Özcan Deniz was born on May 19, 1972 in Ankara. He is a Turkish singer, composer, actor and director.
Name: Özcan Deniz
Date of Birth: May 19, 1972
Place of Birth: Ankara / Elmadağ
Length: 1.80 m.
Weight: 77 kilos
Zodiac: Taurus
Eye Color: Brown
Hair Color: Black
Mother: Kadriye Deniz
Father: Faithful Deniz
Siblings: He has four siblings
Boy: Son North
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ozcandeniz
Pets: Cat Çika
Family: His mother and father migrated to Ankara when they were just married from their hometown Ağrı. Özcan Deniz was born in Elmadağ Yenidogan Quarter in Ankara. He lived here with his family until the age of 5.
Childhood years: He lived in Ankara until the age of five. Deniz, who was originally from Ağrı with Kurdish roots, spent the first years of her childhood and youth in Aydın after her family migrated to Aydın. He attended primary school in Aydın Halide Hatun Primary School. During his education, he made small tours written by himself and made tours to the surrounding areas with the small amateur theater group he established with his friends. He also discovered his predisposition to music during these years.
Education life: He studied at primary school Aydın Halide Hatun primary school and continued here until he ended his education.
How was it discovered: While performing his first orchestra work in 1985, he has become a recognized or sought-after orchestra soloist in Aydın. Then came the stage work in Izmir and Antalya. When he attended the Traditional Voice Festival held in the town of Sultanhisar in Aydın and received the first prize, his dream of coming to Istanbul started to emerge. He came to Istanbul in 1988 and went to Germany in 1989. The producers who could not notice Özcan Deniz in Istanbul, who continues his music studies there; They discovered it in Munich.
Music career: He made his first album work in 1992 and released his album titled ‘Ağlattın Beni’ again. In 1993, he got fame with his album named ‘My Angel’. In 1994, he released the album ‘My White Butterfly’. He also attracted the attention of the cinema community in the television programs he repeatedly appeared. In 1997, he had a great success with his album “Is it a lie?” He released the albums “Shepherd Star”, “Like a Lion”, “Leyla”, “Sound” and Separation, respectively, “Gift”, and made the album “Sevdazede” in 2009. Mercan Dede’s ‘Su’ and ‘3 Hürel’ songs were included in their albums.
First step to acting: In 1994, he played his first meeting with cinema by playing in the movie “Tell Me I Love You” by one of the veterans of Turkish Cinema, Memduh Ün.
With which project did it shine? In 2002, he starred with Nurgül Yeşilçay in the “Vine Mansion” series, and with the role of “Seymen Karadağ”, he gathered all the attention.
The turning point of his life: The film “Where are you Firuze”, which tells his own story, was the turning point of his life. “Where are you, Firuze? In 2003 was a breaking point for me. Because it was my story. It was something in my mind for 12-13 years. Ezel Akay also liked the script very much. The moment he was filmed, “My other stories have to be on the screen!” I started to think. Then I wrote 64 episodes ‘Night of June’. I saw that acting, writing stories, seeing what a player interprets, managing or being under construction … All are incredibly great pleasures. I dived all of them in a row!
Personality traits: Intimate, warm, uninhabited, in need of continuous learning. “It is argued that I can do everything well, but I am assertive about learning. I am an incurable student. I don’t like to make big sentences. It sounds funny to set up. It is said, “The person who does not suffer does not have a story”. Over time, many stories have accumulated in me along with the pain. The moment is coming, you feel the need to tell them to others. Whatever material you have, you use it, mine is music and cinema … ”
Personal development: “I learn more by touching, burning, falling, getting up. Between the four walls, it doesn’t work for someone to tell me something. I have to experience. And I am not cowardly during this experience … ”
Social responsibility projects: He takes part in a social responsibility project every year. Kidney Foundation, TOÇEV “Hooray for Our School”, Red Crescent outside Coca-Cola Turkey and WWF “Everything Changes” in cooperation with “Bafa ‘or water, Aegean to Abundance” prepared for the project and all Ozcan is a Turkish version of the published song in the world sea, with Pamela and Fuat sang together.
Social: “I have served the entertainment industry for years. All my childhood, my youth passed by working. So it was a night venue, the club never attracts me. I prefer to eat fish in shabby, secluded corners and breathe in places that people do not know. ”
What he feared most in life: Not being able to continue. Not being able to continue thinking, working, living. Getting stuck …
Who is the director you are most impressed with? Ertem Eğilmez.
How’s someone on the set? Disciplined
Happiness: Son North
First feature film: Memduh Ün / Tell Her I Love You (1995)
Life at a glance: “People always get caught up in what we earn, but they bypass what we earn! We take back some of what we earn, not more. If you go to the stage and make the owner of the rate 100 thousand liras, it gives me 80 thousand liras. I don’t get 100 thousand lira. Of course, I will buy if he gives me that money. The main ingredient is mine. I have 80 people behind me. That money is not just for me. They speak unknowingly. There is also the following: You take the risk, not others! If it is removed from the broadcast after 3 episodes, what is the use of 500 thousand liras?
Business life view: “If you are an actor in this country, projects that excite you do not always come up. The number of directors you say “I wish I should play in the movie” does not exceed 2 or 3. You’ve already worked with some of them, they don’t have a movie to shoot with you. Then, “Can I create this excitement?” you say. Maybe that’s why I made my own stories. The films I am most proud of are they … ”
Concerns: He is concerned about a group’s bias towards his and his art. “People who are art lovers are aware of the right material, they do not exclude Âşık Veysel, ‘Oh be, Allah’s peasant,’ … Aşık Veysel takes the crown of his head. Some people like me, ‘Özcan is a very young boy, our place, how beautiful he is dressed.’ But he cannot interpret with the music, art, by name, that is, I cannot interpret it technically. But there is a cut in between, which is boring, the majority, there are curtains in their eyes. This is a section that is struggling with prejudices, there are those who say to you, ‘Isn’t he a Turkist yesterday?’ They upset me in the following sense, they are sterilizing everything. ”
The charm criterion in women: Admires people who believe in their family, who believe in their job, who believe in love, who believe in the future.
CINEMA FILMS
2017 – The Other Side / Çetin (Director – Actor)
2016 – Second Chance / Cemal (Director – Screenplay – Actor)
2016 – You Are My Home 2: Sacred Love / İskender (Director- Script- Actor)
2015 – Cute Dangerous (Director – Screenplay)
2013 – Water and Fire / Haşmet-Kemal (Director- Screenplay- Actor)
2012 – You Are My Home / İskender (Director-Screenplay-Actor)
2011 – Or Later / Adam (Director- Screenplay- Actor)
2015 – Everything is Love / Psychic Kado
2011 – Araf / Mahur
2008 – Sarıkamış White Sadness / Lieutenant Faik
2008 – Mevlana Celaleddin Rumi Love Dance / Celebi Husamettin
2005 – Keloğlan Against the Black Prince / The Black Prince
2003 – Where are you Firuze / Ferhat Can
2003 – Asmalı Konak – Hayat / Seymen Karadağ
2002 – He is Now Soldier / Captain Volkan Ateş
2002 – Easy Money / Cevher Yıldız
1997 – Yalan / Hasan (TV Movie)
1995 – Gravity Loves / Cemal
1995 – Tell Her I Love You
TELEVISION SERIES
2017 – Bride of Istanbul / Faruk
2014 – The Day My Destiny Is Written / Kahraman Yörükhan
2013 – Black Rose / Murat (Guest player)
2012 – Once Upon A Time Ottoman Kıyam
2010 – Milky Way / Nejat
2008 – Aşk Yakar / Mustafa
2007 – Destiny / Ali Asian
2004 – June Night / Baran Aydın
2002 – Rating Hamdi / Özcan
2002 – Vine Mansion / Seymen Karadağ
1999 – Your Love Wanders in the Mountains / Zal
ALBUMS
1992 – You Made Me Cry Again
1993 – Come on Come on Angel
1994 – My White Butterfly
1997 – Is it a lie?
1998 – Shepherd Star
1999 – Like a Lion
2002 – Leyla
2004 – Sound And Separation
2007 – Gift
2009 – In Love
2012 – Think Away
AWARDS
1997 – Music Star of the Year Award (Magazine Journalists Association)
1997 – Arabesque-Fantasy Music Best Male Artist (Kral TV Video Music Awards)
1999 – Best Male Artist of Turkish Folk Music (Kral TV Video Music Awards)
2001 – The Most Successful Artist in Europe
2002 – Best Tv Male Star of the Year Award (Magazine Journalists Association)
2002 – Tv Star Award (Association of Radio Television Journalists)
2002 – Arabesque-Fantasy Music Best Male Artist (Kral TV Video Music Awards)
2002 – 2003 – Best Selling Album Award (Leyla) (MU-YAP)
2003 – Three Golden Plaque Awards (Leyla) (Prestige Group Popular Production)
2003 – Best Soloist Award (Golden Butterfly)
2003 – Series of the Year (Vine Mansion) (Istanbul University Economics Club)
2003 – 2004 – Most Successful Artist Award (Selection of European Turks)
2004 – 2005 – Best Selling Album Award (Sound And Separation) (MÜ-YAP)
2004 – 2005 – Best Actor Award (Golden Butterfly)
2005 – Thanks Award (Contemporary Cinema Games Association)
2005 – Best TV Series Player of the Year Award (Magazine Journalists Association)
2011 – Manheim Audience Award Best Film Award (Or Later) (Manheim Turkish Film Festival)
2012 – Best Film of the Year award (Evim Sensin) (19th Political Magazine Awards)