Bülent Polat
Actor · 47 years old
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| Age | 47 |
|---|---|
| Birth date | March 8, 1979 |
| Birthplace | Tunceli |
| Profession | Actor |
| Zodiac sign | Pisces |
| Eye color | Brown |
| Education | Müjdat Gezen Art Centre, Theatre Department |
| Spouse | Duygu Şenoğlu |
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Filmography / Projects
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Valley of Hearts (Siyah Kalp) (translated)
- Afacanlar Kampta
- Yan Oda
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Firebirds (Ateş Kuşları) (translated)
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Atatürk (Atatürk 1881-1919)
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Once Upon a Time in Çukurova (Bir Zamanlar Çukurova) (translated)
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The Pit (Çukur) (translated)
- Lizard: Rebirth (Kertenkele Yeniden Doğuş) (translated)
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The Lizard (Kertenkele)
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Keep Your Word (Tut Sözünü) (translated)
- Sergeant Dursun (Dursun Çavuş) (translated)
- Those in the Shadows (Gölgedekiler) (translated)
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Black Rose (Karagül) (translated)
- Atatürk's Bodyguard Topal Osman (Atatürk'ün Fedaisi Topal Osman) (translated)
- The Deep State in the Ottoman Empire (Osmanlı'da Derin Devlet) (translated)
- Living Out of Spite (İnadına Yaşamak) (translated)
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Business and Affairs (İşler Güçler) (translated)
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Once Upon a Time Ottoman: Rebellion (Bir Zamanlar Osmanlı: Kıyam)
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Strange Stories (Acayip Hikayeler) (translated)
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Free Man (Hür Adam)
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Behzat Ç.: An Ankara Detective Story (Behzat Ç.: Bir Ankara Polisiyesi) (translated)
- Ground Zero (Sıfır Noktası) (translated)
- The Whirlpool (Girdap) (translated)
- Get Off My Back (Düş Yakamdan) (translated)
- We'll Meet in Dreams (Rüyalarda Buluşuruz) (translated)
- Mother or Leyla (Anne Ya da Leyla) (translated)
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Keloğlan vs. the Black Prince (Keloğlan Karaprens'e Karşı) (translated)
- Hotel Istanbul
- The Dog (Köpek) (translated)
- Fiery Lands (Ateşli Topraklar) (translated)
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Balance and Maneuver (Balans ve Manevra) (translated)
- Heart's Cry (Yürek Çığlığı) (translated)
- The Appreciative One (Kadirşinas) (translated)
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The European Side (Avrupa Yakası) (translated)
- For My Son (Oğlum İçin) (translated)
- Estağfurullah Hill (Estağfurullah Yokuşu) (translated)
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Flower Taxi (Çiçek taksi) (translated)
- Lahmacun and Pizza (Lahmacun ve Pizza) (translated)
- My Dear Little Husband (Canım Kocacığım) (translated)
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Betrothed in the Cradle (Beşik Kertmesi) (translated)
- Oh, There's Living (Ah Yaşamak Var Ya) (translated)
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Seven Hills Istanbul (Yeditepe İstanbul) (translated)
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The Nanny (Dadı) (translated)
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Snake Story (Yılan Hikayesi) (translated)
- Yalan
- Where Love Ends (Sevginin Bittiği Yer) (translated)
- The Danish Bride (Danimarkalı Gelin) (translated)
- A Little Heart (Bir Küçük Yürek) (translated)
- The Collapse (Çöküş) (translated)
- Düşler
- Family Ties (Aile Bağları) (translated)
- Separate Worlds (Ayrı Dünyalar) (translated)
- Acı Kader
- Carousel (Atlı Karınca) (translated)
- To Die While Living (Yaşarken Ölmek) (translated)
- The Presiding Judge (Reis Bey) (translated)
- Maid Ferhunde (Ferhunde Kalfa) (translated)
- Piping Hot (Sımsıcak) (translated)
- My Dove (Güvercinim) (translated)
- A Holiday Night (Bir Tatil Gecesi) (translated)
- Ahmet Hamdi Tanpınar
- A Widowed Woman (Dul Bir Kadın) (translated)
- Lead Singer (Assolist) (translated)
- Dil Yarası
Bülent Polat — Biography
Bülent Polat, a Turkish actor of Zaza descent, was born on March 8, 1979, in Tunceli; after his older brother was admitted to Istanbul University's law faculty, the family moved to Istanbul in 1987, where he finished school. He began volunteering at Bakırköy Municipal Theatre in 1992, took his first roles in Yer Gösterme and Sokak Kedisi in 1993, then appeared in Ormanların Barış Ateşi and Keloğlan while training at the Müjdat Gezen Art Center. He moved to the screen in Yılan Hikayesi and Orhan Oğuz's TV film Son Oyun, then after sketches on Gece Kahvesi and Okan Bayülgen's Zaga with Engin Günaydın, found real fame as Şehsuvar (Şesu) in Gülse Birsel's Avrupa Yakası for three and a half years. He then paused acting to train under Stella Adler in Los Angeles and later New York, running a Manhattan bar to support himself before returning to Turkey in 2011. Roles in Behzat Ç., Karagül, Kertenkele: Yeniden Doğuş and Çukur followed, then wide acclaim as Gaffur Taşkın in Bir Zamanlar Çukurova and later parts in Kuruluş Osman, Siyah Kalp and Teşkilat. He married Duygu Şenoğlu in 2015 and has two children, and in 2026 left Istanbul to build a life without electricity or phone service in a Çanakkale village with his family.
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