Ziya Kürküt

Ziya Kürküt, a versatile name who devoted his life to art with the stage and microphone, was born on June 19, 1967 in Istanbul. Kürküt, who completed his education at Istanbul University State Conservatory Theater Department, is also interested in voice-over work and painting as well as acting. After performing in various theaters for a while, he continues to pursue his artistic life as both an actor and director.

Kürküt started his professional career in leading companies such as Taner Barlas Mim Theatre, Kent Actors, Tiyatrokare, Bakırköy Municipal Theater and Dostlar Theatre. In 2006, he showed his talent in a different branch of art by opening the painting exhibition named "Sincerity", which bears his name. He worked as both an actor and director at Asuman Dabak Theater between 2008 and 2010. Today, he hosts various competitions and entertainment programs on television.

Kürküt, who attaches great importance to voice acting as well as theater acting, has undertaken the Turkish voice-over of many famous actors in cinema and television. In the world of cinema, he has voiced names such as Jim Carrey, Edward Norton, Colin Farrell, Tom Hanks and Antonio Banderas, as well as in animated films such as "The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie", "Monsters, Inc.", "The Lion King" series and "Avatar: The Last Airbender". He also voiced characters for computer games such as "Crysis" and "Killzone 3".

Kürküt, who performed in plays such as "Amazing Wedding" in 2007, "Vanilla Relationships" in 2009 and "Our Song" in 2012, took part in the play "Every Year the Birds Come Back" in 2014. Known for his voice-over projects as well as his theater work, the artist also contributed to the world of literature and appeared as a narrator in audio books such as Zülfü Livaneli's "My Brother's Story" and Hamdi Koç's "Angels Become Boys".

He was born in Istanbul in 1967. He graduated from Istanbul University State Conservatory, Department of Theatre. He worked as an actor and director at Taner Barlas Mim Theatre, Kent Actors, Tiyatrokare, Bakırköy Municipal Theatre, Dostlar Theatre, Asuman Dabak Theatre, Zeynep Talu Art Workshop. In 2006, he opened a personal painting exhibition called "Sincerity".

He took part as an actor, presenter and voice actor in many TV series, competitions, music, entertainment programs and commercials. He was the head of the theater department at Akademi Istanbul. In addition to the training activities he carried out with many institutions, he gave Acting and Voice-Breathing trainings at ITU Social Cultural Center.

Productions in which he took part

He took part in 14 productions in total; 12 of the most well-known are listed.

• Wonderful Wings (2014) — Jimbo (Turkish - voice)
• Fake Worlds (1995)
• Young People (1989) — Namık
• Black Angel (1997) — Murat Sökmen
• I Cannot Fit in This World (2022) — Bekir Asaf
• Kral Türkiye Music Awards (1995) — Host
• Carefree (1994) — Fenasi Kerim
• Enough, Mother (2002) — Reha
• Summer House (1993)
• Hisarbuselik (2006)
• Blind Fortune (2001)
• The Blue-Eyed Giant (2007) — 2. Savcı

Production and imprint information was taken from TMDB.