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Burak Tamdoğan

Burak Tamdoğan

Actor · 55 years old

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Age55
Birth dateMarch 3, 1971
BirthplaceAnkara
ProfessionActor
Zodiac signPisces
Eye colorBlue
EducationAnkara University, Theatre Department

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Burak Tamdoğan — Biography

Burak Tamdoğan is an actor who came to the screen from the theater and has now worked on it for more than thirty years. He is best known for prominent supporting parts in television drama: Commissioner Hüseyin Demir in Kara Para Aşk, Azmi in Elimi Bırakma, Şehabettin Pasha in Mehmed: Bir Cihan Fatihi and, more recently, Akbar in Adım Farah.

His screen debut was Ferhunde Hanımlar in 1993. His first notable film part was Lieutenant Samet in Beynelmilel. In 2007 he played Osman Zeybek in Parmaklıklar Ardında and Tarık Bey in Karayılan, then turned up in series such as Elif, Kollama and Geniş Aile. The turning point came in 2014 with Kara Para Aşk, a role that drew wide praise. In recent historical productions he played Fevzi Çakmak in Ya İstiklal Ya Ölüm, Germiyanoğlu Yakup Bey in Kuruluş Osman and the physician Kuşyar in Küçük Dahi: İbn-i Sina. In cinema, his Kazım in Kafalar Karışık stands out.

He studied psychology at METU before turning to theater at Ankara University. As a student he both performed and directed at Ankara Sanat Tiyatrosu, and his directing work includes Macbeth Mutfakta.

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

In Kara Para Aşk, Burak Tamdoğan stands out as Commissioner Hüseyin Demir; the 2014 part was the turning point of his career and drew wide praise. That the actor who plays a commissioner in an action-and-crime series also sits in the cast of a crowded family comedy like Geniş Aile shows, in my view, a supporting player who can fit whichever tone a series asks for.

History & Society Lens Asks about the period, the social background and what the work reflects.

Put side by side, the parts Burak Tamdoğan plays make a gallery of men in the state's service: Lieutenant Samet in Beynelmilel, Commissioner Hüseyin Demir in Kara Para Aşk, Fevzi Çakmak in Ya İstiklal Ya Ölüm. Each is a different period and institution; the common thread is rank and office. In my view that is a sign of reliability, but it also carries a risk of repetition.

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