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Bülent Şakrak
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Bülent Şakrak

Actor · 49 years old

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Age49
Birth dateAugust 26, 1977
BirthplaceIstanbul
ProfessionActor, Stage actor
Zodiac signVirgo

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Bülent Şakrak — Biography

Bülent Şakrak was born on August 26, 1977, in Istanbul; he began on stage in 1996 with youth and children's plays at Kartal Sanat İşliği theater, then enrolled in the theater department of Istanbul University State Conservatory in 1998. After working with the Müjdat Gezen Theatre and Yayla Sanat Merkezi, he joined the Kent Oyuncuları ensemble from 2004, appearing in productions such as Dying For It, The 39 Steps, Dealer's Choice and The Lieutenant of Inishmore; in 2016 he brought The 39 Steps to the Istanbul State Theatre stage and narrated the play Fully Committed there. He won Best Comedy Actor at the 2008 Lions Theatre Awards and shared Most Successful Actor of the Year at the 2011 Sadri Alışık Awards. On television he became known as Çaycı Avni in Yılan Hikayesi, later appearing in Arka Sokaklar, Kurtlar Vadisi Pusu, Erşan Kuneri, Maviye Sürgün and Yaratılan, and in films such as 72. Koğuş, Eyyvah Eyvah, Abimm and Süper Ajan K9; he took his first web-series role in BluTV's Dudullu Postası. He hosts his own YouTube program and works in dubbing. He was married to actress Özge Borak from 2006 to 2010 and to actress Ceyda Düvenci from 2015 to 2023, with whom he has a son; actor Erkan Kolçak Köstendil is a relative.

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

Çaycı Avni in Yılan Hikayesi and İlyas Çiçek in Hangimiz Sevmedik tie Bülent Şakrak to the warm comedy of the neighborhood. One is a comedy-crime series, the other a nostalgic street story nodding to Yeşilçam, and in both he plays a named character who belongs to the place. In Gönül Dağı, as Taylan Kaya, he carries the same tone out to the countryside. In my view this is his most natural ground on television.

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

In Acı Kiraz, Gajur is one of a large cast; in Erşan Kuneri, Ayhun Uşuk sits inside Cem Yılmaz's satire of the film world of the 1970s and 1980s. Bülent Şakrak works as part of the ensemble at both ends. In my view that shows he can move from comedy to drama, though in both productions the load rests on other shoulders.

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