Cem Yılmaz

Infobox Comedian
name = Cem Yılmaz


imagesize = 250px
caption = Cem Yılmaz
birth_date = birth date and age|1973|4|23
birth_place = Kocamustafapasa, Istanbul, TR
medium = stand-up, Film, Television
nationality = Turkish
active = 1995 – Present
genre = Observational comedy, Wit, Satire
subject = Turkish Culture, Turkish Culture vs. Western Culture, Everyday life, Childhood, Human behavior
influences = Sadri Alışık, [citeweb|url=http://www.olcayunalsert.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=24&Itemid=3|title=Interview with Sadri Alışık's Son Kerem Alışık]
influenced = Beyazıt Öztürk

Cem Yılmaz (born April 23 1973) is a famed Turkish stand-up comedian, actor, cartoonist and screenwriter.

Biography

He was born in Kocamustafapaşa in Istanbul, and his family origins go back to [Sivas] Gurun] .

While studying at Boğaziçi University Tourism and Hotel Management Faculty, he started publishing cartoons 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 high response from the crowd he continued his show to attract larger crowds in Beşiktaş Cultural Center where he appeared in over a thousand stand-up comedy shows since, becoming extremely popular; so popular, that people are willing to pay 250 YTL (approx. 210 USD) for a ticket [ [http://hurarsiv.hurriyet.com.tr/goster/haber.aspx?viewid=232419 Hürriyet] ] .

His movie career starts with co-starring in the movie "Herşey Çok Güzel Olacak" ("Everything's Gonna Be Great") in 1998, continuing various roles in such movies Vizontele, Organize İşler and Ramon. Yet his debut came with the 2005 box-office hit G.O.R.A., a big-budget science-fiction comedy written and starred by Cem Yılmaz. The shooting of the film had lasted several years because of financial and other technical problems and the deep involvement left him exhausted for a time. The film was one of the top hits in Turkey, with 4 million people having watched it [ [http://sanat.milliyet.com.tr/detay.asp?id=1729 Türk sinemasının en bereketli yılı (The best year of Turkish cinema)] - Milliyet] .

In 2006, he returned to the silver screen with the movie "Hokkabaz" ("The Trickster") as actor, writer and co-director.

Works

Filmography

* "Herşey Güzel Olacak" (1998)
* "Bir tat bir doku" (2001)
* "Vizontele" (2001)
* "G.O.R.A." (2004/2005)
* "Organize Işler" (2005)
* "Hokkabaz" (2006)
* "A.R.O.G" (2008)

References

External links

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* [http://www.cemyilmaz.com Cem Yılmaz's official website]
* [http://www.cemyilmazfan.com Unofficial Fan Site]