Bülent Çolak

Bülent Çolak

Actor · 49 years old

Yapıştır interactive stage show

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Age49
Birth dateSeptember 20, 1977
BirthplaceIstanbul
ProfessionActor
Zodiac signVirgo
Eye colorBrown
EducationActing training
Former spouseSefa Öztürk

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Bülent Çolak — Biography

Bülent Çolak, an actor with a theater background, became one of Turkish comedy's best known faces: Ulvi in the series Geniş Aile made his name with a wide audience, and the role followed him into the franchise's cinema sequels. He now works both on screen and on stage.

He began acting at Kartal Sanat Tiyatrosu and continued at the City and State Theatres. From 2002 he performed with Semaver Kumpanya, and he was among the founders of a theater group called Janti. His first film role was Hüseyin İnan in Reis Çelik's 1998 film Hoşçakal Yarın. His real breakthrough was Geniş Aile, aired on Kanal D and Star TV in 2009-2011; he later played Ulvi again in the series' cinema sequels, most recently Geniş Aile 5 in 2025.

Over the same years he played Sezai in Vay Arkadaş and Cengo in Kanunsuzlar, and on television the scientist Acar Dimdik in Türk'ün Uzayla İmtihanı (2012). In 2026 he performed with Ufuk Özkan in the interactive show Yapıştır İnteraktif Gösteri.

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Series Binger A series devotee tracking character arcs, cast chemistry and season pacing.

Ulvi Mısırlıoğlu carried on from Geniş Aile into two cinema sequels, Geniş Aile Yapıştır and Geniş Aile: Her Türlü. Taking a sitcom character to the screen means trusting an audience that already knows him, and in my view that leaves Bülent Çolak little room to turn the part somewhere new. Karun in Tutunamayanlar is where he steps outside the family sitcom, in an absurdist comedy.

Cinephile Looks at script, editing and directing choices; keeps a distance from formula films.

Şerefsiz Metin in Çakallarla Dans, and Şerefsiz Metin again in the third film; Baran in Hükümet Kadın, Baran again in Hükümet Kadın 2. Bülent Çolak has built his place as a familiar comic face through sequels. That keeps the bond with the audience firm, but in my view it lowers the chance of a script asking something new of an actor.

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