Okan Yalabık – Biography, Height, Life Story, TV Series

Okan Yalabık (born 13 December 1978) is a Turkish actor. He graduated in theater at Istanbul University State Conservatory and master of Film and Drama at Kadir Has University. He has appeared in more than twenty films since 2001.

Name	Okan Yalabık
Date of Birth	13 December 1978
Birth Place	İstanbul, Turkey
Nationality	Turkish
Education	Graduated
College	Istanbul University State Conservatory
Years active	2001–present
Currently Dating	Single

Okan Yalabık Biography

Yalabık was born in 1978 in Istanbul as the second child of his family who originate from Balıkesir. He went to the Maçka Primary School at a young age and showed interest in acting. According to his interview, it was his brother, Ozan, who brought home a cassette of Ferhan Şensoy’s movie Ferhangi Şeyler and Yalabık memorized every line of it and became determined to become an actor.

He later went to Şişli Terakki High School followed by Sakıp Sabancı Anadolu High School, and in 1993 by inviting Cengiz Deveci to the school he helped in the establishment of Sakıp Sabancı Anadolu High School Theater Department. Yalabık, who played various roles in many amateur groups, eventually got enrolled in Istanbul University State Conservatory in 1997 to study theater. He had his first role in 1998 by playing the character Martı in a play at Kenter Theater.

Later he portrayed different characters in the plays Nükte, Sırça Kümes, and İnishmorelu Yüzbaşı at the same venue. In 2006, he appeared in Orhan Hakalmaz’s clip Şu Kışlanın Kapısına, and in 2007, together with Sezin Akbaşoğulları, he played in Robert Bosch GmbH’s commercial for Turkey. Later he started to act in the movies such as Gülüm and Kolay Para and was cast in the TV series Yılan Hikâyesi, Serseri, and Hatırla Sevgili In 2010, for his role as Hasan in Yavuz Turgul’s movie Av Mevsimi he won the “Best Supporting Actor” award at the 4th Yeşilçam Awards.

In the same year, he took part in Kadir Has University Film and Drama Graduate Program. In 2011, portrayed Pargalı İbrahim Pasha on the historical TV series Muhteşem Yüzyıl and has appeared in 82 episodes, though he does voiceovers in later episodes for his character. In 2015, he was cast in ATV’s Analar ve Anneler directed by Mehmet Ada Öztekin, and was part of the main cast alongside Sinem Kobal, Hazar Ergüçlü, and Binnur Kaya. But, due to low ratings, the series ended after 9 episodes.

In 2016, he was cast in a movie about the effects left behind by the Balkan Wars, titled Annemin Yarası, which was directed by Ozan Açıktan. In the same year, he voiced the characters Adnan ve Çizer in the animation film Kötü Kedi Şerafettin based on Bülent Üstün’s novel. He also continued his theater career by appearing in the play The 39 Steps in Turkey.

Movies And TV Series

Series

Year	Title	Role
1994	Kaygısızlar	–
1998	Ğ TV	Bedri
1999	Yılan Hikayesi	Komiser Tayfun
2001	Çifte Bela	Acar
2001	Aşkım Aşkım	Tarkancan
2002	İki Arada	David
2002	Zeybek Ateşi	Kerem
2002	Yıldızların Altında	Engin
2003	Gel Kulağına Söyleyeyim	–
2003	Çaylak	Evren
2003–2005	Serseri	Ömer
2005	Sensiz Olmuyor	Can
2005	Çapkın	Özgür
2006	Kabuslar Evi- Hayal-i Cihan	Cihan/Burak
2006–2008	Hatırla Sevgili	Necdet Aygün
2007	Avrupa Yakası	–
2009–2010	Bu Kalp Seni Unutur Mu?	Kerim Yılmaz Sipahioğlu
2011–2013	Muhteşem Yüzyıl	Pargalı İbrahim Paşa
2015	Analar ve Anneler	Komiser Ayhan
2016	Seddülbahir 32 Saat	Cevat Paşa
2017	Masum	Tarık Bayrakçı
2017	Vatanım Sensin	Charles
2018	Hakan: Muhafız	Faysal Erdem
2019	Hekimoğlu	Orhan Yavuz

Movies

Year	Title	Role
2002	Sır Çocukları	2. erkek sevgili
2002	Gülüm	Serhat
2002	Kolay Para	Güven
2003	Sen Kapat Ben Ararım	–
2003	Başyapıt	Nejat
2004	Büyü	Cemil
2005	Sen Ne Dilersen	Stavro
2006	İlk Aşk	Rasim
2007	Mavi Mavi Gözlü Dev	–
2009	Güz Sancısı	Suat
2010	Peşpeşe	Kaan
2010	Av Mevsimi	Hasan Rıfat Adıgüzel
2016	Annemin Yarası	Mirsad
2016	Tereddüt	–
2018	Balık Kraker	–
2018	Bağcık	–
2021	Stuck Apart	Psychologist

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