Osman Wöber

Born

27 February 1960

Place of birth

Ankara

Died

25 June 2022 (aged 62)

On Avşar Film

appeared in 1 movie

Osman Wöber was born on 27 February 1960 in Ankara. His father was Austrian and his mother was from Samsun. Besides the Istanbul University Faculty of Law, he studied in the theater department of the Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University Istanbul State Conservatory. As a student, he appeared on stage in productions of Kenter Tiyatrosu, Şan Tiyatrosu and Yeditepe Oyuncuları.

He continued his professional life as an artist of the State Theatres. Between 1988 and 1993 he served as director of the Adana State Theatre. Starting in 1995, over three separate terms totaling nearly eleven years, he served as artistic director of the Istanbul State Theatre, becoming the longest-serving head in that post. With a Goethe Institute scholarship, he carried out studies in Germany on subsidized theater models. Among the plays he directed is Memet Baydur's Kamyon, which has been staged in Turkey and abroad.

On screen, he was best known for the character Tuncay Kantarcı, whom he played in the series Kurtlar Vadisi and Kurtlar Vadisi Pusu. He played Ali Çetinkaya in the film Cumhuriyet, and also appeared in the film Organize İşler and the series Hayat Devam Ediyor.

Wöber died of a heart attack on 25 June 2022.

Wöber appeared in Avşar Film's 2017 film Öteki Taraf.