Yaşar Karakulak

Yaşar Karakulak, born in Ankara on April 10, 1962, is a theater, cinema and TV series actor, voice-over and dubbing artist. Coming from a family of Caucasian origin, Karakulak started his artistic career with Ankara Folk Players in 1981. Later, he moved to Ankara Art Theater and continued his theater studies.

In addition to his theater experience, he started voice-over and dubbing work in 1985. He performed his first voice-overs with names such as Sezai Aydın, Sungun Babacan, Toprak Sergen, Çiğdem Tunç and Mehmet Ali Erbil. Karakulak, who has accomplished successful works in the field of voice-over and dubbing, moved to Istanbul in 2000 and stepped into the world of television.

Yaşar Karakulak, who took part in many films and TV series in his television career, was known and loved by the audience, especially with his character Yahya Reis, the assistant of Laz Ziya, in the TV series "Kurtlar Vadisi" and with his character Badanacı Ünal in the TV series "Gibi". Continuing his career both in theater and television, Karakulak appeared before the audience with different roles in various films and TV series.

Karakulak, who recently appeared in Emir Can İğrek's "Çiftetelli" clip in 2021 and in the Knorr commercial in 2024, continues to make significant contributions to the Turkish cinema and TV series industry with his work in acting and voice-over.

Theater, cinema and TV series actor - voice-over and dubbing artist. He was born on April 10, 1962 in Ankara. In addition to his theater work, Yaşar Karakulak has done voice-over and dubbing work for local and foreign productions since the 80s. Along with these works, he took part in many films and TV series. He continues to take part in new projects.

Productions in which he took part

He took part in 32 productions in total; 12 of the most well-known are listed.

• Back Streets (2006)
• Valley of the Wolves (2003) — Yahya Reis
• Payitaht: Abdülhamid (2017) — Ferman Ağa
• Like (2021) — Badanacı Ünal
• Magnificent Century: Kösem (2015)
• The Bridge (2006) — Haydar
• Fugitive (2013) — Kıro Tarık
• Şefkat Tepe (2010) — Şehmuz
• For Your Love Thug (2001)
• Kalender Pide (2025) — Loan Officer
• Itinerant (2021)
• Mountains Crazy (2007)

Production and imprint information was taken from TMDB.