Şendoğan Öksüz

Şendoğan Öksüz — Biography

Şendoğan Öksüz is an actor who has worked across television, theater and film since starting out in 1999 with the series Yılan Hikayesi. He reached his widest audience as Cemal Reis in Sen Anlat Karadeniz, broadcast on atv in 2018, where, in a series directed by Osman Sınav, he played a man working on the Kaleli family's ship. In more recent years he has played Bevar in Yalnız Kurt and Hüseyin Alp in Kuruluş Osman, and Kör Nokta is also in his filmography.

Police officers and inspectors recur in his filmography, among them Beşik Kertmesi, Yeditepe İstanbul, Böyle mi Olacaktı and Ölümüne Sevdalar. He also played Adem in Efsane, Zülfü in Yarım Elma, Sinan in İki Aile and Dövlet Bey in Binbir Gece, followed by Satır Celal in İnadına Aşk and Dinçer Bey in Vazgeç Gönlüm. In film he played Doctor Ahmet in Cennet (The Heaven, 2008) Lieutenant Orhan in Acı Günler and Lieutenant Mehmet in Abdülhamid Düşerken, and he also appeared in Fatih'in Fedaisi: Kara Murat (2015). Dadı, Hayat Bilgisi and Kurtlar Vadisi are also among his series.

On stage he has appeared in plays such as Yanlış Adamlar, Bir Kilo Namus and Eyvah Yine Karım, and in the children's play Küçük Prens. He was born in the Pazar district of Rize, studied at Marmara University and lives in Istanbul; he is married and the father of two daughters.