İsmail Ege Şaşmaz

İsmail Ege Şaşmaz — Biography

İsmail Ege Şaşmaz is a young Turkish actor who has stood out in historical productions. He became known through period series such as Mehmetçik Kut'ül Amare and Uyanış: Büyük Selçuklu, and through the film Barış Akarsu Merhaba, in which he played the Anatolian rock singer Barış Akarsu. He now has the lead in the TRT1 series Onbeşliler, where he appears alongside his father and his actor brother Aytaç Şaşmaz.

His acting began in Manisa with the play Acil Servis at an inter-high-school theater competition, and he trained at the Manisa Municipality Conservatory. His first screen role was Barış in Güneşi Beklerken, after which he worked for a time in commercials. In 2015 he returned with Serçe Sarayı and Günebakan (as Rüzgâr), took part in the youth series Lise Devriyesi, and in 2016 played Serdar in the FOX series Aşk Yalanı Sever. When that series was taken off the air he took a break, and appeared as a guest in Aşk Laftan Anlamaz. He made his name with Mehmet in Mehmetçik Kut'ül Amare in 2018, and in 2020-2021 with Faysal in Uyanış: Büyük Selçuklu and Kaan Karadağ in Sen Çal Kapımı. He then played Harun Karasu in Elkızı.

He appeared in the film Barış Akarsu Merhaba in 2022 and as Ozan in Cenazemize Hoş Geldiniz in 2023, and has also acted in digital platform productions such as Saklı and Bunu Bi' Düşünün.