Ceyhun Yılmaz (born 5 October 1976) is a Turkish comedian, actor, radio and TV presenter.
Life and career
In 2002, Ceyhun Yılmaz published his first book of poetry. That same year, he left school and stepped away from his TV and radio roles to join the army. After spending 4 months in Van, Turkey, he toured all of the provinces, doing 107 stand-up shows for the troops and high ranking officials.
He completed his military service in 2003 and returned to radio work and immediately published his second poetry book, Kasımın Bıçak Yarası. He began presenting shows in the same year. He signed a contract with TRT for a television program in 2004 and presented Şov Rüzgarı for 14 episodes. In 2005, he transferred to Cine5 and introduced the program Ceyhun Yılmaz Talk Show, which aired every night of the week. Throughout its 165 episodes, the program featured 210 famous guests.
In 2006, he published another poetry book entitled İkinci El Yalnızlık and donated the profits from the book sales to the Turkish Kidney Foundation and Turkish Education Volunteers Foundation.
Between February 2004 and May 2006, he had a recurring role in the TV series Hayat Bilgisi, spanning 92 episodes. On 13 May 2006, as a result of an accident while filming the series, he broke his foot and arm. On the same day, his mother died, prompting him to leave the workforce.
In June 2007, he made another agreement with TRT and presented the program Sayısal Gece throughout the summer. In the same year, he appeared in the series Küçük Hanımefendi, which also starred Tuba Ünsal. In 2008, he co-hosted Sayısal Gece on TRT with Sibel Can and continued the program in the winter season, presenting a total of 40 episodes. In 2009, he presented the program İstanbul Sokakları on TRT Müzik. In 2011, he prepared and presented the sports program Hoş Beş Iki for 13 episodes, together with Simge Fıstıkoğlu on Habertürk TV.
In 2011, he prepared and presented the 21 sports-talk show program on Lig TV. In 2011, he published the books Sensiz Harfler, a combination of his previous 3 books, and Sevdiğim İkinci Kadınsın Sen. The profits from the sales were donated to Children with Leukemia Health and Education Foundation.
He attended more than 100 university panels as a speaker between 1999-2012 and has received multiple awards throughout his career. He has made cameos in various films, including Hababam Sınıfı Merhaba, Hababam Sınıfı Askerde, Maskeli Beşler, Maskeli Beşler: Irak, Maskeli Beşler: Kıbrıs, Osmanlı Cumhuriyeti, and Çakallarla Dans, as well as the TV youth series Hayat Bilgisi, Melekler Korusun, surreal series Leyla ile Mecnun, Selena and Babam İçin.
In 2013, he presented the daily Ceyhun Yılmaz Show on Alem FM. In addition, he did an alternative broadcast online called PACYA, airing between commercials and at different times of the day.
Since February, 2020, he has been presenting a program on Kafa Radyo.Ceyhun Yılmaz Kafa Radyo'da - Medyanoz
Bibliography Poetry books
Year Title 2002 Ben Sana Yanarken Şimdi Sen Kim Bilir Nerede Üşüyorsun 2004 Kasım'ın Bıçak Yarası 2006 İkinci El Yalnızlık 2011 Sensiz Harfler 2011 Sevdiğim İkinci Kadınsın Sen 2014 Yalnızsam Düzelt
Filmography As presenter
Year Network Title Notes 2001 ATV Ceyhun Yılmaz Show 2004 TRT 1 Şov Rüzgarı 2005 Cine5 Ceyhun Yılmaz Show 2007–2008 TRT 1 Sayısal Gece 2009 TRT Müzik İstanbul Sokakları 2011 Habertürk TV Hoş Beş İki Lig TV 21 Devam ediyor2014TRT HaberCeyhun Yılmaz'la Bir Dünya Sohbet 2015 Lig TV 5'te Devre 10'da Biter
As actor
Year Type Title Role Notes 2003 TV series Hayat Bilgisi Ruhi 2004 Film Hababam Sınıfı Merhaba Kermit Kemal 2005 Film Hababam Sınıfı Askerde Kermit Kemal Film Maskeli Beşler İntikam Peşinde Taxi driver 2006 Film Maskeli Beşler: Irak Taxi driver TV series Selena Cüneyt Alpago 2007 Film Maskeli Beşler: Kıbrıs Taxi driver TV filmi Küçük Hanım Kar Tanesi Engin Yurtoğlu 2008 Film Osmanlı Cumhuriyeti Traffic police 2010 Film Çakallarla Dans AdemTV seriesMelekler KorusunAli Osman (guest appearance) 2012 TV series Leyla ile Mecnun Radioman (guest appearance) Episode 48 TV series Babam İçin Ali (guest appearance) Episode 19 Film Çakallarla Dans 2: Hastasıyız Dede Adem 2014 TV series Kardeş Payı Scientist (guest appearance) Episode 22 Film Çakallarla Dans 3: Sıfır Sıkıntı Adem2016FilmAdam Mısın!Taylan (hotel manager)FilmÇakallarla Dans 4Adem2019FilmHayatta Olmaz2022FilmÇakallarla Dans 6Adem
References
External links ceyhunyilmaz.com