Muhammed Cangören

Muhammed Cangören — Biography

Muhammed Cangören is an actor of Afghan Turkmen origin, remembered in Turkish television above all as Abuzer Kömürcü in Kurtlar Vadisi. Many viewers never learned his name yet took the character to heart, and fan pages dedicated to Abuzer Kömürcü are still active. In February 2026 he joined the series Yeraltı as Rıfat Hanoğlu (Donçiçi), reuniting with his Kurtlar Vadisi on-screen son Sefa Zengin.

He took up theatre in middle school, began working for Afghan television in 1969 and appeared in some twenty-five to thirty television films. In 1982 he came to Turkey, performed in children's theatre in Gaziantep and learned Turkish there. His series career started in 1998 with Bekir Ağa in İkinci Bahar, followed by Nedim in Üvey Baba and Kara Kahya in Berivan. In 2003, guided by Osman Sınav, he joined Kurtlar Vadisi. Later roles included Sıtkı Seyitoğlu in Sakarya Fırat, Hamdi Baba in Eşkıya Dünyaya Hükümdar Olmaz, Reşit Fazlullah in Çukur and İhsan in Deha.

In cinema he appeared in films such as Hiçbiryerde, Rıza, Saklı Yüzler and Atçalı Kel Mehmet, and in Ben Affleck's Argo he played an angry Iranian shopkeeper, speaking Persian.