Korel Cezayirli

Born

2 April 1976 (aged 50)

Place of birth

Ankara

On Avşar Film

appeared in 1 series

Korel Cezayirli was born on 2 April 1976 in Ankara and completed his education in that city. Between 1985 and 1994 he was a licensed athlete in swimming, basketball and figure skating, and afterward took modern dance and jazz dance lessons. His grandfather, Vedi Cezayirli, was one of the early artists of the State Theaters and founded the Adana City Theaters.

He entered the Theater Department of the Selçuk University State Conservatory in 1996 and graduated in 2000. In his graduation year he passed the audition for the Eskişehir Metropolitan Municipality City Theaters and became one of the founding actors of the institution. In 2005 he established the Traditional Turkish Theater Unit within the institution, and in 2006 he began publishing Tiyatro Gazetesi together with Tolga Özeçel.

On television, he played Captain Akın Zeybek in the series Köprü and Semih Aladağ in Kod Adı. He took the roles of Kadir Karadağ in Karadağlar, Sadreddin Konevî in Diriliş: Ertuğrul, and Hâce Ahmed Yesevî in the series Mavera. Alparslan: Büyük Selçuklu is also among the productions he has been part of; in Mehmed: Fetihler Sultanı he played Baltaoğlu Süleyman.

Cezayirli appeared in Avşar Film's 2010 series Lale Devri.