Renan Bilek

Renan Bilek — Biography

Renan Bilek, born Recep Renan Bilek, is an actor who has worked across stage, screen and music. He became widely known as Süleyman, Soner's assistant, in the series Öyle Bir Geçer Zaman Ki, and he continues to work in television, film and theater, including his own one-man shows.

While at Galatasaray High School he sang in a band called Leke; after it broke up he made an album, also titled Leke, in the late 1990s. He lived for a time in İzmir, returned to Istanbul in 2005 and played with theater companies, Ortaoyuncular first among them. His film debut was Yeşil Bir Dünya in 1990, followed by Devrimden Sonra, Hükümet Kadın and Geniş Aile Yapıştır. On television, after Öyle Bir Geçer Zaman Ki he appeared in Doksanlar and Yeşil Deniz, played Kamil in Yeni Gelin and a police commissioner in Sevgili Geçmiş, and then joined the casts of Çatı Katı Aşk, Ramo, Baba, Yalan and Bahar. His film work also includes Cep Herkülü: Naim Süleymanoğlu.

His stage work is led by his one-man shows: Bi' Laf Etmeli, Aramızda Kalsın, Bir Cem Karaca Hikâyesi: Ömrüm, 50. Yılına Doğru Yetmişler and Aranjmanlar. He once wrote a weekly column in the newspaper soL, and his writing has appeared in magazines on music, art, language and philosophy.