Okan Yalabik

Okan Yalabık (born 13 December 1978 in Bigadiç, Balıkesir) is a Turkish actor, well known for his role as Ibrahim Pasha in Mera Sultan (on air now a days in Pakistan on Geo Kahani), as husband of Selma Ergec (Khazina Sultan) with co stars Meryem Uzerli, Nur Fettahoglu, Pelin Karahan, Nebahat Chehre & Halit Ergench.

Okan Yalabık
Born	December 13, 1978 (age 34) Bigadiç-Balıkesir, Turkey
Residence	Istanbul, Turkey
Nationality	Turkey
Alma mater	Istanbul University State Conservatory
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1997-present
Height	184cm

Biography

Born on December 13, 1978, Okan Yalabık decided to be an actor during his secondary school years. He was involved in the theatre club activities of his school and then he wanted to a have formal acting education, so he started İstanbul University State Conservatory, Department of Performing Arts. There he was educated by professionals, one of which was Yıldız Kenter, a Turkish actress.
After that, he started his professional career in TV series in 2000, with three major roles that followed. The first one was Serseri in 2003, where he played Ömer Yelkenci, a jobless but warm-hearted young man who fell in love with a rich girl and finally won her heart. In the 2006 Hatırla Sevgili, Okan played Necdet, a romantic, thoughtful and friendly man who owned a patisserie and who fell in love with a girl, who had unfortunately fallen for another man. Yalabık's most recent success of is Pargalı Ibrahim Pasha in Muhteşem Yüzyıl, which granted him the best actor award in 2011.
Yalabık also played in several films, the most recent of which are Pains of Autumn and Hunting Season. In 2011 Okan received the best co-starring actor award for his role (policeman Hasan) in Hunting Season.
As an actor who takes his profession very seriously, Okan has never fallen far from acting on the stage and since his years in the Conservatory, and has been taking part in some plays, among which are The Lieutenant of Inishmore, Dealer’s Choice, The 39 Steps and finally Bayrak (The Flag), which is currently being staged in İstanbul. He received two awards in 2008 and 2009 for stage plays. In 39 Steps, he role-played more than 10 characters because of the special structure of the play.

As Ibrahim Pasha

Okan’s abilities are not limited with acting. He is also a voice actor. He played the main character Po in Turkish localizations of Kung Fu Panda and Kung Fu Panda 2 as well as taking part in the dubbing of a couple of other animations. He also played the Arabic and Colombian Walla in the 2011 PlayStation 3 game Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception. He is also known for being involved in numerous television advertisement campaigns.

Filmography

Year	Film/TV Serie/Theatre	Role	Notes
?	Sırça Kümes		Theatre
	Bayrak		Theatre
	Nükte		Theatre
	Martı		Theatre
2000	Yılan Hikayesi	Commissar Tayfun	TV Serie, 2nd season
2001	Yılan Hikayesi	Commissar Tayfun	TV Serie, 3rd season
	Aşkım Aşkım	Tarkancan	TV Mini Serie
2002	Yıldızların Altında	Engin	TV Serie
	Zeybek Ateşi	Kerem	TV Serie
	Gülüm	Serhat	Movie
2003	Serseri	Ömer Yelkenci	TV Serie
	Çaylak	Evren	TV Serie
	Başyapıt	The Compositor	Short Film
	Inishmore'lu Yüzbaşı		Theatre
2004	Avrupa Yakası	Necdet Aygün	TV Serie, 1st season
	Büyü	Cemil	Movie
2005	Sensiz Olmuyor	Can	TV Serie
	Çapkın	Özgür	TV Serie
	Sen Ne Dilersen	Stavro	Movie
	Kumarbazın Seçimi	Carl	Theatre
2006	Hatırla Sevgili	Necdet	TV Serie, 1st season
	Arka Sokaklar	Özgür	TV Series, 5th season
	Kumarbazın Seçimi	Carl	Theatre
	Kabuslar Evi: Hayal-i Cihan	Burak/Cihan	Movie
	İlk Aşk	Rasim	Movie
2007	Hatırla Sevgili	Necdet	TV Serie, 2nd season
	Kumarbazın Seçimi	Carl	Theatre
	39 Basamak		Theatre
	Donkey Xote		Turkish Voice
2008	Hatırla Sevgili	Necdet	TV Serie, 3rd season
	Kumarbazın Seçimi	Carl	Theatre
	39 Basamak		Theatre
	Kung Fu Panda	Po	Turkish Voice
	Gnomes and Trolls: The Secret Chamber		Turkish Voice
2009	Bu Kalp Seni Unutur Mu?	Kerim	TV Serie, 1st season
	Güz Sancısı	Stavro	Movie
2010	Bu Kalp Seni Unutur Mu?	Kerim	TV Serie, 2nd season
	Umut Yolcuları	Erhan Gül	TV Serie, 12th episode
	PesPese	Kaan	Movie
	Av Mevsimi	Çömez Hasan	Movie
2011	Bir İlkbahar Masalı	Melih	Movie
	Muhteşem Yüzyıl	Pargalı Hasodabaşı İbrahim Pasha	TV Serie, 1st season
2012	Muhteşem Yüzyıl	Pargalı Hasodabaşı İbrahim Pasha	TV Serie, 2nd season