Yiğit Özşener (; born 6 April 1972) is a Turkish actor.
Early life After Ottoman Empire collapsed, His paternal family is of Turkish descent who immigrated from Kavala. His maternal family is of Turkish descent who immigrated from Skopje. Özşener graduated from Yıldız Technical University with a degree in Electronics and Communications Engineering in 1996. Özşener, who had begun studying acting at the Şahika Tekand acting studio, began acting there in various plays, including Harold Pinter's The Dumb Waiter, which was directed by Şahika Tekand herself.
Career He gained national attention for appearing as the "Özgür Çocuk" (Free Child) with singer Nil Karaibrahimgil in a series of commercials for Turkcell and Nil Karaibrahimgil's music video "Ben Özgürüm". He appeared in the series Karanlıkta Koşanlar based from detective novel with Haluk Bilginer, Uğur Yücel. Then he joined in the series Üzgünüm Leyla alongside veteran actors Perran Kutman, Çetin Tekindor, Selçuk Yöntem, Burçin Terzioğlu.
Between 2007 and 2009, he played Cemil Paşazade in the series Dudaktan Kalbe adapted from Reşat Nuri Güntekin's classic novel. Since 2009, he played Cengiz Atay in the hit revenge series Ezel. His crime series "Son" was sold to USA, France, Spain, Russian, Netherlands for adaptation. Due to Nejat İşler left "Rüzgar" role, he started to play as "Rüzgar" with Beren Saat in second season of İntikam which Turkish remake of "Revenge". He had guest roles in Galip Derviş Turkish version of "Monk" and popular series Cesur ve Güzel, "Kırmızı Oda", "10 Bin Adım".
He played crime series "Bozkır" and "Ramo". He played in historical series "Yüzyıllık Mühür", "Barbaroslar: Akdeniz'in Kılıcı". He played in series "Cezailer" about Rosenhan experiment.
During his cinema career, he played in many hit films. He had parts in films such as O Şimdi Asker, Gece 11:45 and Beş Vakit. In 2011, he appeared in the film series Aşk Tesadüfleri Sever. He starred as Mete Avunduk in the film series Kaybedenler Kulübü about the 1990s cult radio show of the same name. He played in period film "Dedemin İnsanları" and "Güneşi Gördüm". With Dudaktan Kalbe's co-star Aslı Tandoğan, he played in film "Bir Kahramanın Rüyası" twice. He portrayed as Mustafa Kemal Atatürk in film "Zaferin Rengi".
Filmography Web series Year Title Role Notes 2001 Karanlıkta KoşanlarMehmet Leading role2016Yüzyıllık MühürHilmi 2018- Bozkır Seyfi 2022CezailerMert202210 Bin AdımGönençGuestTV series Year Title Role Notes2001-2003 Üzgünüm Leyla İshak Supporting role 2002 Unutma Beni Esat GuestZeybek Ateşi Gazeteci Burak 2003 Estağfurullah Yokuşu Sadi Leading role 2004 Arapsaçı 24 Saat Yiğit 2005 Rüzgarlı Bahçe Ozan 2006 Rüya Gibi Cenk Öztürk 2007–2009 Dudaktan Kalbe Cemil Paşazade 2009–2011 Ezel Cengiz Atay 2012 Son Selim Esir Şehrin Gözyaşları - Bir Ferhat ile Şirin Hikayesi Ferhat 2013 İntikam Rüzgar DenizciJoined Galip Derviş Engin Seçim 2017 Cesur ve Güzel Rıza 2020 Ramo Yavuz Gürkan Supporting role2021Kırmızı OdaZafer KarahanoğluGuest role2021–2022Barbaroslar: Akdeniz'in KılıcıPietroLeading role2022–2023Sıfırıncı GünEjder /Salih2023–2024Şahane HayatımOnur GümüşçüFilm Year Title Role Notes 2000 Herkes Kendi Evinde 2001 Yeşil Işık 2002 O Şimdi Asker Ömer 2003 Giz Crude (Fırsat) Ali 2004 Çalınan Ceset Yiğit TV film One Day In Europe Policeman Gece 11:45 Okan 2005 Tombala TV film Last Looks 2006 Kabuslar Evi: Onlara Dokunmak Yunus TV film Beş Vakit Yusuf 2007 Kayıp TV film 2008 Kung Fu Panda dubbingPrenses Lissi ve Karadamı Yeti dubbing 2009 Güneşi Gördüm Caner 2011 Aşk Tesadüfleri Sever Burak Kaybedenler Kulübü Mete Dedemin İnsanları İbrahim 2014 Ocak Ayının İki Yüzü 2017İşe Yarar Bir ŞeyBahtıma Takılan Karaçalı Gibi YusufBir Kahramanın RüyasıTV film2018Kaybedenler Kulübü YoldaMete2022Aile Toplantısı2023Zaferin RengiMustafa Kemal AtatürkShort film Year Title 2001 Model 2003 Prenses...Kankam ve Ben 2004 Apartman 2006 Taklit 2007 Yoldaki Kedi2020 Hatıra Fotoğrafı
References
External links