Özcan Deniz
- Born
- 19 May 1972 (aged 54)
- Place of birth
- Ankara
- On Avşar Film
- appeared in 6 movies and 1 series, directed 5 movies
Özcan Deniz was born on 19 May 1972 in Ankara. His family, originally from Ağrı, moved to Aydın in 1977; his childhood and early youth were spent there. During his school years, he staged stories he had written himself in an amateur troupe he formed with his friends; around the same time he turned to music and became known as an orchestra soloist in Aydın. After winning first place at the voice festival in Sultanhisar, he went to Istanbul and from there to Germany; he met producers in Munich.
He released his first album in 1992 and reached wide audiences with the 1993 album Meleğim. He moved into cinema in 1994 with Memduh Ün's film Ona Sevdiğimi Söyle; in 1997 he was seen on television in the series Yalan mı. In 1999 he took the role of Zal in the series Aşkın Dağlarda Gezer, whose story was his own.
His real breakthrough as an actor came in 2002 with Seymen Karadağ, whom he played in the series Asmalı Konak. He played Baran Aydın in the series Haziran Gecesi and Ferhat Can in the film Neredesin Firuze, whose story was his own. In the following years he took leading roles in the series Kaderimin Yazıldığı Gün, İstanbullu Gelin and Kızıl Goncalar; in İstanbullu Gelin he gave life to the character Faruk Boran.
In 2011 he began directing with the film Ya Sonra, which he also wrote the screenplay for. He played the truck driver Mahur in Yeşim Ustaoğlu's film Araf. He continued his music career with albums such as Sevdazede and Bi Düşün.
Deniz appeared in the Avşar Film productions Su ve Ateş (Hasmet), Evim Sensin (İskender), Her Şey Aşktan and Öteki Taraf (Çetin). Deniz directed Su ve Ateş, Sevimli Tehlikeli, Evim Sensin and Öteki Taraf for Avşar Film.
