Serdar Orçin

Born

21 January 1976 (aged 50)

Place of birth

Bayburt

On Avşar Film

appeared in 1 movie

Serdar Orçin was born on 21 January 1976 in Bayburt. He was introduced to theater during his high school years; he received theater training at the Müjdat Gezen Art Center, graduating in 1999, and the following year joined the staff of the Istanbul City Theatres. On stage, he appeared in the plays Othello, Mefisto and On İki Öfkeli Adam; he was also involved in the founding work of the Istanbul Royal Theatre.

The first work that made his name in cinema was the 2001 production Yazgı, in which he played the character Musa. With this film he won the jury special award at the Antalya Altın Portakal and the promising new actor award at the Ankara International Film Festival. He played the lead role in the film Barda and in the film Can, which returned from Sundance with a jury special award. On television, he appeared on screen in the roles of Onur in the series Gümüş, Barbaros Tufan in Behzat Ç.: Bir Ankara Polisiyesi and Metin Arkan in Yabani.

His performance in the film Eve Dönüş: Sarıkamış 1915 brought him the best actor award at the Malatya International Film Festival and the Sadri Alışık Awards; in 2020 he won an award in the same category at the Adana Altın Koza with Ceviz Ağacı. With the play Maskeliler, he was named actor of the year in a supporting role at the Afife Theater Awards. He served on the board of the Actors' Union.

Orçin played Selim in Avşar Film's 2009 film Sonsuz.