Özcan Deniz
Born (1972-05-19) 19 May 1972
Ankara, Turkey
Occupation(s)Actor, singer, composer, director, writer
Years active1992–present
Spouses
Handan Deniz
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​
(m. 1992; div. 2003)​
[1]
    Feyza Aktan
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    ​
    (m. 2018; div. 2019)​
    [2]
      Samar Dadgar
      ​
      (m. 2023)​
      [3]
      Children1
      Musical career
      GenresPop, folk
      LabelsDeniz Production
      Websiteozcandeniz.com

      Özcan Deniz (born 19 May 1972) is a Turkish actor, singer, composer, writer and director, who is of Kurdish descent.[4]

      Life

      His family is of Kurdish origin.[5] Deniz's family is originally from Ağrı but he was born in Ankara and grew up in Aydın. He is the nephew of a famous traditional Kurdish singer named Şakiro. He started acting during his highschool years itself in theater plays, which he wrote himself and attended local amateur theater clubs. He performed his first orchestra work in 1985 in Aydın. In 1988 he moved to Istanbul and in 1998 to Germany to pursue a music career. He was discovered by a group of producers in Munich, Germany. Deniz‘ debut album Ağlattın Beni was released in 1992. With the album Meleğim released in 1993, he became well known. In 1994, he released his album Beyaz Kelebeğim. In 1994, he acted in the film 'Ona Sevdiğimi Söyle' directed by Memduh Ün. After his military service he released another album called Yalan mı in 1997 and started acting in the TV series Yalan mı in the same year. In 1999, he starred in another TV series called Aşkın Dağlarda Gezer which he wrote himself too. Although he came to the fore with the news that he and Şebnem Schaefer were dating in 2022, Schaefer denied these allegations from the beginning.[6] He had the leading roles in the very popular TV series Asmalı Konak and Haziran Gecesi. Deniz both directed and wrote the screenplay for the film Ya Sonra? in 2011.[7][8]

      Discography

      Albums

      • Yine Ağlattın Beni (1992, Prestij Müzik)
      • Hadi Hadi Meleğim (1993, Prestij Müzik)
      • Beyaz Kelebeğim (1994, Prestij Müzik)
      • Yalan Mı? (1997, Prestij Müzik)
      • Çoban Yıldızı (1998, Prestij Müzik)
      • Aslan Gibi (2000, Prestij Müzik)
      • Leyla (2002, Popüler Müzik)
      • Ses ve Ayrılık (2004, Deniz-Spotek Production)
      • Hediye (2007, Doğan Music Company)
      • Sevdazede (2009, Avrupa Müzik)
      • Bi Düşün (2012, Poll Production)

      Singles

      • "Her Şey Değişir" (with Pamela and Fuat) (2009, Pasaj Müzik)
      • "Merakımdan" (2012, Poll Production)
      • "Aşk" (2019, DNZ Production)
      • "Allah Büyük" (2020, DNZ Production)
      • "Ben Yine Kendimle" (2020, DNZ Production)
      • "Ayrıntılarda Gizli" (2020, DNZ Production)

      Filmography

      Movies
      Year Title Role
      1994 Ona Sevdiğimi Söyle
      1996 Yer Çekimli Aşklar Cemal
      2002 Kolay Para Cevher Yıldız
      2003 O Şimdi Asker Yüzbaşı Volkan
      2003 Asmalı Konak: Hayat Seymen Karadağ
      2004 Neredesin Firuze? Ferhat Can
      2006 Keloğlan Kara Prens'e Karşı Kara Prens
      2008 Sarıkamış Beyaz Hüzün Teğmen Faik
      2008 Mevlana Celaleddin-i Rumi: Aşkın Dansı Çelebi Hüsamettin
      2011 Ya Sonra? Adem
      2012 Araf Mahur
      2012 Evim Sensin İskender
      2013 Su ve Ateş Haşmet
      2015 Sevimli Tehlikeli Director-writer
      2016 Her Şey Aşktan Medium Kado
      2016 İkinci Şans Cemal
      2017 Öteki Taraf Çetin
      TV series
      Year Title Role
      1997 Yalan Hasan
      1999 Aşkın Dağlarda Gezer Zal
      2002–2003 Asmalı Konak Seymen Karadağ
      2004–2006 Haziran Gecesi Baran Aydın
      2007 Kader Ali Asyalı
      2008 Aşk Yakar Mustafa
      2010 Samanyolu Nejat
      2012 Bir Zamanlar Osmanlı: Kıyam Serhat
      2013–2014 Karagül Murat Şamverdi
      2014–2015 Kaderimin Yazıldığı Gün Kahraman Yörükhan
      2017–2019 İstanbullu Gelin Faruk Boran
      2021 Seni Çok Bekledim Kadir
      2023 Kızıl Goncalar Dr. Levent Alkanlı
      TV programs
      Year Title Channel
      1998 Deniz Show Star TV
      2007 İki Renk TRT 1

      References

      1. ↑ "Çok çürük biri çıktı" (in Turkish). Hürriyet. 23 April 2008. Retrieved 27 January 2023.
      2. ↑ Eğrikar, Özge (26 June 2019). "Dedikodular doğru çıktı...Özcan Deniz ile Feyza Aktan tek celsede boşandı" (in Turkish). Hürriyet. Retrieved 26 June 2019.
      3. ↑ Topçu, Cansu (25 January 2023). "Özcan Deniz evlendi... Annesi nikahta neden yoktu?" (in Turkish). Hürriyet. Retrieved 25 January 2023.
      4. ↑ "Modernlere karışan Kürt delikanlı: Özcan Deniz" Hürriyet newspaper, 7 December 2002, Retrieved: 23 August 2009
      5. ↑ "Modernlere karışan Kürt delikanlı: Özcan Deniz".
      6. ↑ "Adı bile yeter". Milliyet.
      7. ↑ "Özcan Deniz kimdir? Biyografi". Hürriyet. 23 March 2016. Retrieved 17 March 2018.
      8. ↑ "Haziran Gecesi başlıyor". www.hurriyet.com.tr. Retrieved 9 April 2023.


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