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Osman Sonant

Osman Sonant

Actor · 47 years old

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Age47
Birth dateMarch 1, 1979
BirthplaceIstanbul
ProfessionActor
Zodiac signPisces
Eye colorBrown
EducationIstanbul University State Conservatory

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Osman Sonant — Biography

Osman Sonant was born in Istanbul on March 1, 1979, and works across stage, film, and television as a Turkish actor. He began acting in 1997 as a student of Yılmaz Gruda at the Bahçelievler Municipal Theatre, later worked at Ferhan Şensoy's Ortaoyuncular Nöbetçi Theatre, and graduated from the Stage Arts Department of Istanbul University State Conservatory.

He entered cinema with Kurtlar Vadisi Irak (2006); his role as Mehmet in Pandora'nın Kutusu (2008) won him the Best Supporting Actor award at the 16th Golden Boll Film Festival, and Yangın Var the Best Actor award at the 23rd Ankara International Film Festival in 2012. On television he played Yavuz in Leyla ile Mecnun from 2011 to 2013 and, in 2015, Orhan, the fourth of the brothers, in Onur Ünlü's Beş Kardeş.

Sonant played Kerim Adil Sağlam, nicknamed El Turco, in Ufak Tefek Cinayetler, Loukas Notaras in the Netflix production Rise of Empires: Ottoman, and Murat Siyavuş in the dystopian series Sıcak Kafa. More recently he has appeared in projects such as Bihter, Mukadderat, and Umami (as Renzo), and in 2025 starred alongside Ulvi Kahyaoğlu, Taner Birsel, and Ercan Kesal in the film Sahte 9.

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Cinephile Looks at script, editing and directing choices; keeps a distance from formula films.

Onur Ünlü's absurdist comic world is the most distinctive strand in Osman Sonant's work: Yavuz Hırsız in Leyla ile Mecnun, Cihan Demir in İtirazım Var, and Ben de Özledim as well. All three are large-cast pieces with a logic of their own and an unmistakable style. Coming after the hard police atmosphere of Behzat Ç., this strand is, in my view, the most interesting way to get to know Sonant.

Action & Thriller Fan Puts pace, tension and set pieces first; little patience for slow drama.

Osman Sonant began in hard genres: Amerikan Çavuş 2 in Kurtlar Vadisi Irak on the big screen, Hırsız Yavuz in Behzat Ç. Bir ankara Polisiyesi on television. Kurtlar Vadisi Irak was the most expensive Turkish film made up to then, and Behzat Ç. tells its Ankara murders in a hard, bleak voice. For anyone after pace, Sonant's first steps do more than his later absurd comedies.

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