Okan Yalabık

Acting

Okan Yalabık

Born

1978-12-13 (47)

Place of birth

Istanbul, Turkey

Known for

Acting

Credits

46 titles

Okan Yalabık is a Turkish stage, film and television actor. He's a graduate in Thetare from the Istanbul University State Conservatory.

Known for

The Magnificent Century poster
8.1

At the age of 26, when his reign began, Sultan Süleyman sought to build an empire more powerful than Alexander the Great and to render the Ottomans invincible. Throughout his 46-year reign, his fame as the greatest warrior and ruler of his age spreads both to the East and West. With his companion Pargalı İbrahim, Süleyman achieves great victories, and makes his name known in the Muslim World. Süleyman called İbrahim his brother, friend and advisor. The television series shows Süleyman's consolidation of his power: Pargalı İbrahim being grand minister of state, reinforcing the rule of law throughout the empire, meeting foreign diplomats, and preparing for military campaigns, all set against the backdrop of the tension between Christian Europe and the Ottoman Empire.

The Magnificent Century

2011

The European Side poster
7.5

The life and times of rather traditional Sutcuoglu family and their comedic struggles to adapt the high-profile contemporary life of Nisantasi.

The European Side

2004

Wounded Love poster
8.0

Azize finds herself with her 3 children and mother-in-law in a difficult fight. She raises her children while fighting the difficulties of the war period and her husband's absence whom she loves more than anything. It's about war, love, greed, treason and sacrifice.

Wounded Love

2016

The Protector poster
7.2

The epic adventure of Hakan, a young shopkeeper whose modern world gets turned upside down when he learns he’s connected to a secret, ancient order, tasked with protecting Istanbul.

The Protector

2018

Remember Darling poster
6.4

A love story at the end of 1950's in Turkey, Istanbul. In the political era of Turkey in that years, two young people from opposite families fall in love. Their families don't allow them to marry. They face lots of obstacles for years.

Remember Darling

2006

Yılan Hikayesi poster
6.4

No synopsis available yet.

Yılan Hikayesi

1999

Film credits

2020s · 5 titles

2010s · 8 titles

Bad Cat poster
6.9

A foul-mouthed cat and its gang cross paths with humans.

Bad Cat

2016

My Mother's Wound poster
6.8

Upon turning eight-teen, Salih leaves the orphanage to find his lost family and begins working in a Serbian farm. Suddenly, at the most unexpected moment he has found a home. Will he ever be able to let go of the ghosts of his past and be happy in this new life? As tension escalates disquieting secrets surface. A gripping tale of family, love and identity, My Mother's Wound follows Salih as he searches for a trail of hope amongst war-torn lives.

My Mother's Wound

2016

Anadolu Masalları poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Anadolu Masalları

2015

Hunting Season poster
7.1

Veteran homicide cop Fermanand his hot-headed partner İdris team up with rookie cop and anthropology major Hasan to investigate the murder of a young woman. The suspects include her conservative family, who might have killed her for honor, her drug-dealing boyfriend and aged billionaire Battal who had taken the victim as his second wife.

Hunting Season

2010

Clair Obscur poster
5.6

Şehnaz, a young female psychiatrist from Istanbul, starts mandatory duty in a provincial town. Back in the city, she maintains a marriage that looks flawless on the outside. Elmas, a young woman on the verge of breakdown, opens a new path in her.

Clair Obscur

2017

Fish Cracker poster
2.0

A brother and sister aged 8 and 14, are forced to leave the place they once called home after the sudden break-up of their parents, and revisit as ‘guests’. The return is to bid farewell to their father before they move out of the city with their mother.

Fish Cracker

2018

Bağcık poster
NR

Two sisters whose parents have died are sent to live with their uncle in Bodrum for a short time after their grandmother moves to Canada. A relationship develops between the girls' uncle and their pilates instructor, who has been hired to look after them. The girls want to stay in Bodrum with them instead of going to Canada. The uncle, who had never even considered letting the girls stay there due to his disability, is about to change his mind when he discovers that the woman he loves is hiding something from him. Will the girls stay in Bodrum, or will they be sent to Canada, which they do not want to go to?

Bağcık

2019

Peş Peşe poster
NR

Pelin is a wedding photographer in London. Pelin, who has an extremely free spirit, has trouble taking responsibility and showing commitment. Throughout her life, she has chosen to escape from every situation that bothers her and that she doesn't like. She comes to Istanbul to photograph the wedding of an old friend. Kaan is a young man living in Istanbul who is about to get married. Kaan, who is overly introspective, misses the emotions and meanings hidden in the natural flow of life. Pelin and Kaan will unknowingly influence each other's lives.

Peş Peşe

2010

2000s · 9 titles

Başyapıt poster
NR

Başyapıt (Masterpiece) tells the tragicomic story of Nejat, a man who is convinced that Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony is actually a composition of his own. The short film follows the strange and melancholy consequences of this delusion, exploring the blurred line between artistic genius, obsession, and madness.

Başyapıt

2003

Kabuslar Evi: Hayal-i Cihan poster
7.5

Cihan, who has been seeking a quiet house far from the city center, finds the mansion he needs at Sema Emlak, the well-known real estate agent of a village. After staying for a short time in the mansion, he realizes he is not alone there; the mansion also contains a specter. Fighting against the specter, he catches him. However, what is even more dreadful than the specter itself is the story of its own.

Kabuslar Evi: Hayal-i Cihan

2006

First Love poster
5.5

A Turkish coastal town, in 1990: The unexpected visit of his long lost brother Asaf disturbs Azmi Arifoglu. 40 years ago Asaf was a prisoner of war, and Azmi managed to let him pronounce dead to marry his fiancée Nevin. After Nevin's decision to live with Asaf, Azmi feels his honor insulted. The conflict shakes the whole family. Meanwhile 13-year-old Arif falls in love with Bahar his age. An unexpected rival shows up and he gets jealous

First Love

2006

Mavi Gözlü Dev poster
6.2

The beloved poet of Turkey, Nazım Hikmet, is featured on the silver screen for the period he spent in prison after 1941. Imprisoned for communist propaganda, Nazım became legendary within the prison walls as his fame grew by word of mouth. A group of friends formed around him, inspired by his poetry and painting. However, the only thing on Nazım Hikmet's mind was his wife, Piraye. He was very curious about his wife, from whom he had not heard for a long time. As the misery of the war years made itself felt, the devastating news for Nazım was not long in coming. His 28-year prison sentence was confirmed.

Mavi Gözlü Dev

2007

Büyü poster
3.2

A group of archeologists are determined to make digs on a ghost town to find an old book, ignoring that the town is cursed due to events occurred about seven hundred years ago. An evil spirit comes to haunt this team...

Büyü

2004

Children of Secret poster
8.5

Ten years old Cemil runs away from his stepfather who tortures him and his mother and ends up in Istanbul. Veli Firat Tanis, the leader of a gang which Cemil takes refuge in Haydarpasa, tries to send him back to his home by putting his pocket money. While the gang gather money for Cemil, they, at the same time, suffer from harsh living conditions. In the mean time Cemil's mother Münevver comes to Istanbul in the hope of finding her son.

Children of Secret

2002

Pains of Autumn poster
5.2

When a nationalistic wealthy landowner's idealist son falls for a non-muslim prostitute, he finds himself in a conflict between his feelings and politics under the shadow of the events of September 6th-7th in 1955, the Istanbul Pogrom.

Pains of Autumn

2009

Kolay Para poster
6.0

No synopsis available yet.

Kolay Para

2002

Sen Ne Dilersen poster
6.4

"Sen ne dilersen" is proving, Turkish movie sector is working and rising..

Sen Ne Dilersen

2005

Series credits

The Magnificent Century poster
8.1

At the age of 26, when his reign began, Sultan Süleyman sought to build an empire more powerful than Alexander the Great and to render the Ottomans invincible. Throughout his 46-year reign, his fame as the greatest warrior and ruler of his age spreads both to the East and West. With his companion Pargalı İbrahim, Süleyman achieves great victories, and makes his name known in the Muslim World. Süleyman called İbrahim his brother, friend and advisor. The television series shows Süleyman's consolidation of his power: Pargalı İbrahim being grand minister of state, reinforcing the rule of law throughout the empire, meeting foreign diplomats, and preparing for military campaigns, all set against the backdrop of the tension between Christian Europe and the Ottoman Empire.

The Magnificent Century

2011

The European Side poster
7.5

The life and times of rather traditional Sutcuoglu family and their comedic struggles to adapt the high-profile contemporary life of Nisantasi.

The European Side

2004

Wounded Love poster
8.0

Azize finds herself with her 3 children and mother-in-law in a difficult fight. She raises her children while fighting the difficulties of the war period and her husband's absence whom she loves more than anything. It's about war, love, greed, treason and sacrifice.

Wounded Love

2016

The Protector poster
7.2

The epic adventure of Hakan, a young shopkeeper whose modern world gets turned upside down when he learns he’s connected to a secret, ancient order, tasked with protecting Istanbul.

The Protector

2018

Remember Darling poster
6.4

A love story at the end of 1950's in Turkey, Istanbul. In the political era of Turkey in that years, two young people from opposite families fall in love. Their families don't allow them to marry. They face lots of obstacles for years.

Remember Darling

2006

Yılan Hikayesi poster
6.4

No synopsis available yet.

Yılan Hikayesi

1999

Hekimoğlu poster
5.6

Ates Hekimoglu is a successful doctor in his 40s. He is working as Infectious Diseases and Nephrology Specialist in the hospital where his friend Ipek is in charge.

Hekimoğlu

2019

El Sultán poster
9.3

No synopsis available yet.

El Sultán

2011

Innocent poster
7.5

In a peaceful, rustic town, a retired officer and his family are mired in a murder mystery riddled with shocking, buried secrets.

Innocent

2017

The Town poster
6.5

A group of cash-strapped friends find their morals and relationships tested when they stumble upon a stolen fortune in their hometown.

The Town

2025

Serseri poster
6.6

No synopsis available yet.

Serseri

2003

Çapkın poster
7.7

No synopsis available yet.

Çapkın

2005

Aşkım Aşkım poster
5.1

No synopsis available yet.

Aşkım Aşkım

2001

My Mother’s Tale poster
6.0

The life struggle of a woman with three sons, told through the eyes of her middle son Başar, featuring scenes from the 80s

My Mother’s Tale

2024

Sensiz Olmuyor poster
5.5

No synopsis available yet.

Sensiz Olmuyor

2005

No artwork available
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Çaylak

2003

Bu Kalp Seni Unutur Mu? poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Bu Kalp Seni Unutur Mu?

2009

Zeybek Ateşi poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Zeybek Ateşi

2002

Analar ve Anneler poster
4.0

No synopsis available yet.

Analar ve Anneler

2015

Seddulbahir 32 Saat poster
8.8

On the morning of April 25, the first day of the land battles in Çanakkale, 1,050 soldiers under the command of Major Mahmut Sabri resisted enemy forces vastly superior in number for 32 hours without any help or support at Seddülbahir. And they halted the enemy's advance. This is the story of those heroes, told in "Seddülbahir 32 Hours."

Seddulbahir 32 Saat

2016

Elle Style Awards Turkiye poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Elle Style Awards Turkiye

2010

No artwork available
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

İki Arada

2002

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Sonra Gözler Görür

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No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Gel Kulağına Söyleyeyim

2002