
Acting
Yılmaz Erdoğan
Born
1967-11-04 (58)
Place of birth
Hakkâri, Turkey
Known for
Acting
Credits
68 titles
Yılmaz Erdoğan is a Turkish actor, screenwriter, poet, and director known for blending sharp social observation with comedy and drama. He created the hit series Bir Demet Tiyatro and starred in films like Vizontele, becoming a key figure in modern Turkish theatre and cinema with a distinctive storytelling voice.
Known for
4.5No synopsis available yet.
Siyaset Meydanı
1994
10.0When a mythical map falls into the hands of a legendary scam artist, he decides to pull one last con before leaving it all behind for good.
Money Trap
2026
6.8In 1919, Australian farmer Joshua Connor travels to Turkey to discover the fate of his three sons, reported missing in action. Holding on to hope, Joshua must travel across the war-torn landscape to find the truth and his own peace.
The Water Diviner
2014
10.0No synopsis available yet.
Golden Butterfly Awards
1973
8.3No synopsis available yet.
A Bunch Of Theatre
1995
5.8Literature teacher Azem Yücedag, who was accused of killing his wife, is released from prison and embarks on a path to search for what he lost.
Secret of Pearls
2024
Film credits
2020s · 4 titles
6.1Ahead of a promotion, a police chief becomes entangled in a deadly incident and uncovers an intrigue fueled by grudge that threatens his colleagues.
Grudge
2021
6.3Rebellious, irreverent wunderkind Gülseren navigates loneliness, love and loss against the current of political turmoil and social change.
Have You Ever Seen Fireflies?
2021
6.3A family migrates to the city after a tragic loss. When they reunite in their hometown 30 years later, buried emotions and painful secrets resurface.
Cici
2022
6.6Yilmaz Erdogan, who presents strong insights on digital technology and social media, answers questions about himself and takes the audience on a very funny and "authentic" journey.
Münaşaka
2021
2010s · 12 titles
6.8In 1919, Australian farmer Joshua Connor travels to Turkey to discover the fate of his three sons, reported missing in action. Holding on to hope, Joshua must travel across the war-torn landscape to find the truth and his own peace.
The Water Diviner
2014
5.6Asim Noyan swindles people with his lies and games. Asim Noyan and his gang, who no one else has been able to catch, get into a ruse again.
Money Trap
2019
7.5A group of men set out in search of a dead body in the Anatolian steppes
Once Upon a Time in Anatolia
2011
5.3Kurdish-Iranian poet Sahel has just been released from a thirty-year prison sentence in Iran. Now the one thing keeping him going is the thought of finding his wife, who thinks he's been dead for over twenty years.
Rhino Season
2012
7.2In a small Turkish town, two young tuberculous poets try to survive while publishing their poems. As they both fall in love, their life would never be the same.
The Butterfly's Dream
2013
5.7The first of four installments in the groundbreaking Heartbeat of the World anthology film series. Comprised of several short films by some of the world's most exciting directors, Words with Gods follows the theme of religion - specifically as it relates to an individual's relationship with his/her god or gods...or the lack thereof. In Words with Gods, each director recounts a narrative centered around human fragility, as well as environmental and cultural crises involving specific religions with which each has a personal relationship; including early Aboriginal Spirituality, Umbanda, Buddhism, the Abrahamic faiths, Hinduism, and Atheism. An animated sequence by Mexican animator Maribel Martinez is woven through each of the film segments, with each segment narratively connected as a feature-length film.
Words with Gods
2014
6.7Pirated DVD seller Zafer who is formerly an extra in movies, swore to give up illegal works when his wife wanted to get divorce. To win his family back, he and his old-fashioned crew decided to make a movie called "Summit - The End Of Evil" which is a fantastic science fiction movie and couldn't be shot since 1977. A funny, entertaining and emotional journey awaits him who waded into this adventure with his unqualified crew.
Coming Soon
2014
6.7The story of a minibus driver and a fairytale princesss nestling under the wing of timeless friendship in an ordinary neighborhood.
Telling Tales
2015
6.1Esra leads two parallel lives. In her daily life the vivacious and spirited Esra adores her family but feels caged in her relationships. In her dream life, she yearns to discover the identity of the man who visits her dreams. While in waking life she struggles in vain, in her dream life she evolves in secret. But what if waking and dreaming were never separate and the real secret is shored by all?
8 Seconds
2015
8.0A documentary about the shooting session of the film "Once Upon A Time in Anatolia" by Nuri Bilge Ceylan. 'Once Upon A Time in Anatolia' had been shot in about 11 weeks in the steppes of middle Anatolia close to "Keskin", a middle Anatolian town next to the city of Kirikkale.
Making of Once Upon A Time in Anatolia
2011
7.0In an eastern Turkish town, suitors knock on the door of the mayor and father of three beautiful daughters who choose to follow their own paths.
Sour Apples
2016
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Güzel Adam Süreyya
2018
2000s · 8 titles
6.9A struggling, suicidal young comedian meets a car thief who is willing to teach him a few things about his profession.
Magic Carpet Ride
2005
7.3The story takes place in the small town of Hakkari in Turkey at the beginning of the '70s. The time has come to bring technology to that small town. The first Television (called Visiontele by the citizens) arrives and the chaos begins.
Vizontele
2001
6.1Guner Sernikli is a government official who, with his wife and their wheelchair bound daughter, has been assigned as the head librarian to this isolated province, virtually an exile since there is no library in the village. The family is warmly welcome, but these are the years of political anarchy and leftist/rightist clashes in big cities and the youth of the village inevitably follow the tides. They arrive in Vizontele, just as the situation is becoming really absurd. Guner brings wisdom; his daughter Tuba brings beauty, innocence and love. Some like the Mayor, Nazmi Dogan and crazy Emin appreciate these things but they are in the minority and confusion continues to reign. The story is based on the memories of writer-director Yılmaz Erdoğan of the last summer of his childhood in Hakkâri, Turkey in 1980.
Vizontele Tuuba
2004
5.7Burdened by troubles and caught between cultures, Riza takes a job as a mall Santa and finds that real life may not be so different from make believe.
Jolly Life
2009
7.5“Anlatacaklarım var! Vaaz vermek değil niyetim, duyduğumu söylemek. Söylemeye değer şeyler duyuyorum zira. Belki hayatı daha yaşanır kılmak için ya da belki sade, ama sade anlatmak için... Sen anlat dedi Tanrı bana, anlaşılsın diye değil, hiçbir mükafat istemeden anlat... Çünkü bir mükafattır artık bir anlatıcıya doğru düzgün anlaşılmak! Sen anlat dedi... Sen sade anlat! Umudu hatırlatsın diye umutsuzluğu, çareye yol açsın diye çaresizliği anlat... Ders verme dedi kimseye, çünkü hoca denmez öğrenmesini bitirene. Çırakları olan bir çıraktır usta, olsa olsa... Sen anlat dedi bana Tanrı, sen sade anlat.... “ Yılmaz Erdoğan, “Bana Bir Şeyhler Oluyor” oyununun kahramanı Hilmi Duran’a söylettiği bu sözlerle, yazar olarak neden böyle bir oyun yazmak zorunda kaldığını açıklamakla kalmıyor, aynı zamanda kahramanının da kimliğini ele veriyor.
Bana Bir Şeyhler Oluyor
2003
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Asi Ruh
2008
6.1A male (Yilmaz Erdogan) and female (Demet Akbag) meets at desolate balcony during a party. After a little while they start to talk via phone for hours and like each other. Their relationship turns into a passionate love which brings about a marriage; sooner or later they start to realize that their relationship has critical problems which are needed to be solved.
Surreal Love From the Wasteland
2007
7.5When it comes to stand-up comedy, one of the first names that comes to mind is Yılmaz Erdoğan, who recounts scenes from his own life and discusses current issues in the country with his usual mastery. In his own words, he "fills his pockets with words" and leaves his audience in stitches.
Cebimde Kelimeler
2002
1990s · 3 titles
7.9Yılmaz Erdoğan's lauded stage play traces the life of wunderkind Gülseren as she navigates social and political change.
Have You Ever Seen Fireflies? - Theatre Play
1999
7.8Written by Yılmaz Erdoğan and first staged at the Beşiktaş Cultural Center (BKM) in 1995, Otogargara ran for four seasons to sold-out audiences. The play was also performed 468 times in many provinces and districts of Anatolia between 1995 and 1999, in addition to Ankara and İzmir. During its run at BKM, Otogargara was directed by Turgay Kantürk and featured Yılmaz Erdoğan, Demet Akbağ, Sinan Bengier, Olgun Şimşek, Zerrin Sümer, Erdoğan Dikmen, Gürdal Tosun, Evrim Solmaz, and Serhat Özcan, along with 22 other actors and dancers. It was the first play produced by BKM.
Otogargara
1995
8.0The mythological love story of two Kurdish youth.
Siyabend and Xece
1991
Series credits
4.5No synopsis available yet.
Siyaset Meydanı
1994
10.0When a mythical map falls into the hands of a legendary scam artist, he decides to pull one last con before leaving it all behind for good.
Money Trap
2026
10.0No synopsis available yet.
Golden Butterfly Awards
1973
10.0No synopsis available yet.
Golden Butterfly Awards
1973
8.3No synopsis available yet.
A Bunch Of Theatre
1995
5.8Literature teacher Azem Yücedag, who was accused of killing his wife, is released from prison and embarks on a path to search for what he lost.
Secret of Pearls
2024
5.2Çok Güzel Hareketler 2 is with you, featuring a cast from the second generation of BKM Mutfak and exceptional new sketches from Yılmaz Erdoğan's workshop.
Çok Güzel Hareketler 2
2019
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Kral Türkiye Müzik Ödülleri
1995
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Kral Türkiye Müzik Ödülleri
1995
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Ahmet Mümtaz Taylan ile Empati
2022
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Yasemince
1993
6.2Çok Güzel Hareketler Bunlar, which's first episode published in 7 May 2008 on Kanal D, is an entertainment program. In Yilmaz Erdogan's management, BKM Mutfak players takes the stage and to give an active role to the audience, they let audience to rate the games.Yilmaz Erdogan's brother Deniz Erdogan wrote lyrics for a very familiar American folk song "Camptown Race" and that production became the generic music of the program.
Çok Güzel Hareketler Bunlar
2008
6.3No synopsis available yet.
YANLIŞ İÇERİK
2000
Behind the camera
5.6Asim Noyan swindles people with his lies and games. Asim Noyan and his gang, who no one else has been able to catch, get into a ruse again.
Money Trap
2019
5.6Asim Noyan swindles people with his lies and games. Asim Noyan and his gang, who no one else has been able to catch, get into a ruse again.
Money Trap
2019
6.9A struggling, suicidal young comedian meets a car thief who is willing to teach him a few things about his profession.
Magic Carpet Ride
2005
6.9A struggling, suicidal young comedian meets a car thief who is willing to teach him a few things about his profession.
Magic Carpet Ride
2005
6.1Ahead of a promotion, a police chief becomes entangled in a deadly incident and uncovers an intrigue fueled by grudge that threatens his colleagues.
Grudge
2021
5.1When a group of people meets at the same party, they form four different relationships, each experiencing similar phases of love.
Love, Surreal and Odd
2017
5.1When a group of people meets at the same party, they form four different relationships, each experiencing similar phases of love.
Love, Surreal and Odd
2017
7.3The story takes place in the small town of Hakkari in Turkey at the beginning of the '70s. The time has come to bring technology to that small town. The first Television (called Visiontele by the citizens) arrives and the chaos begins.
Vizontele
2001
7.3The story takes place in the small town of Hakkari in Turkey at the beginning of the '70s. The time has come to bring technology to that small town. The first Television (called Visiontele by the citizens) arrives and the chaos begins.
Vizontele
2001
7.2In a small Turkish town, two young tuberculous poets try to survive while publishing their poems. As they both fall in love, their life would never be the same.
The Butterfly's Dream
2013
6.1Guner Sernikli is a government official who, with his wife and their wheelchair bound daughter, has been assigned as the head librarian to this isolated province, virtually an exile since there is no library in the village. The family is warmly welcome, but these are the years of political anarchy and leftist/rightist clashes in big cities and the youth of the village inevitably follow the tides. They arrive in Vizontele, just as the situation is becoming really absurd. Guner brings wisdom; his daughter Tuba brings beauty, innocence and love. Some like the Mayor, Nazmi Dogan and crazy Emin appreciate these things but they are in the minority and confusion continues to reign. The story is based on the memories of writer-director Yılmaz Erdoğan of the last summer of his childhood in Hakkâri, Turkey in 1980.
Vizontele Tuuba
2004
6.1Guner Sernikli is a government official who, with his wife and their wheelchair bound daughter, has been assigned as the head librarian to this isolated province, virtually an exile since there is no library in the village. The family is warmly welcome, but these are the years of political anarchy and leftist/rightist clashes in big cities and the youth of the village inevitably follow the tides. They arrive in Vizontele, just as the situation is becoming really absurd. Guner brings wisdom; his daughter Tuba brings beauty, innocence and love. Some like the Mayor, Nazmi Dogan and crazy Emin appreciate these things but they are in the minority and confusion continues to reign. The story is based on the memories of writer-director Yılmaz Erdoğan of the last summer of his childhood in Hakkâri, Turkey in 1980.
Vizontele Tuuba
2004
6.1Guner Sernikli is a government official who, with his wife and their wheelchair bound daughter, has been assigned as the head librarian to this isolated province, virtually an exile since there is no library in the village. The family is warmly welcome, but these are the years of political anarchy and leftist/rightist clashes in big cities and the youth of the village inevitably follow the tides. They arrive in Vizontele, just as the situation is becoming really absurd. Guner brings wisdom; his daughter Tuba brings beauty, innocence and love. Some like the Mayor, Nazmi Dogan and crazy Emin appreciate these things but they are in the minority and confusion continues to reign. The story is based on the memories of writer-director Yılmaz Erdoğan of the last summer of his childhood in Hakkâri, Turkey in 1980.
Vizontele Tuuba
2004
5.5Sinan is sent to Capadocia by his boss, Isfendiyar to write a screenplay. As he waits for inspiration, Sinan finds himself running first into Eylul, the daughter of Izzet, who owns the hotel where he's booked to stay, and then into soap opera star Faruk, his former good friend and present enemy. It isn't long before cabdriver Lokman, who declares himself Sinan's 'chauffeur' and Arif, a local farmer and horse breeder, are part of both Sinan's life and his screenplay. Although plentiful adventures among the magical fairy chimneys, colorful balloons and at the annual grape festival become like a movie for all involved, the happy ending awaited by the boss, Isfendiyar never happens. But the boss insists on his happy ending. And Sinan has to write that ending!
Boss Wants a Happy Ending
2014
7.9Yılmaz Erdoğan's lauded stage play traces the life of wunderkind Gülseren as she navigates social and political change.
Have You Ever Seen Fireflies? - Theatre Play
1999
7.9Yılmaz Erdoğan's lauded stage play traces the life of wunderkind Gülseren as she navigates social and political change.
Have You Ever Seen Fireflies? - Theatre Play
1999
6.7After his ad agency goes bankrupt, an indebted Fırat falls for a singer at a yoga retreat and joins her on a journey of self-realization.
Doom of Love
2022
5.7Burdened by troubles and caught between cultures, Riza takes a job as a mall Santa and finds that real life may not be so different from make believe.
Jolly Life
2009
5.7Burdened by troubles and caught between cultures, Riza takes a job as a mall Santa and finds that real life may not be so different from make believe.
Jolly Life
2009
7.5“Anlatacaklarım var! Vaaz vermek değil niyetim, duyduğumu söylemek. Söylemeye değer şeyler duyuyorum zira. Belki hayatı daha yaşanır kılmak için ya da belki sade, ama sade anlatmak için... Sen anlat dedi Tanrı bana, anlaşılsın diye değil, hiçbir mükafat istemeden anlat... Çünkü bir mükafattır artık bir anlatıcıya doğru düzgün anlaşılmak! Sen anlat dedi... Sen sade anlat! Umudu hatırlatsın diye umutsuzluğu, çareye yol açsın diye çaresizliği anlat... Ders verme dedi kimseye, çünkü hoca denmez öğrenmesini bitirene. Çırakları olan bir çıraktır usta, olsa olsa... Sen anlat dedi bana Tanrı, sen sade anlat.... “ Yılmaz Erdoğan, “Bana Bir Şeyhler Oluyor” oyununun kahramanı Hilmi Duran’a söylettiği bu sözlerle, yazar olarak neden böyle bir oyun yazmak zorunda kaldığını açıklamakla kalmıyor, aynı zamanda kahramanının da kimliğini ele veriyor.
Bana Bir Şeyhler Oluyor
2003
7.5“Anlatacaklarım var! Vaaz vermek değil niyetim, duyduğumu söylemek. Söylemeye değer şeyler duyuyorum zira. Belki hayatı daha yaşanır kılmak için ya da belki sade, ama sade anlatmak için... Sen anlat dedi Tanrı bana, anlaşılsın diye değil, hiçbir mükafat istemeden anlat... Çünkü bir mükafattır artık bir anlatıcıya doğru düzgün anlaşılmak! Sen anlat dedi... Sen sade anlat! Umudu hatırlatsın diye umutsuzluğu, çareye yol açsın diye çaresizliği anlat... Ders verme dedi kimseye, çünkü hoca denmez öğrenmesini bitirene. Çırakları olan bir çıraktır usta, olsa olsa... Sen anlat dedi bana Tanrı, sen sade anlat.... “ Yılmaz Erdoğan, “Bana Bir Şeyhler Oluyor” oyununun kahramanı Hilmi Duran’a söylettiği bu sözlerle, yazar olarak neden böyle bir oyun yazmak zorunda kaldığını açıklamakla kalmıyor, aynı zamanda kahramanının da kimliğini ele veriyor.
Bana Bir Şeyhler Oluyor
2003
6.6Yilmaz Erdogan, who presents strong insights on digital technology and social media, answers questions about himself and takes the audience on a very funny and "authentic" journey.
Münaşaka
2021
7.8Written by Yılmaz Erdoğan and first staged at the Beşiktaş Cultural Center (BKM) in 1995, Otogargara ran for four seasons to sold-out audiences. The play was also performed 468 times in many provinces and districts of Anatolia between 1995 and 1999, in addition to Ankara and İzmir. During its run at BKM, Otogargara was directed by Turgay Kantürk and featured Yılmaz Erdoğan, Demet Akbağ, Sinan Bengier, Olgun Şimşek, Zerrin Sümer, Erdoğan Dikmen, Gürdal Tosun, Evrim Solmaz, and Serhat Özcan, along with 22 other actors and dancers. It was the first play produced by BKM.
Otogargara
1995
7.0In an eastern Turkish town, suitors knock on the door of the mayor and father of three beautiful daughters who choose to follow their own paths.
Sour Apples
2016
7.0In an eastern Turkish town, suitors knock on the door of the mayor and father of three beautiful daughters who choose to follow their own paths.
Sour Apples
2016
6.1A male (Yilmaz Erdogan) and female (Demet Akbag) meets at desolate balcony during a party. After a little while they start to talk via phone for hours and like each other. Their relationship turns into a passionate love which brings about a marriage; sooner or later they start to realize that their relationship has critical problems which are needed to be solved.
Surreal Love From the Wasteland
2007
6.1A male (Yilmaz Erdogan) and female (Demet Akbag) meets at desolate balcony during a party. After a little while they start to talk via phone for hours and like each other. Their relationship turns into a passionate love which brings about a marriage; sooner or later they start to realize that their relationship has critical problems which are needed to be solved.
Surreal Love From the Wasteland
2007
7.5When it comes to stand-up comedy, one of the first names that comes to mind is Yılmaz Erdoğan, who recounts scenes from his own life and discusses current issues in the country with his usual mastery. In his own words, he "fills his pockets with words" and leaves his audience in stitches.
Cebimde Kelimeler
2002
