Tolga Karel

Born

12 October 1978 (aged 48)

Place of birth

Istanbul

On Avşar Film

appeared in 1 movie

Tolga Karel was born on 12 October 1978 in Istanbul. He began university in the French-language political science and international relations department of Yeditepe University; after two years he left that department and turned to acting. He graduated from the theatre department of the Paris State Conservatory and studied cinematography and drama. In the same city he also completed an advanced specialization program in film and theatre criticism.

In the early period of his artistic life he focused on music. He released the albums Göçebe in 2003 and Dale Don Dale in 2005. He wrote lyrics and composed songs for names such as Seçkin Piriler, Ebru Yaşar and Fulden Uras.

After giving up music and concentrating on acting, he played Oğuz Ayhan in the series Yaprak Dökümü. He took the role of Kasım in the series Bir Zamanlar Osmanlı: Kıyam and played Levent in the film Cin Geçidi. Karel, who also appeared in the series Kanıt, has written newspaper columns on cinema and theatre.

Karel played Karanlıktan gelen in Avşar Film's 2006 film Karanlıktan Gelen.