Ahmet Yenilmez

Ahmet Yenilmez — Biography

Ahmet Yenilmez was born on 20 December 1966 in Ordu and is a Turkish theatre and film actor, poet and writer. While studying business administration at Dokuz Eylül University he grew drawn to theatre and began performing with student groups, later continuing his studies at the Institute of Social Sciences of Sakarya University. In 1983 he won the best actor award at the Black Sea Region theatre festival for his role in Cevat Fehmi Başkut's Ölen Hangisi, and two years later he founded the Dokuz Eylül University Theatre Society. In 1987 he joined Hasret Sahnesi and turned professional, writing and staging his own play Yusuf Yüzlüler and appearing in Bir Ben Vardır Bende Benden İçeri and Medeniyetinizden İstifa Ediyorum. In 1998 he founded the Sarıyer Municipal Theatre, later opened the Ahmet Yenilmez Art Centre in Ankara, and published a book titled Seyrü Sefer.

He made his television debut as Sabri in Deli Yürek, the role that brought him wide recognition, and went on to appear in Ekmek Teknesi, Sıcak Saatler, Acı Hayat (as Hasan Cin) and Kurtlar Vadisi Pusu (as Karaca Ahmet), later playing Demirci Davut in Kuruluş Osman and Çelebi in the 2023 series Al Sancak. In film he appeared in İmam (2005) and Hür Adam (2010); he has two sons, and his younger son Burak acted alongside him in İmam and Kınalı Kuzular.

In recent years he has toured Türkiye with the stage play Firavunla Yüz Yüze, devoted to the life and work of poet Mehmet Âkif Ersoy and his Safahat, performing in numerous cities.