Okan Bayülgen (born March 23, 1964) is a Turkish

Turkish people

Turkish people, also known as the "Turks" , are an ethnic group primarily living in Turkey and in the former lands of the Ottoman Empire where Turkish minorities had been established in Bulgaria, Cyprus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia, Greece, Kosovo, Macedonia, and Romania...

 actor, variety

Variety show

A variety show, also known as variety arts or variety entertainment, is an entertainment made up of a variety of acts, especially musical performances and sketch comedy, and normally introduced by a compère or host. Other types of acts include magic, animal and circus acts, acrobatics, juggling...

 and talk show

Talk show

A talk show or chat show is a television program or radio program where one person discuss various topics put forth by a talk show host....

 host, comedian

Comedian

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 and photographer.

Biography

Bayülgen was born on March 23, 1964 in Istanbul

Istanbul

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, Turkey

Turkey

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, the son of a lawyer father and a painter mother.

After graduating from Galatasaray High School, one of the most renowned and influential high schools of modern Turkey, he moved to France to study photography. He attended Tours University Faculty of Law and transferred to Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, Department of Economics. After a year of studying economics, Bayülgen returned to Turkey and attended Mimar Sinan University of Fine Arts

Mimar Sinan University of Fine Arts

Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University is a Turkish state university dedicated to the higher education of fine arts. It is located in the Fındıklı neighborhood of İstanbul, Turkey.-History:...

 State Conservatory,a Turkish state university dedicated to the higher education of fine arts. He graduated in 1989 with a master's degree.

Bayülgen started his career as the youngest director of the State Theaters in 1989. He also worked as an actor there. In 1991, he began his broadcasting career by hosting his own radio show at Kent FM. He took part in the American TV series "The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles

The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles

The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles is an American television series that aired on ABC from March 4, 1992, to July 24, 1993. The series explores the childhood and youth of the fictional character Indiana Jones and primarily stars Sean Patrick Flanery and Corey Carrier as the title character, with...

" (1992) while it was filming in Istanbul. In 1994, after he was appointed to Trabzon

Trabzon

Trabzon is a city on the Black Sea coast of north-eastern Turkey and the capital of Trabzon Province. Trabzon, located on the historical Silk Road, became a melting pot of religions, languages and culture for centuries and a trade gateway to Iran in the southeast and the Caucasus to the northeast...

, he was preparing a new play as a director in the State Theatre of Trabzon. However the play got canceled by the executive directors and he quit. After a successful radio career, he created his own late-night TV show called "Gece Kuşu" ("The Night Bird") in 1995 which brought him fame.

In 1996, he appeared on TV with a new late-night TV show, called "Televizyon Çocuğu" ("The Television Kid").

After 2 years break, he returned with "Zaga", his new late-night TV show, and had a huge success again. In 2004, he offered an alternative publishing model with his new high quality and intellectual show program "Herkes Bunu Konuşuyor" ("Everybody Talks This"). In 2005, the late-night TV show "Televizyon Makinası" ("Television Machine") showed everyone his own creativity and hard work. He continued with Makina

Makina

Mákina, originated in Spain, similar in sound to UK Hardcore, but with certain elements of Bouncy Techno and Trance music among other differences...

 (Machine) in 2006 and 2007.

After a year break, he started to a new TV show Disko Kralı, (King of Disco) in 2008.

His acting career started with a Mustafa Altıoklar

Mustafa Altioklar

Mustafa Altıoklar is a Turkish film director, producer and screenwriter.He was born in Ankara, Turkey in 1958. His childhood house overlooked a projection room, owned by the Board of Censors, where the members of the board were cutting the films...

 movie, called "İstanbul Kanatlarımın Altında", in 1996. In 1997, the 5 ft.7 actor won the Best Actor Award at Sadri Alışık

Sadri Alisik

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 Acting Awards, for his role in "Ağır Roman" and continued his acting career successfully, as expected. He acted in "Romantik" (1999), "Oyun Bozan" (2000), "Hemşo" (2001) and "Komser Şekspir" (2001), "Sır Çocukları" (2002) and "Gülüm" (2002) ... and many TV series. He is one of the most popular dubbing performers and many famous Hollywood movies were dubbed into Turkish by him.

He continues his photography works and is also known as a photograph artist since March 2012

Filmography

Movies

• 1996 - İstanbul Kanatlarımın Altında, (Istanbul Under My Wings)
• 1997 - Ağır Roman, (The Heavy Novel)
• 1999 - Romantik, (Romantic)
• 2000 - Oyun Bozan, (Game Disorder)
• 2001 - Hemşo
• 2001 - Komser Şekspir, (Sheakspeare the Police officer)
• 2002 - Sır Çocukları,
• 2002 - Gülüm
• 2006 - Sınav, (The Exam)
• 2009 - Kanalizasyon
  Kanalizasyon
  -Plot synposis:Imdat is a poor, uneducated, working class window cleaner who has migrated to the big city. As he cleans the windows of the private TV channel Kanal I, the president of the channel, Berk, discovers that Imdat has an uncanny ability to sense what program will yield the best ratings...
  
  

Movie serials

• 1998 - Utanmaz Adam, (Shameless Man)
• 2004 - Size Baba Diyebilir miyim?, (May I Call You 'Daddy'?)

Theatre pieces

• 1998 - Atları da Vururlar Müzikali, (actor) (Horace McCoy - They Shoot Horses, Don't They?) (musical)
• 2003~2004 - Hangisi Karısı, (director) (Ray Cooney - Run For Your Wife)
• 2005~2006 - Kiralık Oyun, (actor) (Rented Game)

TV shows

• Gece Kuşu, (Bird of Night) (1994, ATV)
• Televizyon Çocuğu, (Television Kid) (1996, ATV)
• Zaga, (Zaga) (1997–2005, Kanal D)
• Herkes Bunu Konuşuyor, (Everybody Talks This) (2004–2005, NTV)
• Televizyon Makinası, (Television Machine) (2005–2006, Kanal D)
• Makina
  Makina
  Mákina, originated in Spain, similar in sound to UK Hardcore, but with certain elements of Bouncy Techno and Trance music among other differences...
  
  , (Machine) (2006–2007, Kanal D)
• Haber Makinası, (News Machine) (2006,CNN TURK)
• Bu Sizi İlgilendiriyor, (This Interests You) (2007, NTV)
• Disko Kralı, (King of Disco) (2008,2009...., Kanal D)
• Okan Bayülgen Sade Vatandaş, (Okan Bayülgen Simple Citizen) (2008,2009...., NTV)
• Medya Kralı, (King of Media) (2009...., Kanal D)
• Muhabbet Kralı, (King of Chat) (2009...., Kanal D)
• Çek Bakalım, (Let's Shoot) (2011...., ATV)

Photo exhibitions

• Baobab Yolu - Madagaskar, (Baobab Road - Madagascar), (2006)
• Yaşam Gücü, (Life Power), (2006)
• Pudra - Zamanın Tozu, (Powder - Dust of Time), (2007)
• Erkeklerin Saatlerini Takan Kadınlar, (Women Wearing Men's Watches), (2008)
• Çünkü Gördüğüm En Güzel Kız Sensin, (Because You're the Most Beautiful Girl I've Ever Seen) (-Dove's Global Campaign for Real Beauty), (2008)

Trivia

• In his latest show King of Chat intro many hidden texts can be read stones drop down each reading "CONSUME","OBEY","DIE.

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