Biography

Arif Onur Saylak (born 12 May 1977, Ankara) is a Turkish actor and director. He is also a lecturer at Kadir Has University in the field of film and drama.

He was born in Ankara. He studied at the Middle East Technical University, Department of Physics.

He left the university and tried his luck in Ankara University, Faculty of Political Sciences, Department of Public Administration, which is a completely different field.

Meanwhile, he started acting by joining the theater club of the university (Communication Faculty Theater Group). He took part in amateur theater plays. After that, he decided to continue the rest of his life as an actor and won the Bilkent University Theater Department. He was immediately accepted and focused entirely on acting. During his education at Bilkent University, he took part in several theater plays, including the "Getto" and "Üc Kurusluk Opera/Die Dreigroschenoper" plays at Ankara State Theatre, and Nazim Hikmet's "Herseye ragmen", at the Bilkent Theatre.

He played the character named "Cetin" in the TV series "Hisarbuselik".

He expanded his audience with the Code Name series. He also worked as a theater director at TED College. Due to her singing voice, she took part in the university choir and was interested in musical theater (Biedermann and Arsonists). He wrote lyrics for some theater plays. He presented a 13-episode youth program called Let's Go (2003), on TRT 2 television. He stepped into the world of cinema with the feature film "Sonbahar/Autumn", which was screened for the first time on 6 June 2008 within the scope of the 15. Altin Koza Film Festivali and also won the Best Film Award.

Later, he also took a role in the movie "Guz Sancisi". In 2009, she played the leading role in the movie "Denizden Gelen" directed by Nesli Cplgecen, which won the Yilmaz Güney Special Award.

He married Tuba Büyüküstün, an actress like himself, on July 28, 2011 in Paris, France.

He founded a company called B.i.t arts and entered the film industry. His wife Tuba Büyüküstün also acted in "Orman", her first short film experience.

Saylak, who will meet with cinema lovers in 2023 with the movie Boga Boga, worked with Hakan Günday in this movie as in his previous movie MORE.
- IMDb mini biography by: yusufpiskin