Yıldırım Gencer

Yıldırım Gencer — Biography

Yıldırım Gencer, whose birth name was Gencer Yıldırımgeç, was a Turkish film and television actor born on November 25, 1936, in Adapazarı and who died on January 17, 2005, in Sakarya. After finishing the middle-school section of Galatasaray High School, he entered cinema in 1963 with the film Elalem Ne Der, going on to become known chiefly for villain roles, and he occasionally worked as a director as well. His credits include Malkoçoğlu Krallara Karşı, Çirkin Kral Affetmez, Kan ve Tabanca, Hedefte İki Kişi, Topal, Kin, Cemil, Kılıç Aslan, Kara Murat Şeyh Gaffar'a Karşı, Kan, Ölüme Son Adım, and Eski Silah, along with the series Yorgun Savaşçı.