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Kayhan Yıldızoğlu

Acting Born May 28, 1933 Istanbul, Turkey 24 credits

Biography

Kayhan Yıldızoğlu (28 May 1933 - 9 March 2024) was a Turkish film and TV series actor. His father was an agricultural engineer of Circassian origin and his mother was a teacher from Crete. In 1955, he did his military service as a reserve officer. Upon his return, he became a foreign exchange commissioner at the Istanbul exchange office. While working there, she was invited to an acting audition by Muhsin Ertuğrul after completing his missing documents. When he was liked at the auditions, another era opened for Yıldızoğlu.

Yıldızoğlu, who made his first film in 1966 under the guidance of Haldun Taner, generally played priest, doctor, commissioner and supporting roles in Turkish cinema. In 1969, he lived with Şener Şen in an apartment in Cihangir for 3.5 years. Yıldızoğlu has appeared in over 150 movies and also in television series. In the series Kurtlar Vadisi Pusu on Kanal D, he played a role nicknamed Yüce Majeste. Kayhan Yıldızoğlu was married to Suna Yıldızoğlu, who was also a movie actress.

Yıldızoğlu died on March 9, 2024 at the age of 90 in Istanbul due to old age.

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Known for

Valley of the Wolves: Ambush

as Yüce Majeste

Çiçek Taksi

as Ekrem

Tatlı Kaçıklar

as Selim Saygın
Film

The Bandit

as Artist Kemal

Full filmography

  • Valley of the Wolves: Ambush (2007) as Yüce Majeste
  • Akasya Durağı (2008) as Mazhar
  • The Forgotten (1974) as Peruz Hanım'ın Arkadaşı
  • Çiçek Taksi (1995) as Ekrem
  • Siyaset Meydanı (1994)
  • Cennet Mahallesi (2004) as Bülent
  • Tatlı Kaçıklar (1996) as Selim Saygın
  • Adanalı (2008) as Töhmet Altındağ
  • Selena (2006) as Yüce Honos
  • Dreaming Of You (2018)
  • The Bandit (1996) as Artist Kemal
  • Zirvedekiler (1995)
  • Küçük Ağa (2014) as Burhan Dede
  • Yeşilçam Denizi (2003)
  • Şıpsevdi (1977)
  • Hayal ve Gerçek (2007)
  • Görgüsüzler (2008) as Fehmi
  • Sibel (1998)
  • You're My Home (2012)
  • Ali Ayşe'yi Seviyor (2013) as Kayhan
  • Tarkan (1969) as Valentinianus
  • Perfidious Byzantine (2000) as Büyücü Nosti
  • The Bald Boy (1971) as The Vizier
  • Bize Ne Oldu (1999)