Cem Uslu

Cem Uslu — Biography

Cem Uslu is an actor who grew up as an award-winning theater artist and reached a wide audience on television as Metin in Çukur. Besides acting he also works as a director, playwright, trainer and voice artist. In recent years he has appeared in Baba, Şahane Hayatım and Kıskanmak, and in 2026 he received theater awards for his performance in the one-man play Başka Hayat.

While studying International Relations at Uludağ University (he graduated in 2006) he took the stage with the university's theater troupe, then graduated from the Theatre Department of Haliç University Conservatory in 2011 and worked as a lecturer in the same department in 2015-16. He worked at the Bursa State Theatre and at Tiyatro Oyunbaz, and in 2010 co-founded EKİP Tiyatrosu with friends. For his role in Peer Gynt he won the young talent award of the Lions Theatre Awards in 2010 and at the 2013 Afife Theatre Awards he was named most successful young-generation artist; with Popüler Gerçek he was named most successful playwright of the year in 2017. From 2009 he also acted in series and films: Karadayı (2012), Siccin 3: Cürmü Aşk (2016), Çukur (2017), Baba (2022, as Ceyhun Kömürcü) and 10 Days of a Curious Man (2024).

He played Cemil in Kıskanmak and left the series in February 2026. He married in Düzce in July 2026.