Cezmi Baskın

Born

11 March 1949 (aged 77)

Place of birth

Istanbul

On Avşar Film

appeared in 1 movie

Cezmi Baskın was born on 11 March 1949 in Istanbul. He first encountered theater as an amateur at the Bakırköy Halkevi and moved on to apprentice acting on the same stage. After graduating from the Istanbul Academy of Economic and Commercial Sciences, he trained in acting at the LCC Language and Culture Center, where Ayla and Beklan Algan taught.

After a short period with Grup Oyuncuları, he spent most of his professional life at the Ankara Sanat Tiyatrosu; there he worked both as an actor and as an instructor to younger generations. A two-season experience at the Izmir State Theater came in between. He directed many plays for the Ankara Sanat Tiyatrosu and Gökkuşağı Oyuncuları, and went on a tour covering Switzerland, Austria and Germany with Robert Schneider's play Pislik.

His screen journey, which began with TRT dramas, reached wide audiences through the role of İbrikçi Sıtkı in the series Bizimkiler. In cinema he played Latif in the film Vizontele and Amir Tocha in G.O.R.A. He took the role of Osman Şentürk in the series Akasya Durağı and Merdan Kaya in Yargı.

A member of the Contemporary Film Actors Association and the International Federation of Actors, Baskın has since 2004 taken part voluntarily in the Nâzım Hikmet plays staged as reading theater within the Nazım Günleri.

Baskın played Firavun Osman in Avşar Film's 2018 film Rüzgar.