Cem Yiğit Üzümoğlu

Cem Yiğit Üzümoğlu — Biography

Cem Yiğit Üzümoğlu is an actor who came to screen work from the theater and also works as a photographer. He became known for playing Hakan Şahin in Kanal D's youth series Adı Efsane and sits on the board of the Actors' Union. In July 2026 he received the Golden Orange Young Achievement Award.

He graduated from Hacettepe University Ankara State Conservatory and studied physical theater and modern dance in India and Poland. In April 2017 his role in Troas earned him the Afife Theatre Awards prize for most successful young artist of the year; he then appeared in Kalp and Evlat. On screen he began with Adı Efsane in 2017, played Emir in Netflix's first Turkish series Hakan: Muhafız in 2018, and in 2020 took the lead as Mehmed the Conqueror in Rise of Empires: Ottoman. In 2021 he led Kin, written by Yılmaz Erdoğan and directed by Türkan Derya, as Emre/Tuncay Kökdemir, followed by RSVP (Please Respond) and Black Night (2022) and Season of Love (2024).

He won the Best Actor award at the Golden Orange Film Festival for his role in LCV (Lütfen Cevap Veriniz), appeared opposite Pınar Deniz in Karanlık Gece, and in 2024 began playing Cevat Şakir Kabaağaçlı in Şakir Paşa Ailesi. In 2023 he opened his first photography exhibition, Loners In Wilderness, with 46 black-and-white images shot on a reflex camera. In 2026 it was announced that he would play Kâzım Koyuncu in a biographical film.