Ümit Çırak

Born

13 August 1969 (aged 57)

Place of birth

Izmir

On Avşar Film

appeared in 1 movie

Ümit Çırak was born on 13 August 1969 in Izmir. In 1987 he entered the Department of Mathematics at the Faculty of Science of Istanbul University; in 1991 he began at the Theatre Department of the Müjdat Gezen Art Center and graduated from it in 1995. During his student years he was Oğuz Aral's pantomime assistant and made his professional stage debut in a play directed by Savaş Dinçel.

He acted with Hadi Çaman Yeditepe Oyuncuları, Tiyatrokare and Çığır Sahne. On television he became known for the role of Cemil in the series Süper Baba; he played Tevfik in Yeditepe İstanbul, broadcast on TRT 1, and Çetin in Baba Evi. In cinema he played Cimbom in the film Eşkıya and Necati in Masumiyet.

Alongside acting he worked as an instructor for a long time: he taught pantomime at MSM and on-camera acting at Ekol Drama, and in 2009 he founded the Modern Acting Techniques Workshop bearing his own name. In later years he played Sylvio in the series Barbaroslar: Akdeniz'in Kılıcı and Hilmi in Halef: Köklerin Çağrısı.

Çırak played Tolga in Avşar Film's 2006 film Uyurgezerler.