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Saturday, August 3, 2013

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
BornDecember 13, 1978 (age 34)
Bigadiç-Balıkesir, Turkey
ResidenceIstanbul, Turkey
NationalityTurkey Turkey
Alma materIstanbul University State Conservatory
OccupationActor
Years active1997-present
Height184cm


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

YearFilm/TV Serie/TheatreRoleNotes
 ?Sırça Kümes
Theatre
Bayrak
Theatre
Nükte
Theatre
Martı
Theatre
2000Yılan HikayesiCommissar TayfunTV Serie, 2nd season
2001Yılan HikayesiCommissar TayfunTV Serie, 3rd season
Aşkım AşkımTarkancanTV Mini Serie
2002Yıldızların AltındaEnginTV Serie
Zeybek AteşiKeremTV Serie
GülümSerhatMovie
2003SerseriÖmer YelkenciTV Serie
ÇaylakEvrenTV Serie
BaşyapıtThe CompositorShort Film
Inishmore'lu Yüzbaşı
Theatre
2004Avrupa YakasıNecdet AygünTV Serie, 1st season
BüyüCemilMovie
2005Sensiz OlmuyorCanTV Serie
ÇapkınÖzgürTV Serie
Sen Ne DilersenStavroMovie
Kumarbazın SeçimiCarlTheatre
2006Hatırla SevgiliNecdetTV Serie, 1st season
Arka SokaklarÖzgürTV Series, 5th season
Kumarbazın SeçimiCarlTheatre
Kabuslar Evi: Hayal-i CihanBurak/CihanMovie
İlk AşkRasimMovie
2007Hatırla SevgiliNecdetTV Serie, 2nd season
Kumarbazın SeçimiCarlTheatre
39 Basamak
Theatre
Donkey Xote
Turkish Voice
2008Hatırla SevgiliNecdetTV Serie, 3rd season
Kumarbazın SeçimiCarlTheatre
39 Basamak
Theatre
Kung Fu PandaPoTurkish Voice
Gnomes and Trolls: The Secret Chamber
Turkish Voice
2009Bu Kalp Seni Unutur Mu?KerimTV Serie, 1st season
Güz SancısıStavroMovie
2010Bu Kalp Seni Unutur Mu?KerimTV Serie, 2nd season
Umut YolcularıErhan GülTV Serie, 12th episode
PesPeseKaanMovie
Av MevsimiÇömez HasanMovie
2011Bir İlkbahar MasalıMelihMovie
Muhteşem YüzyılPargalı Hasodabaşı İbrahim PashaTV Serie, 1st season
2012Muhteşem YüzyılPargalı Hasodabaşı İbrahim PashaTV Serie, 2nd season

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