Ümit Çırak

Ümit Çırak is an artist born in Izmir on August 13, 1969. He has played important roles in theater, cinema and TV series. Çırak, who gained recognition with his character as Nihat's apprentice in the TV series Super Baba, managed to remain in the hearts of the audience with many projects he took part in.

Ümit Çırak, who tried to progress in the academic field during the years when he started his artistic life, enrolled in Istanbul University, Faculty of Science, Department of Mathematics in 1987, but soon crossed his path completely with art. In 1991, he transferred to the theater department of Müjdat Gezen Art Center and continued his education there, and in 1993 he started working as a pantomime assistant with Oğuz Aral.

Çırak, who had his first professional experience in a play directed by Savaş Dinçel at MSM in 1993, took the stage in important companies such as Hadi Çaman Yeditepe Players, Tiyatrokare and Çığır Sahne after graduating in 1995. The artist, who started to appear on the screens in the same period, played the character of Tevfik in the TV series Yeditepe Istanbul, which was broadcast on TRT 1 between 2001 and 2002, after the TV series Super Baba.

Ümit Çırak, who continued his work in the triangle of theatre, cinema and television for many years, also worked as a pantomime teacher at Müjdat Gezen Art Center between 1997 and 2002.

Ümit Çırak, who had his first directing experience in a film in 2005, also took part in commercials and started teaching in-camera acting at Ekol Drama Art House in 2006. He continued to provide cinema education by establishing the Contemporary Cinema Acting Workshop, which bears his name, in 2007; In this workshop, he worked with names such as Ali Dusenkalkar, Ahmet Cemal, Alin Taşçıyan and Senem Oluz.

He had a short-lived marriage with Evrim Akın, whom he met at Müjdat Gezen Art Center. Later, in 2009, he established a new structure called 3 M.O.T.A (Ümit Çırak Modern Acting Techniques Workshop), which focuses on modern acting techniques. He is currently actively involved in cinema, theater and TV series projects.

Ümit Çırak was born in 1969 in Izmir, Türkiye.

He entered Istanbul University, Faculty of Science, Department of Mathematics in 1987, entered the Theater Department of Müjdat Gezen Art Center in 1991, and started working as Oğuz Aral's pantomime assistant in 1993. Çırak, who had his first professional stage experience with a play directed by Savaş Dinçel at MSM in the same year, graduated in 1995.

Later, Hadi Çaman took part in Yeditepe Players, Nedim Saban's Tiyatrokare and Ferdi Merter's Çığır Sahne. After his first play, he played in the TV series Super Baba and took on the role of Tevfik in the TV series Yeditepe Istanbul, which was broadcast on TRT1 between 24 May 2001 and 24 June 2002, and he worked in theater, cinema and television series for a long time.

The artist, who also worked as a pantomime teacher at Müjdat Gezen Art Center from 1997 to 2002, directed a film in 2005, acted in commercials, and started working as an On-Camera Acting Instructor at Ekol Drama Art House in 2006. He gave training on cinema acting together with Ali Dusenkalkar, Ahmet Cemal, Alin Taşçiyan and Senem Oluz at the Contemporary Cinema Acting Workshop, which he founded in 2007.

He had a short marriage with Evrim Akın, whom he met at the Müjdat Gezen Art Center, for 6 months. In 2009, he founded the Ümit Çırak Modern Acting Techniques Workshop with its new structure (3 M.O.T.A). He still continues to act in cinema, theater and TV series.

Productions in which he took part

He took part in 52 productions in total; 12 of the most well-known are listed.

• Judgment (2021) — Bülent Kısmetoğlu
• My Homeland is Sensin (2016) — Taha Bey
• Successor: Call of the Roots (2025) — Hilmi
• Love in the Leading Role (2011)
• Super Dad (1993) — Cemil
• Sıdıka (1997) — Kenar (2)
• Ulan Istanbul (2014) — Bünyamin Deveciler
• Şahmaran (2023) — Mesut
• Yeditepe Istanbul (2001) — Tevfik
• Gül Oya in My Circle (2004) — Selo
• Barbarossa: Sword of the Mediterranean (2021) — Sylvio
• Girls' Dormitory (2006) — Tilki Erdal

Production and imprint information was taken from TMDB.