Uğur Polat

Born

4 September 1961 (aged 65)

Place of birth

Istanbul

On Avşar Film

appeared in 2 movies and 2 series

Uğur Polat was born on 4 September 1961 in Istanbul. He first stepped on stage in 1978 at the Ankara Sanat Theatre; from 1981 he received theatre training at the Istanbul University State Conservatory. He served at the State Theatres for sixteen years and appeared in thirty plays; in 1996 he was deemed worthy of the İsmet Küntay Theatre Award.

In cinema, with Bütün Kapılar Kapalıydı he was named the promising actor of the Ankara Film Festival in 1990; he was also named best actor at the Antalya Altın Portakal Film Festival. He played Sami in the film Devrim Arabaları and Buck Berry in Yahşi Batı, and appeared in the role of Khaled in the German production UMMAH - Unter Freunden.

On television, after the series Sahte Dünyalar and Yeditepe İstanbul, he played the characters Kudret in Son, Ethem in Kayıp Şehir and Kandemir Mercan in Ulan İstanbul. In recent years he has played Yekta Tilmen in the series Yargı and İskender Karan in Deha.

Polat played Levon in Salkım Hanımın Taneleri - Part 2, Levon in Salkım Hanımın Taneleri - Part 1, Arif in Sultan Makamı and Savcı Duran in Aşk Yakar, all Avşar Film productions.