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Nejat Uygur Jr. — Biography

Nejat Uygur, also known as "Nejat Uygur Jr.", is a young television actor born in Istanbul. He takes his name from his grandfather, the well-known comedy actor of Turkish theater Nejat Uygur; his father is the actor Behzat Uygur and his uncle is Süheyl Uygur. Coming from the third generation of this long-established family of performers, he is best known to audiences for his roles in the series Bizim Hikaye, Kırmızı Oda and Kağıt Ev.

After his education at Ted College he turned to acting. His first screen credit was the 2016 film Kaçma Birader. In 2017 he played Hikmet Elibol in the Fox Tv series Bizim Hikaye, a part regarded as his breakthrough. He then played Hakan in Kırmızı Oda, during which the press also presented him as Behzat Uygur's son. In 2021 he appeared in the series Kağıt Ev as Mert.