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Güven Kıraç
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Güven Kıraç

Actor · 66 years old

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Age66 years old
Birth dateApril 5, 1960
BirthplaceIstanbul
ProfessionActor
Zodiac signAries

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Güven Kıraç — Biography

Güven Kıraç came into the world in Istanbul on 5 April 1960, born to a family of Abkhaz descent, and trained in the theatre program of Mimar Sinan University's State Conservatory. He spent two years with the state theatre before leaving to act in Ağrı Dağı Efsanesi and Sıkıyönetim in Adana, in Hamlet at the Gülriz Sururi-Engin Cezzar stage, and in Jean Genet's The Balcony with Tiyatro Stüdyosu. A 1995 bank commercial in which he played a taxi driver made him a household name nationwide, and his role as Yusuf in Zeki Demirkubuz's Masumiyet in 1997 brought him several acting prizes. His performance in Mrs. Salkım's Diamonds earned him the Best Actor prize from the Istanbul Film Festival in 1999, and he later won Best Actor at India's 41st International Film Festival. Between 2001 and 2002 he played the barber Remzi in the series Yeditepe İstanbul, and went on to portray Memduh Başgan in Behzat Ç. and Fakir Şükrü in Mor Menekşeler. He appeared in films including Head-On, Gönül Yarası, Takva, Kebab Connection and Sınav, and held an exhibition of his own paintings in 2014. He has continued working in series such as Payitaht Abdülhamid, Familya and Tövbeler Olsun.

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

Güven Kıraç's range in cinema is wide, from the serious world of Masumiyet, where he played Yusuf and won prizes, to the neighbourhood toughs of Duruşma. In Duruşma, Cavit is one of two lads fighting over Nazan; viewers are divided, some finding a good tragicomedy, others one of the period's copycat comedies. In my view Kıraç's weight lies not in light comedy but in serious work such as Masumiyet and Salkım Hanımın Taneleri; the comedy looks like a side of his work.

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Güven Kıraç's longest thread on television is Memduh Başgan, a character who begins in Behzat Ç.: Bir Ankara Polisiyesi and returns in Çekiç ve Gül: Bir Behzat Ç. Hikayesi. Bringing a figure back years later in a bleak police world is a continuity few actors get. He is also at ease at both ends of the scale: Remzi the neighbourhood barber in Yeditepe İstanbul, Vambery Amca around the palace in Payitaht Abdülhamid.

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