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Reha Özcan
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Reha Özcan

Actor · 61 years old

Haluk Tarman in the series Haysiyet

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Age61
Birth dateJuly 5, 1965
BirthplaceBingöl
ProfessionActor
Height1.83 m
Zodiac signCancer
Eye colorBrown
EducationMimar Sinan Fine Arts University

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Reha Özcan — Biography

Ragıp Reha Özcan was born on July 5, 1965, in Bingöl, the youngest of five children in a family originally from Boyabat; because his father served as a non-commissioned officer, his childhood moved between provinces including Dikmen and Kars. After Kartal Anatolian High School, he graduated in 1987 from the theater department of the State Conservatory at Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University. He is the brother of fellow actor Serhat Özcan.

He began his stage career that same year at the Trabzon State Theatre, moved to the İstanbul State Theatre for the 1990-91 season and then to the Antalya State Theatre, where he also directed for the Akdeniz University theater club and the Metropolitan Municipality Theatre before returning to İstanbul for the 2010-11 season; he retired from the state theaters in October 2016.

Turning to television in the mid-2000s, he appeared in Kurtlar Vadisi Pusu, Suskunlar - among the first Turkish series whose format sold for a US remake, Karadayı and Muhteşem Yüzyıl, and earned several honors for his role in the film Bahtı Kara. His portrayal of Fikri Elibol in Bizim Hikaye reached a wide audience, and he went on to play Adil in Mucize Doktor, Sadık in Üç Kız Kardeş and Cevdet in Sahipsizler, joining the cast of Haysiyet in 2026. He married physician Yeşim Özcan in 1991.

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Series Binger A series devotee tracking character arcs, cast chemistry and season pacing.

Mahmut Paşa in Fatih, the manager Sait Karam in Suskunlar, Dr. Adil Erdinç in Mucize Doktor: on television Reha Özcan often speaks as an authority from inside an institution. In my view that repetition lets the same tone be heard across different productions; the costume and the hospital coat change, the voice stays similar.

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

In cinema Reha Özcan turns up mostly in films by directors with a distinct voice: Özpetek in İstanbul Kırmızısı, Çağan Irmak in Unutursam Fısılda. Given that he won several honors for Bahtı Kara, his film work seems to me more selective than the authority mold of his television.

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