Güven Kıraç

Born

5 April 1960 (aged 66)

Place of birth

Istanbul

On Avşar Film

appeared in 2 movies

Güven Kıraç was born on 5 April 1960 in Istanbul; his family is of Abkhaz origin. He graduated from the Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University Istanbul State Conservatory.

He worked at the State Theatres for two years; after performing in the plays Ağrı Dağı Efsanesi and Sıkıyönetim at the state stage in Adana, he resigned and appeared on stage at the Gülriz Sururi-Engin Cezzar Theatre and Tiyatro Stüdyosu. In 1995 he became known to wide audiences through a taxi driver character in a bank commercial.

In cinema, he came to the fore with the role of Yusuf in Zeki Demirkubuz's film Masumiyet, and for this role he received the best actor awards of ÇASOD and MGD. He also appeared in Fatih Akın's film Duvara Karşı and in Müslüm; he was deemed worthy of the best actor award at the 41st International Film Festival of India. On television, he became known for the roles of Berber Remzi in Yeditepe İstanbul, Memduh Başgan in Behzat Ç. and Nail Keskin in Beni Böyle Sev. In 2014 he opened a painting exhibition made up of his own paintings.

Kıraç played Bekir in Salkım Hanımın Taneleri - Part 2 and Bekir in Salkım Hanımın Taneleri - Part 1, all Avşar Film productions.