Ümit Erdim

Born

15 June 1985 (aged 41)

Place of birth

Kocaeli

On Avşar Film

appeared in 1 movie

Ümit Erdim was born on 15 June 1985 in Kocaeli, the child of a family of teachers. He graduated from İzmit Atılım Anatolian High School. From 1998 to 2003 he worked, in the young actors' unit of the municipal city theatres in Kocaeli, with teachers including Barış Falay and Işıl Kasapoğlu.

He moved to Istanbul together with Caner Özyurtlu, whom he had met in theatre, and chose to continue his career in television. He appeared on screen in a guest role in the series Böyle mi Olacaktı; he became known to wide audiences through the characters Arif Yılmaz in Hayat Bilgisi and Zülfikar Yıldız in Selena. He later played Mustafa Tuncay in the series Doksanlar and appeared in the films Can Tertip and Kan Kardeşler.

Outside acting, in 2015 he served as a jury member on the program Benzemez Kimse Sana and finished the dog training competition Can Dostum in first place. Since 2019 he has been taking pilot training.

Erdim played Oğuz in Avşar Film's 2019 film Kim Daha Mutlu?.