Cem Cücenoğlu

Born

7 April 1976 (aged 50)

Place of birth

Ankara

On Avşar Film

appeared in 1 movie

Cem Cücenoğlu was born on 7 April 1976 in Ankara. After completing his primary education in Ankara, he moved to Istanbul; he finished his Western music piano training at the Müjdat Gezen Art Center Conservatory in 1999. After graduating, he worked as a piano and organ teacher at various institutions and served as an assistant in orchestration and instrument knowledge classes. He is the nephew of the playwright Tuncer Cücenoğlu.

Continuing with acting a path that began with music, Cücenoğlu appeared in the series Deli Yürek, Cennet Mahallesi and Akasya Durağı; he played Bayram in Dürüye'nin Güğümleri and Aziz in Ustura Kemal. He became widely known through the character Taşkafa in the series Poyraz Karayel, aired between 2015 and 2017.

In later years he took the role of Muharrem Usta in the series Her Yerde Sen and Bekir Kuru in Ege'nin Hamsisi. In cinema he appeared in the films Ertuğrul 1890, Kızım ve Ben and Bursa Bülbülü. In 2017 he appeared on stage in Anton Chekhov's play Martı. He is among the founders of the Nar Sanat İstanbul Education and Culture Art Association and continues to work as a piano teacher.

Cücenoğlu played Yaygaracı in Avşar Film's 2013 film Kedi Özledi.