Özcan Deniz (born 19 May 1972) is a Turkish actor, singer, composer, writer and director Kurdish descent.[4]

Özcan Deniz
Özcan Deniz (2024)
Born (1972-05-19) 19 May 1972 (age 52)
Ankara, Turkey
Occupation(s)Actor, singer, composer, director, writer
Years active1992–present
Spouses
Handan Deniz
(m. 1992; div. 2003)
[1]
Feyza Aktan
(m. 2018; div. 2019)
[2]
Samar Dadgar
(m. 2023)
[3]
Children1
Musical career
GenresPop, folk
LabelsDeniz Production
Websiteozcandeniz.com

Life

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His family is of Kurdish origin.[5] Deniz's family is originally from Ağrı but he was born in Ankara and grew up in Aydın. He is the nephew of a famous traditional Kurdish singer named Şakiro. He started acting during his highschool years itself in theater plays, which he wrote himself and attended local amateur theater clubs. He performed his first orchestra work in 1985 in Aydın. In 1988 he moved to Istanbul and in 1998 to Germany to pursue a music career. He was discovered by a group of producers in Munich, Germany. Deniz‘ debut album Ağlattın Beni was released in 1992. With the album Meleğim released in 1993, he became well known. In 1994, he released his album Beyaz Kelebeğim. In 1994, he acted in the film 'Ona Sevdiğimi Söyle' directed by Memduh Ün. After his military service he released another album called Yalan mı in 1997 and started acting in the TV series Yalan mı in the same year. In 1999, he starred in another TV series called Aşkın Dağlarda Gezer which he wrote himself too. Although he came to the fore with the news that he and Şebnem Schaefer were dating in 2022, Schaefer denied these allegations from the beginning.[6] He had the leading roles in the very popular TV series Asmalı Konak and Haziran Gecesi. Deniz both directed and wrote the screenplay for the film Ya Sonra? in 2011.[7][8]

Discography

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Albums

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  • Yine Ağlattın Beni (1992, Prestij Müzik)
  • Hadi Hadi Meleğim (1993, Prestij Müzik)
  • Beyaz Kelebeğim (1994, Prestij Müzik)
  • Yalan Mı? (1997, Prestij Müzik)
  • Çoban Yıldızı (1998, Prestij Müzik)
  • Aslan Gibi (2000, Prestij Müzik)
  • Leyla (2002, Popüler Müzik)
  • Ses ve Ayrılık (2004, Deniz-Spotek Production)
  • Hediye (2007, Doğan Music Company)
  • Sevdazede (2009, Avrupa Müzik)
  • Bi Düşün (2012, Poll Production)

Singles

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  • "Her Şey Değişir" (with Pamela and Fuat) (2009, Pasaj Müzik)
  • "Merakımdan" (2012, Poll Production)
  • "Aşk" (2019, DNZ Production)
  • "Allah Büyük" (2020, DNZ Production)
  • "Ben Yine Kendimle" (2020, DNZ Production)
  • "Ayrıntılarda Gizli" (2020, DNZ Production)

Filmography

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Movies
Year Title Role
1994 Ona Sevdiğimi Söyle
1996 Yer Çekimli Aşklar Cemal
2002 Kolay Para Cevher Yıldız
2003 O Şimdi Asker Yüzbaşı Volkan
2003 Asmalı Konak: Hayat Seymen Karadağ
2004 Neredesin Firuze? Ferhat Can
2006 Keloğlan Kara Prens'e Karşı Kara Prens
2008 Sarıkamış Beyaz Hüzün Teğmen Faik
2008 Mevlana Celaleddin-i Rumi: Aşkın Dansı Çelebi Hüsamettin
2011 Ya Sonra? Adem
2012 Araf Mahur
2012 Evim Sensin İskender
2013 Su ve Ateş Haşmet
2015 Sevimli Tehlikeli Director-writer
2016 Her Şey Aşktan Medium Kado
2016 İkinci Şans Cemal
2017 Öteki Taraf Çetin
TV series
Year Title Role
1997 Yalan Hasan
1999 Aşkın Dağlarda Gezer Zal
2002–2003 Asmalı Konak Seymen Karadağ
2004–2006 Haziran Gecesi Baran Aydın
2007 Kader Ali Asyalı
2008 Aşk Yakar Mustafa
2010 Samanyolu Nejat
2012 Bir Zamanlar Osmanlı: Kıyam Serhat
2013–2014 Karagül Murat Şamverdi
2014–2015 Kaderimin Yazıldığı Gün Kahraman Yörükhan
2017–2019 İstanbullu Gelin Faruk Boran
2021 Seni Çok Bekledim Kadir
2023 Kızıl Goncalar Dr. Levent Alkanlı
TV programs
Year Title Channel
1998 Deniz Show Star TV
2007 İki Renk TRT 1

References

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  1. ^ "Çok çürük biri çıktı" (in Turkish). Hürriyet. 23 April 2008. Archived from the original on 27 January 2023. Retrieved 27 January 2023.
  2. ^ Eğrikar, Özge (26 June 2019). "Dedikodular doğru çıktı...Özcan Deniz ile Feyza Aktan tek celsede boşandı" (in Turkish). Hürriyet. Archived from the original on 26 June 2019. Retrieved 26 June 2019.
  3. ^ Topçu, Cansu (25 January 2023). "Özcan Deniz evlendi... Annesi nikahta neden yoktu?" (in Turkish). Hürriyet. Archived from the original on 25 January 2023. Retrieved 25 January 2023.
  4. ^ "Modernlere karışan Kürt delikanlı: Özcan Deniz" Archived 21 August 2010 at the Wayback Machine Hürriyet newspaper, 7 December 2002, Retrieved: 23 August 2009
  5. ^ "Modernlere karışan Kürt delikanlı: Özcan Deniz".
  6. ^ "Adı bile yeter". Milliyet. Archived from the original on 24 April 2023. Retrieved 24 April 2023.
  7. ^ "Özcan Deniz kimdir? Biyografi". Hürriyet. 23 March 2016. Archived from the original on 12 October 2017. Retrieved 17 March 2018.
  8. ^ "Haziran Gecesi başlıyor". www.hurriyet.com.tr. Archived from the original on 8 April 2024. Retrieved 9 April 2023.
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