Levent Ülgen Explained

Levent Ülgen
Birth Name:Ömer Levent Ülgen
Birth Date:8 August 1962
Birth Place:Cihanbeyli, Turkey
Occupation:Actor
Years Active:1980–present
Children:1

Ömer Levent Ülgen (born 8 August 1962) is a Turkish film, television and stage actor.[1]

Career

Ülgen was educated at Ankara İnönü High School, METU School of Arts and Sciences, and then Hacettepe University Conservatory.[2] He started his theatre career at 's Ankara Public Theatre. He made his debut on stage as an extra in Atçalı Kel Mehmet and continued with different roles in various plays for both children and adult audiences.[3]

After the death of Erkan Yücel, like many artists, he left the Ankara Folk Theatre and joined the Ankara Art Theater under the direction of Rutkay Aziz. While performing in various plays in this venue, he earned the right to study at Hacettepe University Conservatory, Theatre Department.[3] After his graduation, he started to work as an actor and director at the State Theatres. During this period, he completed his master's degree.[3]

He was known for his role as "the wicked groom Kadir" in the television series En Son Babalar Duyar, which was broadcast between 2002 and 2006. His character, and especially the line "Hallederiz" (lit. we'll figure it out), were well received by the public. Ülgen, who was married for a while to, a theatre artist like himself, continued his theatre and cinema studies in Ankara and Istanbul. He also presented a competition program called Bir Kelime Bir İşlem, which was broadcast on TRT1 for a while.[3]

Ülgen, who is actively involved in the works of NGOs, voluntarily took part in adaptations of Nâzım Hikmet's plays, staged as by Yılmaz Onay at the Nâzım Hikmet Cultural Center. He played the character of "Sinan Kaya" in the TV series Akasya Durağı, which was broadcast on Kanal D and Star TV between 2008 and 2012. He played the character of "Chemist Sıfırcı Ziya" in the TV series Bizim Okul, which was broadcast on ATV in 2013. He rose to prominence again with the character of "Necmi İplikçi" in the TV series Kiralık Aşk, which was broadcast on Star TV between 2015 and 2017. Most recently, he acted alongside Ata Demirer in the movie Niyazi Gül Dörtnala.[2]

Together with 226 names, including academics, artists, journalists, writers and lawyers, Ülgen is a signatory of the text read during the press release at the establishment of the Union of Socialist Forces, which was founded ahead of the 2023 Turkish general election.[4]

Theatre

As actor

As director

Filmography

Television
YearTitleRole
1999Yılan Hikayesi Mürekkep Kadir
2000Bizim Evin Halleri Nusret
2002–2006En Son Babalar Duyar Kadir
2002 Çocuklar Duymasın Behçet
2003Yuvadan Bir Kuş Uçtu İbrahim
Veyis
2007Hayat Apartmanı Sadık
Mahşer-Nabucco'nun Zehri Ali Kılıç
2008Vakkas
2008–2012Akasya Durağı Sinan Kaya / Yusuf / Kasım / Yaman
2009Arka Sokaklar Şevket Hor
2013Bizim Okul Chemist Sıfırcı Ziya
Salih Kuşu Salih ve Bahtiyar
Kıbrıslı
2014–2015Roman Havası Haydar
2015–2017Kiralık Aşk Necmi İplikçi
2017Ahmet Esen
2017–2018Hayati ve Diğerleri Danyal Bezirci
2018Kocaman Ailem Hulusi Koyuncu
2019Rıfat Bilgin
2020Gençliğim Eyvah Zekeriya Bozoğlu
2021Menajerimi Ara Himself
Eşkıya Dünyaya Hükümdar OlmazEfraim
2022 Hacı Selahattin
2023 İbrahim Soykan
2024Kötü KanBurhan
Film
YearTitleRole
1992Kurşun Adres Sormaz Kemal
1993Gendarmerie officer
Gelincik Tarlası Erol
1994Albay Kenan Bey
199680. Adım Korkut Laçin
1999Köstebek Cüneyt Cüneyt Verel
2000 Tutku Çemberi Timur
2002Keje Bus driver
Havada Bulut Kabzımal Bayram
2007 Tuncer
2009Hayatın Tuzu Şehsuvar
2010Yavuz Hoca
2011Devrimden Sonra Socialist police
2014Bizum HocaKemal
2015Niyazi Gül Dörtnala Rıza
TerkedilmişZengin
2016Araf 2 Araf
Bir Şey Değilim Çeto
KızkaçıranMehmet
2017Her Şey Mümkün İlyas
2019 Can Pulak
TBDFilme Gel
Web
YearTitleRole
2022–Ebu Abidin

References

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: "Pastadan herkes pay almalı". Hürriyet. 5 February 2019. 21 December 2022.
  2. Web site: Levent Ülgen kimdir, nereli, kaç yaşında? Levent Ülgen dizileri ve filmleri. Hürriyet. 18 November 2021. 21 December 2022.
  3. Web site: Levent Ülgen kimdir? Levent Ülgen kaç yaşında ve nereli? Levent Ülgen dizileri ve filmleri. Habertürk. 28 February 2021. 21 December 2022.
  4. Web site: Sosyalist Güç Birliği kuruluşunu ilan etti . 25 August 2022 . tr-TR . . https://web.archive.org/web/20220820151711/https://www.evrensel.net/haber/468513/sosyalist-guc-birligi-kurulusunu-ilan-etti . 20 August 2022.
  5. Web site: Kötü Kan Dizisi Oyuncuları .