Kayhan Yıldızoğlu

Place of birth

Istanbul

Died

9 March 2024 (aged )

On Avşar Film

appeared in 2 movies

Kayhan Yıldızoğlu was born in Istanbul. His father was an agricultural engineer and his mother a teacher. After completing his military service as a reserve officer in 1955, he worked in Istanbul as a clerk in the foreign exchange field. During this period, being liked at the acting auditions he attended at the invitation of Muhsin Ertuğrul changed the direction of his professional life.

He made his first film in 1966 under the guidance of Haldun Taner. Over his long career he appeared in more than one hundred and fifty films; in Yeşilçam he became known mostly through supporting characters such as priests, doctors and police commissioners. He played Professor Krater in the film Turist Ömer Uzay Yolunda.

In the following period he played Artist Kemal in the film Eşkıya and the Sorcerer Nosti in Kahpe Bizans. On television, he took on the role of Ekrem in the series Çiçek Taksi and Mazhar in Akasya Durağı; in Kurtlar Vadisi Pusu he played the character known as Yüce Majeste.

Yıldızoğlu died in Istanbul on 9 March 2024.

Yıldızoğlu appeared in the Avşar Film productions Evim Sensin and Gece Gelen Arkadaşlar (Hüsnü).