Samsun Tekkeköy and his mother is from Trabzon Of. He spent his childhood in Germany and came to Türkiye at the age of twelve; He also learned Turkish during this period. After studying at Samsun Municipal Conservatory, he graduated from Istanbul University State Conservatory, Department of Theater in 2001.

Theatre

After graduation, she took part in plays such as Brides of the Pink Mansion and Sarı Pınar 1914 at the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality City Theatres. In 2002, he played in Lüküs Hayat, staged at Cemal Reşit Rey. He worked in the cabaret genre at Theater Kılçık and took part in the play Ayşegül in India in 2005. He played in comedies such as Papaz Kaçtı (2005), Bu Oyun Başka Oyun (2006) and Şahane Düğün (2007) at Asuman Dabak Theatre.

Television and cinema

One of his first important works on television was the TV series Immortal Love, in which he starred in 2003. He made his breakthrough with his role as Cevahir Kirişçi in Large Family, which was broadcast between 2009 and 2011; With this role, he shared the best comedy actor award at Altın Kelebek in 2011 with Haluk Bilginer.

He also played the same character in the movie extensions of the series. He later played Seyfettin Dal in Kalk Gidelim (2017-2020), which was broadcast on TRT 1, and Salih Reis in Barbaros Hayreddin: Sultan's Fermanı (2022-2023). In cinema, he took part in films such as Sen Sağ Ben Selamet (2016).

In addition to acting, he presented the "Amilies Competing" competition on TRT 1 in different periods.

As an actor with theater roots, Özkan is among the names known to television audiences, especially with his comedy roles.