Murat Garipağaoğlu

Murat Garipağaoğlu — Biography

Murat Garipağaoğlu is an actor who came up through the theater and moved on to film and television; most viewers know him best as Sadeddin Köpek in Diriliş Ertuğrul. His leading stage roles, and the two awards he won in 2013 for Zengin Mutfağı, form the basis of his standing in the theater world. In 2025 he returned to the foreground on screen as Semih in Star TV's series Kral Kaybederse.

His first screen work dates from the early 2000s, with Çamur (2002), Sahra (2004) and Dicle (2007). Between 2012 and 2014 he played Sermet in Suskunlar, Gültekin in the feature film Bu Son Olsun and Nurettin in Cinayet. The turning point was Diriliş Ertuğrul in 2016-2018, where he also played the character Ebu Nakkaş. He then appeared as Baş Dai in Uyanış: Büyük Selçuklu (2020), Moyzisch in Çiçero (2019), Akşemseddin in Kızılelma: Bir Fetih Öyküsü (2023) and Turgut in Kübra (2024).

Born in Ankara, he finished İzmir Bornova Anatolian High School in 1987, graduated in 1993 from the Theatre Department of Ankara University's Faculty of Languages, History and Geography, and joined the Istanbul City Theatres. There he took the leading parts in plays including Macbeth, Woyzeck, Marat/Sade and Zengin Mutfağı. His performance in Zengin Mutfağı brought him the Most Successful Comedy/Musical Actor award at the 2013 Afife Theatre Awards and the Best Actor award at the XIII Direklerarası Audience Awards.