Okan Avcı

Okan Avcı — Biography

Turkish artist Okan Avcı combines acting with directing and screenwriting. Abroad he is best known for appearing in The Two Faces of January (2014), which also features Viggo Mortensen, and in Turkey for the role of Osman in Selman Nacar's festival drama Hesitation Wound (Tereddüt Çizgisi). He is a graduate of İstanbul University.

He began acting in 2007 with the series Annem. His film credits began in 2009 with The Breath, in which he played Barış's messenger, and he also appeared in Çoğunluk (2010). In 2011 he moved behind the camera as director of the feature film Kadim. In 2014 he played a teacher in Sivas and, the same year, took part in the international production The Two Faces of January; İçimdeki Balık (2015) and İftarlık Gazoz (2016) also belong to this period. In 2016 he played Yörük Osman (Adem Baba) in 61 Days, and in 2018 he played Tufan in Şahsiyet.

One of his more recent films is Hesitation Wound (2023). This legal drama, a co-production between Turkey, Spain, Romania and France, premiered in the Orizzonti section of the 80th Venice International Film Festival, and Avcı appears in it alongside Tülin Özen and İlyas Özçakır. İsimsiz Eserler Mezarlığı is another of the newer titles in his filmography, and he continues to work on new projects.