Ogün Kaptanoğlu

Born

29 December 1977 (aged 48)

Place of birth

Izmir

On Avşar Film

appeared in 1 movie and 1 series

Ogün Kaptanoğlu was born on 29 December 1977 in Izmir. He completed his primary, middle and high school education in this city; in his youth he played basketball for the Karşıyaka and Tuborg clubs. Kaptanoğlu, who also worked as a model, began acting with series on national channels.

In cinema, he played the character Tipsiz in the Merhaba, Askerde and 3,5 films of the Hababam Sınıfı series made in the 2000s. In 2006, on the suggestion of screenwriter Osman Dikiciler, he took his first lead role together with Hâzım Körmükçü in the film Kardan Adamlar, directed by Aytan Gönülşen. On television, he became known for the role of the guard Cengiz in the series Parmaklıklar Ardında; in the series Keşanlı Ali Destanı he played Bülent Onaran.

Later he appeared often in historical productions: he played Titan in Diriliş: Ertuğrul, Captain Hamilton in Mehmetçik: Kut'ül-Amare and Melik Turanşah in Uyanış: Büyük Selçuklu; he also acted in the film Türkler Geliyor: Adaletin Kılıcı, produced by Mehmet Bozdağ. Resul Özkaya in the series Kardeşlerim, Harun in Dönence and Metin Alkan in Çarpıntı are also among the roles in his career.

Kaptanoğlu appeared in the Avşar Film productions Karagül (Yzb. Oğuz Kılıçoğlu) and Çocuklar Sana Emanet.