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Taner Birsel

ActorBorn January 1, 1959 (66 years)
Taner Birsel, born in 1959 in Akhisar in the province of Manisa, Turkey, first studied Journalism and Public Relations between 1976-1980. Then he went on to study Performing Arts at the Conservatory of Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University, Istanbul, from 1981 to 1985. He has been an actor at the Istanbul State Theatre and starred in more than 30 plays since 1985.

Some of the plays he starred in: King Lear, Cyrano de Bergerac, Hamlet, Ay Isiginda Samata, The Death of Danton. Apart from plays, he is well-known for his career in the motion pictures as well. Some of his awards are as follows: Award for the Best Male Actor at the 24th SIYAD (Turkish Film Critics Association) Awards; Award for the Best Male Actor at the 21st SIYAD Awards for his role in "The Confession", (2002), which was screened at the "Un Certain Regard" section of the 2002 Cannes Film Festival; Award for the Best Male Actor for his role in "A Run for Money" (1999) at the 21st Istanbul Film Festival.

Known For

  • Once Upon a Time in Anatolia
  • Cars of the Revolution
  • Ayla: The Daughter of War
  • The Confession
  • A Run for Money
  • The Butterfly's Dream
  • Ember
  • Summer Book
  • Blue Cave
  • Times and Winds
  • Our Grand Despair
  • Drawers
  • Black Night
  • The Shadowless
  • Time Goes By
  • Black and White
  • Hey There!
  • Sideway
  • Ada: Zombilerin Dügünü
  • Sır Dosyası
  • Inflame
  • Mud
  • The Lamb

Filmography

2024
2022
Black Night · as Ferhat
2021
Hey There! · as Cemil
2020
Ethos (TV Series) · as Orhan
2018
Muhammad: Conqueror of the World (TV Series) · as Sultan Murad
2017
Ayla: The Daughter of War · as Fuat Binbaşı
2017
2017
Inflame · as Independent Mp
2016
Ember · as Ziya
2015
Drawers · as Ayhan
2014
The Lamb · as Adnan Bey
2013
The Butterfly's Dream · as İsmail Uslu
2011
Once Upon a Time in Anatolia · as Savcı Nusret
2011
Our Grand Despair · as Murat
2010
Time Goes By (TV Series) · as Osman (dış Ses)
2010
2010
2009
The Shadowless · as Berber
2008
Cars of the Revolution · as Gündüz
2008
Summer Book · as Hasan
2006
Times and Winds · as Zekeriya
2004
2003
Mud · as Temel
2001
The Confession · as Harun
2001
Sellâle · as Cast
2001
Summer Love · as Doğan
2001
Cinlerle Periler (TV Series) · as Omer (2001)
2000
1999
A Run for Money · as Selim
1998
Sır Dosyası (TV Series) · as Komiser Sedat Çelik
1997
1995

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