Cem Yiğit Üzümoğlu

Known For

Acting

Born

1994-03-01 in İstanbul,Türkiye

Biography

Cem Yiğit Üzümoğlu is a Turkish theatre, TV and cinema artist. He graduated from Hacettepe University Ankara State Conservatory Acting Department. He studied physical theatre and modern dance in India and Poland. He took part in many theatre plays. In April 2017, he was awarded the "Most Successful Young Generation Artist of the Year Award" with "Troas" at the 21st Afife Theatre Awards. The young actor took part in the plays "Troas" and "Kalp" in 2018. In 2019, he is acting in the play "Evlat" directed by Ibrahim Çiçek. His first role on television was the role of "Hakan Sahin" in the series Adi Efsane, which was broadcast on Kanal D in 2017. The series lasted 29 episodes. Uzumoglu was highly appreciated for his performance in the series. In 2018, he played the character of "Emir" in Netflix's first Turkish original series Hakan: Muhafiz. In 2020, Netflix original series Rise of Empires: Ottoman series as the lead role. In the documentary / series type project about the Conquest of Istanbul, Uzumoglu took part as "Fatih Sultan Mehmed". In 2021, he starred as the lead role in the Netflix original film Kin. He played the character of "Emre / Tuncay Kökdemir" in the film. In 2023, he opened his first photography exhibition titled "Loners In Wilderness" at Bina / Bant Mag. He opened his first photography exhibition titled "Loners In Wilderness" in 2023 at Bina / Bant Mag. The exhibition includes 46 black and white photographs selected among nearly 2000 photographs taken with an analogue camera. Imdb mini bio by: yusufpiskin