Okan Yalabık Biography

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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 well-known and highly-talented Turkish actress, now living her 80’s. Okan was dent and he had a wonderful performance while he was on stage for his role in A Streetcar Named Desire.

After that he started his professional career in tv serials in 2000, which he has so far decorated with three legendary characters that he played in these serials. The first one was “Serseri” in 2003, where he was a jobless but warm-hearted young man who fell in love with a rich girl and finally won her heart. Then came “Hatırla Sevgili” in 2006. Here, Okan was acting as 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.

During the time this serial was on television, thousands of girls became fans of both Okan and Necdet. And the most recent success of Yalabık is İbrahim Pasha, a very difficult character that is being reflected to screen by Okan with an incredible ingenuity. So incredible that last year Okan was granted the best actor award for this role. There are several other serials that Okan took part in, which could not last long because of the television rating system, but which was nevertheless enriched with his extraordinary acting talent.

There is also a movie side to the career of this talented actor. He took part in several films, the most recent of which are Pains of Autumn and Hunting Season. Last year 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, he has been taking part in some plays, among which are The Lieutenant of Inishmore, Dealer’s Choice, 39 Steps and finally Bayrak (The Flag) which is currently being staged in İstanbul. He received two awards in consecutive years for his successful acting. In 39 Steps, he role-played more than 10 characters because of the special structure of the play.

Okan’s abilities are not limited with acting. He is also a dubbing artist, which is not a surprise given his absolutely lovely voice. He spoke the main character Panda Po in the animation films Kung Fu Panda 1 & 2 as well as taking part in the dubbing of a couple of other animations. He was the voice of Nathan Drake in the PS3 game called Uncharted 3. And for many years he has been ornamenting countless tv commercials with his voice, using it successfully in virtually every tone. You must have discovered long ago how skillfully he can use his voice, if Magnificent Century is being broadcast in your country with subtitles and not with dubbing.

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Besides his profession, Okan has some hobbies. He likes taking photographs and has a dark room at home to develop his shootings. He is also a little bit of player of some instruments including bass guitar and reed flute. Well, maybe not professionally, but just for fun.

Over and above his superior abilities as an artist, what makes Okan Yalabık so different and special is also his distinguished personality. Theoretically, he is a “celebrity”. But unlike other celebrities, who love to stand on their fame to look down on others, Okan is a very modest actor who has respect for himself, his career and his audience. Probably because of being raised with certain family discipline, he is very kind and friendly.

The moment you shake hands with him, he makes you feel like you have known each other for decades. He is a man who knows what to do and what to say in any social setting. Reading his interviews in newspapers or magazines, you always find yourself adoring the way he expresses himself. So knowledgeable, yet so modest.

And a little note about Okan and social networks; he is well aware of facebook and this fan page and is probably reading what is noted down in here whenever he finds time. But he does not have a twitter account.

In short, Okan Yalabık is a talented, intelligent, well-educated, courteous and hard working man. A very good actor and a very nice person. A Sagittarius with diverse interests.

Okan Yalabık is the best thing that may ever happen to you through the television screen.


FILMOGRAPHY

2011
Magnificent Century (2011) (TV Show)
Pargali Ibrahim Pasa

2010
PesPese (2010)
Kaan

2010
Hunting Season (2010)
Hasan

2009
Pains of Autumn (2009)
Suat

2009
Bu kalp seni unutur mu? (2009) (TV Show)
Kerim

2007
Mavi gözlü dev (2007)
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2006
Ilk ask (2006)
Rasim

2006
Kabuslar evi - Hayal-i cihan
Cihan

2006
Remember Darling (2006) (TV Show)
Necdet

2005
Whatever You Wish (2005)
Stavro

2005
Sensiz olmuyor
Can

2005
Çapkin (TV Show)
Çapkin

2004
Dark Spells (2004)
Cemil

2003
Gülüm (2003)
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2003
Serseri (TV Show)
Ömer

2003
Çaylak (TV Show)
Evren

2002
Kolay para (2002)
Güven

2002
Zeybek atesi (TV Show)
Kerem

2002
Yildizlarin altinda (TV Show)
Engin

2001
Askim askim (TV Show)


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