VJ Bülent

Born

22 February 1972 (aged 54)

Place of birth

Edirne

On Avşar Film

appeared in 1 movie

Bülent Çarıkçı, known as VJ Bülent, was born on 22 February 1972 in Edirne, into a family of immigrant origin. He spent his childhood until the last year of primary school with his paternal grandmother in a village in Edirne, and then moved to his family in Istanbul. He graduated from the theatre department of Mimar Sinan University and for a time acted in plays on the roster of the Yunus Emre Cultural Center, affiliated with Bakırköy Municipality.

He began acting with the series Bizimkiler; he then played Japon Bülent in Ruhsar and Laptop Recai in Ayrılsak da Beraberiz, and also appeared on screen under his own name in Avrupa Yakası. From 1995 he worked as a VJ on Kral TV for fourteen years; he then worked as a DJ on Tatlıses TV.

In cinema he appeared in short roles in Oyunbozan, in which he acted with Okan Bayülgen, and in Güneşi Gördüm, directed by Mahsun Kırmızıgül. He has given stage shows in many cities of Turkey; in 2014 he appeared in the video clip of Zerrin Özer's song Paşa Gönlüm.

Bülent played Çiçekçi in Avşar Film's 2010 film Deli Dumrul Kurtlar Kuşlar Aleminde.