Engin Günaydın
Birthday: Born in 1972-01-29 in Erbaa, Tokat, Turkey
Deathday: Alive
Engin Günaydin (born 29 January 1972) is a Turkish actor and comedian. Günaydin was born in Erbaa, Tokat Province. He began his university studies at Hacettepe University Conservatory, but in his second year he switched to Mimar Sinan University from where he graduated in theatre. In 1997, he had a small role in Otogargara which caused him to be cast in the television series Bir Demet Tiyatro where he played Zabita Irfan. Later he acted in Askim Askim with Mehmet Ali Erbil and Emel Sayin. In 2001, he acted in Zeki Demirkubuz's film Yazgi for which he received the Best Supporting Actor Award at the Ankara Film Festival. In 2004, he began doing sketches on Okan Bayülgen's show. In 2005, he accepted an offer from Gülse Birsel and joined the cast of the sitcom Avrupa Yakasi as Burhan Altintop, his most famous role. In 2009, he wrote the screenplay of and starred in Vavien directed by the Taylan Brothers. For this, he won a number of screenwriting awards at the Istanbul Film Festival, Yesilcam Awards and the Siyad awards. Additionally, he did a series of stand up shows titled O Hikayedeki Mal Benim. He shared the Adana Golden Boll International Film Festival's Best Actor Award in 2012 together with Ilyas Salman for his role in Inside.
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Galip Derviş
Character: Galip Derviş
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Alacakaranlık
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Bir Demet Tiyatro
Character: Zabıta İrfan
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Muhteşem Yüzyıl
Character: Gül Ağa
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 consoli...
Avrupa Yakası
Character: Burhan Altıntop
The life and times of rather traditional Sutcuoglu family and their comedic struggles to adapt the high-profile contemporary life of Nisantasi....
Size Baba Diyebilir miyim?
Character: Mahir
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Andropoz
Character: Yusuf
Amid the onset of andropause, a 50-something family man becomes obsessed with change and decides to pursue happiness. Then he bungles it up completely....
Aşkım Aşkım
Character: Tarık Usta
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Zaga
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10 Bin Adım
Character: Memet
Two ex-lovers Ezgi and Memet decide to take 10 thousand steps by walking together every day. Different things happen to them every day. But they still keep taking steps every day....
Hadi Uç Bakalım
Character: Senayi
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Mazhar Alanson İle Misafir
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Fate
Character: Necati
Musa, a customs clerk, lives quietly with his mother. Tragedy and change come for him, as they do for everyone, and he must confront his own attitude towards life’s absurdity....
Vavien
Character: Celal
Celal, lives an unhappy family life with his wife Sevilay and his child in a small town. Celal and his brother Cemal, running an electrician shop which doesn't go well. They are in debt. The only fun they have is going to the night clubs in Samsun. Celal's love for Sibel Ceylan who works in the night club, will cause him trouble. Celal's wife, Sevilay, saves her money, sent by her father who lives in Germany. She is unaware of the fact that Celal knows her secret....
G.O.R.A.
Character: Dergi Editörü
Carpet dealer and UFO photo forger Arif is abducted by aliens and must outwit the evil commander-in-chief of G.O.R.A., the planet where he is being held....
Toss-Up
Character: Sencer
Two soldiers return home from their military service in southeastern Turkey with disabilities....
Inside
Character: Muharrem
A man's life, thoughts, feelings and his very own darkness... Adapted from Dostoevsky's novel "Notes from Underground", Demirkubuz follows Muharrem as he gets himself invited to a party where he is not welcome, just to find himself disgusted....
The Voice Inside
Character: Selim
Selim is a writer and lives in a world of one's own without self confidence. He decides to live with his mother to escape from loneliness. One day he meets a beautiful and rich girl whose name is Aysil. Then Aysil falls in love with Selim and she believes that Selim's mother and her friends will bring happiness to her....
In the Family
Character: Fikret (Fiko)
The neurotic Fikret and tavern singer Solmaz, whose 21 year long relationships end on the same day, meet through a funny coincidence. When Solmaz's daughter Zeynep decides to marry her lover from Adana, the ever-fearful Fikret ends up having to play the role of his life. Intended at first to be kept in the family, the wedding becomes a much bigger event upon the insistence of the groom's relatives. Can our heroes come to terms with the traditional Adana family who carry guns and own a kebab rest...
Takva: A Man's Fear of God
Character: Erol
Humble and introvert Muharrem lives in a solitary and meager existence of a prayer and sexual abstinence adhering strictly to the most severe Islamic doctrines.His extraordinary devotion attracts the attention of the leader of a rich and powerful Istanbul religious group and he offers him an administrative post as a rent collector for their numerous properties. Muharrem's new job throws him into the modern outside world he has successfully avoided for so long. He soon witnesses conflict attitude...
Stuck Apart
Character: Aziz
Entrenched in a midlife crisis, Aziz seeks solace from his mundane job, lonesome friends and rowdy family while pretending to have his act together....