Çetin Başaran

Çetin Başaran — Biography

Çetin Başaran is a well-known name among the large supporting cast of Yeşilçam, and film fans also remember him by the nickname "Tarzan Çetin". His career, which began in 1957, stretched across more than six decades and grew to over three hundred productions, covering feature films as well as television series and TV films. Born in Zonguldak, his birth year appears as 1938 in some sources.

He tells the story of how he met Yeşilçam starting from the days when, at thirteen, he worked as a street peddler in Eminönü. From the 1960s on he appeared in productions such as Battal Gazi (1966), Beş Hergele (1971), Kan (1977) and Canikom (1979). In the early 1980s he continued with Düşkünüm Sana (1982) and İntikam Benim, Ölüme Son Adım and Vahşi Kan (1983); in Tokatçı (1983) he played Kara Erol's man. Japon İşi (1987) is also among his known credits.

In the 1990s he was seen in films such as Ula Ula Niyazi, Rambo Ramiz, Yaman Gazeteci, Şahmaran and Dönüşü Olmayan Yol, and in series such as Üçüzler, Deli Balta and 5 Maymun Çetesi. In the 2000s he stayed on screen with Arka Sokaklar and Zırtık Mafya, and Kimsesiz (2024) is one of the most recent entries in his filmography.