Erol Şafak Sezer (born 10 October 1970) is a Turkish actor who usually appears in comedic roles.
His stage debut came in Haldun Taner's play Eşeğin Gölgesi at Ankara Halk Tiyatrosu (Ankara People's Theatre). He acted in several other plays at the same venue as well as at Ankara Ekin Tiyatrosu (Ankara Crop Theatre).
In cinema, he initially appeared in supporting roles in several movies. His breakthrough came with Kolpaçino (2009) in which he starred.
Şafak Sezer was found guilty of physically attacking a camera assistant for "making noise" on the set of Alemin Kralı TV series in 2012, and a 13-month prison sentence was demanded for him in December 2013.Şafak Sezer’e hapis şoku milliyet.com.tr. <archived> The announcement of the verdict was postponed to a later date.Şafak Sezer'e hapis şoku Cumhuriyet.com.tr. Retrieved: 19 January 2015
Sezer rose once again to public's attention in 2013 when he publicly knelt in front of Turkey's Prime Minister and apologized for his earlier participation in protest demonstrations. Turkish newspapers reported, with accompanying photographs, on 22 July 2013 that at a Ramadan dinner hosted by the ruling AK Party on the previous evening, Sezer went to Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's table and went down on his knees in front of Erdoğan and apologized for his participation in a street demonstration protesting a police crackdown ordered by the government on environmentalists in Istanbul in the previous weeks.Şafak Sezer Başbakandan Özür Diledi http://stargundem.com. Retrieved: 19 January 2015 <archived>
Filmography
Bir Düğün Masalı (1993) Lawyer Adnan Televizyon Çocuğu (1996) (Guest appearance) Baskül Ailesi (TV series) (1997) Maşallah Dostlar Pasajı (TV series) (1997) Yıldırım Komşu Komşu (TV series) (1997) (Guest appearance) Sıdıka (TV series) (1997) Kenar Şafak Vakti (TV series) (1997) (Konuk oyuncu) Vizontele (2000) Veli Oyunbozan (2000) Police Reyting Hamdi (TV series) (2000) Şafak Bu Film Bitmez (2001) Zalim (TV series) (2002) (Guest appearance) Rus Gelin (2002) Ökkeş Ekmek Teknesi (2002) Bahtiyar Hababam Sınıfı Merhaba (2003) Ercüment G.O.R.A (2004) Kuna Hababam Sınıfı Askerde (2004) Ercüment Simbiyotik (2004) Altın Kafes (TV series) (2004) Fuzili Hababam Sınıfı 3,5 (2005) Ercüment Maskeli Beşler İntikam Peşinde (2005) Tezcan Bendeniz Aysel (Dizi) (2005) Aslan Ah Polis Olsam (Dizi) (2006) Rıfat / Komiser Yardımcısı Maskeli Beşler: Irak (2006) Tezcan Düş Yakamdan (TV series) (2007) Süleyman Kutsal Damacana (2007) Fikret Fesupanallah (TV series) (2007) Cesur Maskeli Beşler: Kıbrıs (2008) Tezcan Yaşar Ne Yaşar Ne Yaşamaz (Television film) (2008) Kadri'nin Götürdüğü Yere Git (2008) Kadri Aynadaki Düşman (TV series) (2009) Çelebi Kolpaçino (2009) Özgür Kutsal Damacana 2: İtmen (2009) Fikret Hanımeli Sokağı (TV series) (2009) Ramazan Türk Malı (2010) Erman Kuzu Memlekette Demokrasi Var (2010) Jandarma Kolpaçino Bomba (2011) Özgür Alemin Kıralı (TV series) (2011) Aslan Kıral Memlekette Demokrasi Var (2011) G.D.O. KaraKedi (2013) Gürkan Altındağlı (2013) Ekrem Altındağlı Ah Polis Olsam Yeniden (TV series) (2014) Komiser Şimdi Onlar Düşünsün (2014–2015) Aziz Keklik O Ses Türkiye New Year Program (2015) Kolpaçino 3. Devre (2016) Özgür Bir Baba Hindu (2016) Türk Malı Aile Komedisi (2017) Ketenpere (2017) Gürbüz: Hadi Allah'a Emanet (2018) Göktaşı (2018) Yalan Dolan (2019)
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