Osman Alkaş

Born

3 November 1955 (aged 71)

Place of birth

Nicosia

On Avşar Film

appeared in 1 movie

Osman Alkaş was born on 3 November 1955 in Nicosia. After completing his primary and secondary education in the city where he was born, he enrolled in the acting department of the Ankara State Conservatory and graduated from it in 1976. The same year he returned to the island and began working as a contract actor at the Cyprus Turkish State Theater.

In 1980, together with Işın Cem, Erol Refikoğlu and Yaşar Ersoy, he took part in the founding of the Nicosia Municipal Theater and was in this company's cast for many years. At Bayrak Radio he prepared broadcasts aimed at children and women, as well as morning and meal-time programs. Together with Tolgay Tarıman, he produced in 1994 the program Torba, which Cypriot Turkish viewers came to know well; the pair then founded the Tempo TV channel.

He reached the wide audience in Turkey thanks to the character Ekrem Tatlıoğlu, whom he played in Öyle Bir Geçer Zaman Ki. In cinema, he acted in Uzun Hikâye and Hükümet Kadın 2 and played Kaptan Beybaba in Sarmaşık; on television, he joined the casts of the series Bu Şehir Arkandan Gelecek, Vuslat and Yabani.

In the series Gimme 6, filmed in 2001, he took on screenwriting as well as acting. Alkaş, who also served as culture and arts coordinator at the Nicosia Turkish Municipality, was awarded the Success and Peace Award by the Satirigo Theater in 2009.

Alkaş appeared in Avşar Film's 2018 film Çocuklar Sana Emanet.