Okan Yalabık

Born

13 December 1978 (aged 47)

Place of birth

Bigadiç

On Avşar Film

appeared in 2 movies

Okan Yalabık was born on 13 December 1978, the second child of a family of Balıkesir origin. In his middle school years, listening repeatedly on cassette to Ferhan Şensoy's play Ferhangi Şeyler influenced his decision to become an actor. In his high school years he pioneered the founding of a theater group at Sakıp Sabancı Anatolian High School, and in 1997 he entered the Theater Department of the Istanbul University State Conservatory.

He began his professional stage experience in 1998 at Kenter Tiyatrosu with the play Martı; on the same stage he appeared in plays such as Sırça Kümes and Inishmore'lu Yüzbaşı. On screen, he played Commissioner Tayfun in Yılan Hikayesi, Ömer Yelkenci in Serseri and Necdet Aygün in Hatırla Sevgili. With the character Hasan in Yavuz Turgul's film Av Mevsimi, he was chosen Best Supporting Actor at the 4th Yeşilçam Awards.

With the role of Pargalı İbrahim Paşa in the series Muhteşem Yüzyıl, which began in 2011, he gained wide recognition at home and abroad. Later he played Mirsad in the film Annemin Yarası, Charles Hamilton in the series Vatanım Sensin and Tarık Bayrakçı in Masum. Yalabık, who also works in voice acting, voiced Po in Kung Fu Panda 3 and the characters Adnan and Çizer in Kötü Kedi Şerafettin.

Yalabık played Cihan in Hayal-i Cihan and Güven in Kolay Para, all Avşar Film productions.