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Uğur Yücel

Uğur Yücel

Actor · 69 years old

Kudret Sönmez in the series İçerde

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Age69
Birth dateMay 26, 1957
BirthplaceIstanbul
ProfessionActor, Film director
Zodiac signGemini
Eye colorBrown
EducationIstanbul Municipal Conservatory, Theatre Department
SpouseDerya Alabora

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Uğur Yücel — Biography

Uğur Yücel has left a mark as a Turkish actor, as a director and as a screenwriter. Mainstream audiences met him through Eşkıya, and he went on to become a familiar television face. Today he plays the tribal chief Babahan in Halef: Köklerin Çağrısı and the Elder (İhtiyar) in Eşref Rüya.

He first performed in 1977, while still a student at the Istanbul Municipality Conservatory, in a one-man show; he later worked with the Kenter, Tef Kabare, Dormen and Şan Müzikholü companies. In the early 1990s he drew attention with impressions of politicians and stand-up routines. On screen he stood out in Selamsız Bandosu and Muhsin Bey, taking the Cinema Writers Association's supporting-actor award for Arabesk and the supporting-actor prize at Antalya for Muhsin Bey. On television he wrote Aziz Ahmet and went behind the camera for Karanlıkta Koşanlar and Alacakaranlık. In 2004 he made his feature directing debut with Yazı Tura, which won eleven awards at Antalya, among them best film, screenplay and director; Hayatımın Kadınısın and Ejder Kapanı followed.

Later roles include Canım Ailem, Aramızda Kalsın, İçerde (as Kudret Sönmez), Hakim and Sandık Kokusu. A short-story collection, Yağmur Kesiği, appeared in 2013.

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Their work through different eyes

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

Uğur Yücel's Ali Nazik in Muhsin Bey is a naive young man from Urfa who wants to be a folk singer; the part is built on innocence. Years later he plays Çerkez Abbas in Ejder Kapanı, a detective one case from retirement, and Chief Inspector Emin in Cinayet Süsü, who leads the homicide team. The arc runs from apprentice to authority, and in my view it is the clearest turn in his filmography: Ali Nazik's diffidence and Abbas's weary hardness sit at opposite ends.

Family Viewer Asks whether the whole household can watch it; cares about humor and heart.

Familya is a ten-episode comedy and family series led by Uğur Yücel and directed by Can Yücel, the easiest of his work to watch together at home. Ejder Kapanı deals with child abuse, and Kırmızı Oda is heavy on trauma and mental health, so both are for grown-ups.

These are not reader reviews: they are short editorial takes on this person's screen work, written from different viewer perspectives with AI assistance. Reader comments are below.

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