Zafer Diper

Zafer Diper is a Turkish actor born in 1946; He founded Bizim Theater in Istanbul in 1981 and became known for his one-man plays. In particular, Barry Collins' one-man play "Judgement" became one of the longest-lasting works performed continuously in Turkish theatre.

He started his theater journey in Beşiktaş CHP Youth Branch in 1963; He continued his work at the Community Center during his high school and university years. After leaving his university education unfinished due to his passion for theater, he turned to short films, scripts and story writing. In the 1970s, he increased his stage experience by taking part in the "Komprador Play" at the Public Theater, and in 1978, he took part in the first cast of Ortaoyuncular and played the character of Shah 375 times in the play "Şahları Da Vururlar".

He founded Bizim Theater in Üsküdar Sunar Theater in November 1981; He presented "Hamlet" to the audience as his first staging. He organized children's games and various cultural and artistic events with a social-dialistic approach. In 1986, he married Nazan Diper on the same stage and they had a son named Memetcan Diper. He staged "Judgement" on April 6 this year and continued to stage the work uninterruptedly for more than three decades.

Diper, who is also active in the world of cinema and TV series, is Fikret in "Gülpare", Kerim in the 127th and 129th episodes of "Arka Sokaklar", Hakkı in "Tollbooth Officer", Dündar in "Valley of the Wolves Palestine", "I Have No Peace", İlhan in "Baby Job", Ekrem Tarhan in "Ufak Tefek Cinayetler", Former Minister in "We Are Candidates", He appeared in roles such as Ferit in "Call My Manager" and Gazinocu Arif in "Uncle: A Man's Story".

Zafer Diper was born in 1946.

Zafer Diper is a Turkish theater actor born in 1946.

He started theater in 1963 at Beşiktaş CHP Youth Branch; He attended the community center during high school and university. During this period, the plays he directed and starred in include Kentin Chorus Gitgel Dolap, Moon Rising, Man with a Flower in his Mouth, Outside the Doors and Woyzeck, which he wrote himself.

For a while, he turned to short film work, script and story writing, with his desire to make films developed with Cinematheque. He later played at the Public Theatre. He took part in the first founding team of Ortaoyuncular in 1978 and played the Shah 375 times in the play Şahları da Vururlar. In November 1981, he founded Bizim Tiyatro at Üsküdar Sunar Theatre, with an understanding that can be summarized as "producing artistic events with a social-dialectical approach".

Games, Children's Games, Culture-Art Activities were tried to be discussed within the mentioned framework. The list of plays he wrote, dramatized, directed and acted in is as follows: Hamlet, The Roaring Mouse, After Independence, Nazım, Bread of the People, Assassination, Kiss of the Spider Woman, Drowning or Woyzeck, The Trial, Satanistan, Immortal Song, We Loved the Revolution Very Much, Lost, Race in the Desert, Welcome Baby, Death Was Asleep, Going Blue, Plunder, Head Paper, the twentieth. Judgment and Suicide, which was ongoing in the year of its release…

Productions in which he took part

He took part in 15 productions in total; 12 of the most well-known are listed.

• Heartache (2010)
• Petty Murders (2017) — Ekrem Tarhan
• Gülpare (2006) — Fikret
• Murder (2014)
• Baby Job (2013) — İlhan
• There's a Loneliness in This Job (2013) — Colonel
• I Have No Peace Left (2011) — Dündar
• Valley of the Wolves: Palestine (2011) — Arms Dealer
• Box Office Clerk (2011) — Hakkı Baba
• Bomb (2024) — Baba İstoyan
• If God Comes, We Are Candidates (2020) — Former Minister
• Uncle: A Man's Story (2021)

Production and imprint information was taken from TMDB.