Yiğit Özşener

Born

6 April 1972 (aged 54)

Place of birth

Izmir

On Avşar Film

appeared in 2 movies

Yiğit Özşener was born on 6 April 1972 in Izmir. In 1996 he graduated from the Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering at Yıldız Technical University, and then earned a master's degree in business administration at Koç University. In 1994 he began acting training with Şahika Tekand's Studio Oyuncuları troupe, and in 1995 he made his professional stage debut with the play Gergedanlaşma.

At Studio Oyuncuları he appeared in Harold Pinter's Gitgel Dolap and Tekand's Oyuncu; in 2000 he acted in the Herakles trilogy directed by Theodoros Terzopoulos at the Ancient Plays Festival in Delphi. After gaining recognition through an advertising campaign for a GSM company, he acted in the series Karanlıkta Koşanlar and Üzgünüm Leyla.

From 2007 to 2009 he played Cemil Paşazade in Dudaktan Kalbe, an adaptation of Reşat Nuri Güntekin, and then Cengiz Atay in the series Ezel. In cinema he appeared in the films Güneşi Gördüm, Kaybedenler Kulübü and Aşk Tesadüfleri Sever. In later years he acted in the series Ramo, Barbaroslar: Akdeniz'in Kılıcı and Prens. He also does voice-over work.

Özşener played Okan in Gece 11:45 and Yunus in Kabuslar Evi: Onlara Dokunmak, all Avşar Film productions.