Yurdaer Okur

Born

29 October 1974 (aged 52)

Place of birth

Rize

On Avşar Film

appeared in 1 movie

Yurdaer Okur was born on 29 October 1974 in Rize. He attended Bafra Super High School and then studied tourism management at Akdeniz University for three years, but deciding that this field did not suit him, he entered the theatre department of the Hacettepe University State Conservatory in 1994. He completed his master's degree at the conservatory of Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University.

In 1999 he joined Genco Erkal's Dostlar Theatre and appeared on stage in the play Yalınayak Sokrates. In 2000 he began acting at the Istanbul State Theatre, and in 2002 he moved to the Diyarbakır State Theatre as a permanent staff member. Within the State Theatres, besides acting he worked as a director, staged a children's play and gave drama classes to young people in Diyarbakır.

In cinema, in 2004 he appeared in the French-Turkish co-production Chemins d'O. On television he played Kerküklü Süleyman in the series Sakarya Fırat and Turgut Akın in Karadayı. He played Lieutenant Colonel Aydın in the film 7. Koğuştaki Mucize; he brought to life the characters Balgay in Kuruluş: Osman, Tuğrul Bozan in Alparslan: Büyük Selçuklu and Serhan Soysalan in Yabani.

Okur played Erdal in Avşar Film's 2006 film Çarşamba Karısı.