Emir Özden

Emir Özden — Biography

In television drama, Turkish actor Emir Özden is known for playing young, often troubled characters. His wide breakthrough came as Ege in TRT 1's Masumlar Apartmanı, and he followed it as the young lawyer Tolga in Kanal D's Yargı.

He started out in commercials. After attending the theater department of Adıgüzel Fine Arts High School, he continued at the theater department of Kadir Has University, and in 2012 he first appeared on screen in the TRT series Bir Zamanlar Osmanlı Kıyam. In the following years he took small parts in productions such as Böyle Bitmesin and Not Defteri and was a guest actor in Poyraz Karayel. In 2016 he made his first distinct mark in the FOX TV youth drama Umuda Kelepçe Vurulmaz, playing Kömür, a young man who lives a hard life and ends up in prison. In 2017 he played Emre, a young man who cannot stay out of trouble, in ATV's Kanatsız Kuşlar, and in 2019 he reached the big screen as Umut Güney in the film Bilmemek.

The real turning point was Masumlar Apartmanı, which began in 2020. He played Ege, the brother of the character portrayed by Farah Zeynep Abdullah, a rebellious teenager angry at his alcoholic father yet attached to his sister and grandfather, in a cast that included Birkan Sokullu, Ezgi Mola and Merve Dizdar. He then joined the internationally awarded Yargı as Tolga, assistant to the character Ceylin played by Pınar Deniz, drawing a more mature and energetic figure.