Levent Ülgen

Born

8 August 1962 (aged 64)

Place of birth

Cihanbeyli

On Avşar Film

appeared in 1 movie

Levent Ülgen was born on 8 August 1962 in Cihanbeyli. After Ankara İnönü High School, he studied physics at METU, then graduated from the theater department of the Hacettepe University Conservatory and completed his master's degree.

He first appeared on stage as an extra in the play Atçalı Kel Mehmet by the Ankara Folk Theater, directed by Erkan Yücel. After playing various roles in children's and adult plays with this company, he moved to the Ankara Art Theater, directed by Rutkay Aziz. After finishing the conservatory, he worked at the State Theaters as an actor and director.

He became known to wide audiences for his role as Kadir Topçuoğlu in the series En Son Babalar Duyar; because of the phrase the character often repeated, he was long referred to as Hallederiz Kadir. He played Sinan Kaya in the series Akasya Durağı and Necmi İplikçi in Kiralık Aşk. In cinema, he played Rıza Kabakoz in Ata Demirer's film Niyazi Gül Dörtnala and Numan Menemencioğlu in the film Çiçero.

For a time he hosted the quiz show Bir Kelime Bir İşlem on TRT 1. He volunteers in the reading-theater performances prepared from the works of Nâzım Hikmet at the Nazım Günleri, held every year since 2007.

Ülgen appeared in Avşar Film's 2009 film Türkler Çıldırmış Olmalı.