Biography

Olgun Simsek (born 1971), Turkish actor

Olgun Simsek was born in the village of Yenice in Büyükorhan, Bursa. His father was a primary school teacher and his mother was a housewife. He graduated in theatre from the Istanbul University State Conservatory and began acting professionally in 1993.

Simsek acted in the play Otogargara (1995) with Demet Akbağ and Yılmaz Erdoğan. He had a small parts in the films A World Upside Down (1994) in 1993 and Loves with Gravity (1995) in 1995 . In 1998, he acted in the film Karisik Pizza (1998) for which he won the Most Promising Actor award at the Ankara Film Festival.

Simsek also had appearances in television series such as Sihirli Ceket (1996), 7 Numara (2000), Besik Kertmesi (2002), A Bandit Cannot Rule the World (2015), and Alacakaranlik (2003). In 2004, he starred in the film Toss-Up (2004) directed by Uğur Yücel where he played a disabled soldier. For this, he won several awards including the Golden Orange for Best Actor as well as Best Actor awards at the Ankara Film Festival, Istanbul Film Festival, Adana Golden Coccoon Festival and the Siyad awards. He is starring in a Turkish comedy show "Almost Famous (2012)".
- IMDb mini biography by: ahmetkozan

He played with Sener Sen on TTNet advertisements.