Eray Özbal

Born

1957 (aged about 69)

Place of birth

Gaziantep

On Avşar Film

appeared in 1 movie

Eray Özbal was born in 1957 in Gaziantep. In 1976 he passed the conservatory exams; having caught his teachers' attention at the start of his studies, he moved into film acting in Yeşilçam.

In the Yeşilçam years he took mostly villain roles in the films of Kemal Sunal, Müslüm Gürses and Orhan Gencebay. He played Bülent in Katma Değer Şaban, Saatçi Orhan in Yoksul and Recep in Yer Demir Gök Bakır. On television he played Soğomon Tehliryan in the series Duvardaki Kan; in the later period he portrayed Ömer in the series Samanyolu and the prosecutor in the film Barda.

Besides acting, he also worked behind the camera: between 1986 and 1990 he served as assistant director on the films Değirmen, Su da Yanar and Bütün Kapılar Kapalıydı, and he wrote the screenplay of the 1993 production Son Söz Sevginin.

Özbal played Bobin Faruk in Avşar Film's 2009 film Sonsuz.