Kadim Yaşar

Kadim Yaşar — Biography

Kadim Yaşar is a theater, film and television actor best known for playing Cengaver "Cengo" Çimen in Bir Zamanlar Çukurova. He has built his career across stage and screen.

He trained in the acting program of the Theatre Department at the İstanbul University State Conservatory. From 1997, alongside his theater work, he appeared on television: Ekmek Teknesi, Urfalıyam Ezelden, Aşka Sürgün, Beşinci Boyut, Yağmurdan Sonra, Tek Türkiye, Babalar ve Evlatlar, Kaçak and Paramparça are among the series of this period. In cinema he played Sabit in Hayatımın Kadınısın (2006), Halil in The Storm (2008) and Hasan in Press (2010), and in the series Tatar Ramazan (2013) he played Hamo.

In later years, Bir Zamanlar Çukurova (2018) brought him to a wide audience. He played Çavuş in Kayıtdışı, broadcast on Fox TV; he joined the cast of Benim Adım Melek in 2019 and played Osman Akın in Tozluyaka in 2022.