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Personal Info

Birth date

1973-04-23 (52 Years)

Gender

Male

Known for

Acting

Place of birth

Istanbul, Turkey

Also known as

젬 이을마즈

Cem Yılmaz

Biography

While studying at the Department of Tourism and Hotel Management of Bogazici University, he started drawing comics for the Turkish humor magazine Leman. In August 1995 he did his first stand-up comedy show in "Leman Culture Center" performing with no serious career intentions as a comedian. However, after the positive response of the audience, he continued his show to attract larger crowds in Besiktas Cultural Center where he has appeared in over a thousand stand-up comedy shows since, becoming so popular that tickets have sold for 250TL (approx. US$140).

His movie career started in 1998 with a co-starring role in the comedy Everything's Gonna Be Great (1998), directed by Ömer Vargi, and continued with a role in Vizontele (2001), directed by Yilmaz Erdogan and Ömer Faruk Sorak. He achieved his greatest success by starring in and writing big-budget science-fiction parody G.O.R.A. (2004), also directed by Ömer Faruk Sorak, which despite spending several years in production because of financial and other technical problems became a box-office hit and described by Rekin Teksoy as a strong sign that showed that popular cinema was successful in appealing to wide audiences. He maintained this success with a starring role in the comedy feature movie Magic Carpet Ride (2005) AKA 'Magic Carpet Ride', also directed by Yilmaz Erdogan, for which he won Best Supporting Actor at the 11th Sadri Alisik Awards, and his directorial debut with The Magician (2006), co-directed by Ali Taner Baltaci, for which he won Best Actor at the 34th Brussels International Independent Film Festival and 12th Sadri Alisik Awards. He has since repeated his box office success with a sequel to G.O.R.A. (2004) called A.R.O.G (2008), also co-directed by Ali Taner Baltaci, and comedy Western parody called Yahsi Bati - The Ottoman Cowboys (2009), directed by Ömer Faruk Sorak. That same year, he co-starred, alongside veteran actor Sener Sen, in the police drama Hunting Season (2010), written and directed by Yavuz Turgul, and made a special appearance in drama Zefir (2010), written and directed by Belma Bas. After two years he also acted in Ferzan Özpetek's A Magnificent Haunting (2012). After he filmed his last stand-up comedy show CM101MMXI Fundamentals (2013) directed by Murat Dündar, he announced that for the next few years he will stop his stand-up comedy shows to have a rest.

Along his professional career, he has won numerous awards and appeared in more than 4000 stand-up comedy shows, took part in 10 movies and contributed as a dubbing performer in 4 movies.

Filmography

Acting

TBACem Yılmaz: Fifty-Fifty as Self

TBAGORA 4 GORA as Arif Işık

2024Mazhar Alanson İle Misafir (1 Episode) as Unknown

2023Do Not Disturb as Ayzek

2023Kavur as Unknown

2022The Life and Movies of Erşan Kuneri (16 Episodes) as Erşan Kuneri

2021Cem Yılmaz: Diamond Elite Platinum Plus as Self

2020Comidark Films 2: The Pawn as Birol

2020Comidark Films 2: Insane as Güven

2019Comidark Films: The Getaway as Alpay

2019Comidark Films: In Between as Ayzek

2019Tonight with İbrahim Selim (1 Episode) as Unknown

2018Arif V 216: They Made It, But How? as Unknown

2018Arif V 216 as Arif Işık / Erşan Kuneri

2017Phi (1 Episode) as Himself

2017Deli Aşk as Şefik Ercan

201661 Days as Cibar Kemal

2015Ali Baba and the 7 Dwarfs as Ali Şenay / Boris Mancov

2014The Water Diviner as Sgt. Jemal

2014Coming Soon as Zafer Yıldız / Beşir

2013Cem Yılmaz: CM101MMXI Fundamentals as Self

2013CM101MMXI Fundamentals (2013) Extralar as Self

2012A Magnificent Haunting as Yusuf Antep

2011Bifo & CMYLMZ as Unknown

2010Hunting Season as İdris

2010CMYLMZ: Questions & Answers as Self

2009Yahşi Batı as Aziz Vefa

2008A.R.O.G as Arif / Komutan Logar / Kaaya / Koobar / Enigma

2008My Dear Family (1 Episode) as Unknown

2008CMYLMZ as Self

2006The Magician as İskender Tünaydın

2005Magic Carpet Ride as Müslüm Durulmaz

2004G.O.R.A. as Arif / Komutan Logar / Erşan Kuneri

2004The European Side (1 Episode) as Himself

2001Bir Tat Bir Doku: Millennium as Unknown

2001Vizontele as Fikri

2001CMYLMZ 0100111000110000111011 as Cem Yılmaz / Alien 1 / Alien 2 / New Cem Yılmaz

1999Cem Yılmaz: One Taste One Texture as Self

1998Everything's Gonna Be Great as Altan Çamlı

1995Kral Türkiye Müzik Ödülleri (2 Episodes) as Presenter

1973Golden Butterfly Awards (1, 1 Episode) as Self - Winner, Self - Presenter

Directing

TBAGalata Monster ... Director

TBACem Yılmaz: Fifty-Fifty ... Director

2023Do Not Disturb ... Director

2023Cennet ... Director

2022The Life and Movies of Erşan Kuneri (16 Episodes) ... Director

2021Cem Yılmaz: Diamond Elite Platinum Plus ... Director

2020Comidark Films 2: Insane ... Director

2020Comidark Films 2: The Pawn ... Director

2019Comidark Films: The Getaway ... Director

2019Comidark Films: In Between ... Director

2015Ali Baba and the 7 Dwarfs ... Director

2014Coming Soon ... Director

2008A.R.O.G ... Director

2006The Magician ... Director

2001Bir Tat Bir Doku: Millennium ... Director

Writing

TBAGalata Monster ... Screenplay

TBACem Yılmaz: Fifty-Fifty ... Writer

TBAGORA 4 GORA ... Writer

2023Do Not Disturb ... Writer

2023Cennet ... Writer

2022The Life and Movies of Erşan Kuneri (16 Episodes) ... Writer

2020Comidark Films 2: Insane ... Writer

2020Comidark Films 2: The Pawn ... Writer

2019Comidark Films: In Between ... Writer

2019Comidark Films: The Getaway ... Writer

2018Arif V 216 ... Writer

2015Ali Baba and the 7 Dwarfs ... Writer

2014Coming Soon ... Writer

2013Cem Yılmaz: CM101MMXI Fundamentals ... Writer

2013CM101MMXI Fundamentals (2013) Extralar ... Writer

2009Yahşi Batı ... Writer

2008A.R.O.G ... Writer

2008CMYLMZ ... Writer

2006The Magician ... Author

2004G.O.R.A. ... Writer

2001CMYLMZ 0100111000110000111011 ... Screenplay

1999Cem Yılmaz: One Taste One Texture ... Writer

1998Everything's Gonna Be Great ... Writer

Production

2022The Life and Movies of Erşan Kuneri (16 Episodes) ... Producer

2021Cem Yılmaz: Diamond Elite Platinum Plus ... Producer

2020Comidark Films 2: Insane ... Producer

2020Comidark Films 2: The Pawn ... Producer

2019Comidark Films: In Between ... Producer

2019Comidark Films: The Getaway ... Producer

2018Arif V 216: They Made It, But How? ... Producer

2015Ali Baba and the 7 Dwarfs ... Producer

2014Coming Soon ... Producer

2008A.R.O.G ... Producer

Creator

2022The Life and Movies of Erşan Kuneri ... Creator