Acting
Dec 23, 1965
Nevşehir, Turkey
Cengiz Bozkurt
Acting
Biography
Mehmet Cengiz Bozkurt (born 24 December 1965) is a Turkish actor. He is best known for his role as Erdal Bakkal in the hit surreal comedy series Leyla ile Mecnun. A graduate of Ankara Atatürk Lisesi, in 1984 he enrolled in Middle East Technical University to study physics but changed his major to stage acting in 1990. He then moved to England, where he lived for 14 years. In 1996, he graduated from Goldsmiths, University of London with a degree in "Media and Communication" studies. He the briefly shot documentaries for some channels and directed short movies. He returned to acting with the encouragement of Mehmet Ergen and worked at Arcola Theatre. Upon returning to Turkey, he continued his career by appearing in various movies and TV series.
Feature Films (47)
Loving Istanbul couple Ayşe and Cemal need only a child to complete their life together, but they cannot conceive. To salvage Cemal’s pride, they resort to illegal means to procure a baby. This wild grab at a more perfect life proves their undoing, leading the couple to spiral toward separate futures. The couple's estrangement is intertwined with the film’s parallel narrative, in which a distant and neglectful single mom is raising her little boy, Can.
Can
Recep, a retired soldier, is left alone after losing his wife. He lives a routine life every day. She cannot get along with her upper neighbor Nilgün, who is a prostitute. He tries to kick Nilgün out of the apartment because he is the manager. One day, his grandson Ali comes to stay for a while. He advises Ali to stay away from Nilgün.
3 Apples Fell from the Sky
Mukhtar Yusuf Ağa’s unregistered village in eastern Anatolia has been championed through letters to government officials, and his lost son İbrahim, rescued and registered by Father Hana, is finally returning at age 30 with his American love Jessica; the question is whether Tinne can become their true homeland.
Ay Lav Yu
The life of a young computer systems analyst is thrown into turmoil after arriving in Istanbul to start a new job. She soon finds her passport missing, her credit cards useless, her bank account empty and her identity stolen. As the story progresses we find people and events may not be what they seem.
The Net 2.0
The story follows Güven, who works as a manager at an accounting firm in Kavşak. Güven, who has a happy marriage, sees his routine life begin to unravel when the new department manager, Arzu, moves into his office. Meanwhile, the landlord's son is trying to reach an agreement with a contractor to demolish the house they are living in, and accounting clerk Haydar is embezzling company funds. A small slip-up in Güven's life, combined with Arzu's uncontrollable curiosity, causes events to unfold like a snowball effect, leaving Güven cornered.
The Crossing
Life is tough for Geyikli clarinetist Huseyin Badem after marrying his true love, Mujgan. He must grab every opportunity that comes his way to take care of his expanding family, even if it means playing clarinet by night for dingy clubs in the area.
Oh Dear 3
Aziz, a former Yeşilçam director, was devastated when the woman he loved, Leyla, starred in a sex film, and he left Istanbul. Thirty years later, the stubborn man sells everything he owns and returns to Istanbul to film the script he has kept under his arm. Upon arriving in Istanbul, Aziz's first task is to find his "old friends." The elderly crew members are excited by the idea, but none of them are where Aziz left them, or as he left them. A lot has changed since then. Most of them have moved away from cinema and are doing other jobs. Aziz's determined attitude convinces the old crew that they can make the film. His friends know that Aziz wrote this script for Leyla at the time, and they suggest casting her in the role. Aziz vehemently refuses. His friends realize that the wounds are still fresh, and Aziz has not been able to let go of Leyla. It is clear that Aziz and Leyla are in for a difficult reckoning.
Unutulmayanlar
Centers on a group of weary Middle Eastern refugees who have made their way to Turkey to apply for European visas.
For a Moment, Freedom
A Turkish small time black marketeer wants to enter the cell phone business. To get enough money, he promises the local doctor to get medicine for sick children.
The Market: A Tale of Trade
Television & Series (24)
Leyla ile Mecnun is a Turkish television comedy series. The show is set in Istanbul, Turkey and premiered in 2011 on TRT. The series is a surreal and absurd comedy that revolves around the fictional love story between Leyla and Mecnun.
Leyla and Mecnun
The people of northern side of Turkey, struggles the greedy imperialist force to not to give-in the land they grow up with some interior entanglement.. In their stubborn way...
Sevdaluk
Being bullied by his friends during his high school years, Atlas has to leave his hometown with his mother. Years later, he completes his education and is appointed to his former school in his hometown as a mathematics teacher. Is it a coincidence? Upon his return, Atlas comes face-to-face with his bullies, who nearly caused his death, and his father, who ignored all the bullying he went through. And then there is Irmak, the girl who stole his heart…
