Dizi Planet
Engin Günaydın
Photo: Wikimedia Commons · BSRF · CC BY-SA 4.0

Engin Günaydın

Actor · 54 years old

Currently starring in the film '2 Aile Arasında'

Profile

Age54 years old
Birth dateJanuary 29, 1972
BirthplaceErbaa
ProfessionActor, Screenwriter
Zodiac signAquarius

Worked most often with

Filmography / Projects

Engin Günaydın — Biography

Engin Günaydın came into the world in 1972 in the Turhal district of Tokat, grew up partly in Erbaa and was educated in Kocaeli; he works as a Turkish actor, screenwriter and comedian. A prize he won in a school theatre competition steered him toward the conservatory; he began at Hacettepe University and completed his training at the Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University Conservatory. He made his professional stage debut in 1996 with the play Otogargara, then became known for the character Zabıta İrfan on the show "Bir Demet Tiyatro".

In 2001 his performance in "Yazgı" won him the Best Supporting Actor award at the Ankara Film Festival, and between 2005 and 2009 he became a national star as Burhan Altıntop in Gülse Birsel's sitcom "Avrupa Yakası". He wrote and starred in "Vavien" (2009), which won screenplay awards from Yeşilçam, SİYAD and the Istanbul Film Festival, and shared the Best Actor award at the Adana Golden Boll festival, among others, for "Yeraltı" (2012). His role as Gül Ağa in "Muhteşem Yüzyıl" (2011) brought him international recognition, and he led the cast of "Galip Derviş" (2013-2014).

He has also performed the one-man show "O Hikayedeki Mal Benim" and appeared in the 2024 BKM production "Hücreler". After writing and starring in the 2022 Netflix series "Andropoz", he is now appearing in "2 Aile Arasında", the sequel to "Aile Arasında" (2017); he has recently said he left Istanbul to settle in Foça, in İzmir province.

Photos

Engin Günaydın

Reactions

You can pick up to 3 reactions.

Their work through different eyes

Cinephile Looks at script, editing and directing choices; keeps a distance from formula films.

Engin Günaydın both wrote the screenplay of Vavien and plays Celal in it, and critics took the film as a modest character study and an economical dark comedy. That line with the Taylan Brothers continues in Azizler, which was measured against Vavien. In Yeraltı he carries the bitter, withdrawn Muharrem in Zeki Demirkubuz's cinema, an actor arriving from television comedy. In my view Günaydın's real gain in film is bringing the sense of measure he learned in comedy to these portraits of weary, resentful men.

Family Viewer Asks whether the whole household can watch it; cares about humour and heart.

If you want something for the whole family, Engin Günaydın's Aile Arasında is a good stop: Fikret's wife leaves without warning after twenty-one years, but the film tells it as comedy. It suits watching with grandparents; the subject may weigh a little on small children. Yeraltı is for adults: jealousy, anger and shame are reopened around a dinner table.

History & Society Lens Asks about the period, the social background and what the work reflects.

Taken together, Engin Günaydın's roles draw the city man whose life is not going as planned: Aziz in Azizler, who has drifted from the career he dreamed of and works at a job he dislikes, and Celal in Vavien, who leads a weary, hopeless family life. Fikret in Aile Arasında is the comic side of the same type. In my view these figures speak of the disappointment left behind by the promise of a good city life.

These are not reader reviews: they are short editorial takes on this person's screen work, written from different viewer perspectives with AI assistance. Reader comments are below.

Comments