Özgür Çevik

Özgür Çevik — Biography

Özgür Çevik is an actor and singer best remembered on screen as the Greek groom Niko Angelopoulos in Yabancı Damat, the first Turkish series sold to Greece, which gave him a following in both countries. More recently he has played Lucas in Kuruluş Osman, Can in Modern Kadın and Demir Arıkan in Ben Leman, and he has been added to the cast of Binbir Gece Masalları.

His start was tied to music: he first appeared on screen in 2004 through atv's talent contest Akademi Türkiye and released his debut album Düş-ün-ce in 2008. As an actor, after Yabancı Damat he took the lead in Gece Sesleri and then moved across genres and characters in series such as Vali, Balkan Düğünü, Sensiz Yaşayamam, Mazi Kalbimde Yaradır, Evlerden Biri, Saklı Kalan and İtirazım Var. His main leading period was Toprak in Kırgın Çiçekler, which aired on atv from 2015 to 2018. Can Kırıkları, Canevim, Yeşilçam, Sen Ben Lenin and İyilik (as Koray) followed, and in 2023 he played Leon in Alparslan: Büyük Selçuklu. On stage he has appeared in the musicals Romantika and Damdaki Kemancı.

He graduated from the philosophy department of Istanbul University's Faculty of Letters in 2007. In October 2024 he married Hatice Kartoğlu, his partner of four years.