Savaş Özdemir

Savaş Özdemir — Biography

Savaş Özdemir is an actor from the state theatre tradition, best known on screen as Tipi in atv's Eşkıya Dünyaya Hükümdar Olmaz. He also played the character in the film Aman Reis Duymasın. In 2024 he played Metin in Kötü Kan and Murad II in Mehmed: Fetihler Sultanı.

The centre of his career is the stage. He graduated from Eşrefpaşa High School in İzmir in 1991 and won a place in the Theatre Acting Department of Anadolu University State Conservatory; in 1997 he joined the State Theatres, working as an actor but also as a director and writer, and in some productions on art direction and set work. At the Adana State Theatre he directed Necati Cumalı's Derya Gülü and Emanuel Marie's Beyaz; since 2011 he has been at the Istanbul State Theatre, in plays such as Kadıncıklar, Bir Anarşistin Kaza Sonucu Ölümü, Fırtına, Köprüden Görünüş and Cadı Kazanı. He has also worked in voice-over.

His screen path began in 1993 with Süper Baba, followed by Yasemince, Mavi Düşler, Avrupa Yakası, Eylül, Sinekli Bakkal and Adanalı. He took roles as Harzem Toprak in Gülpare and in Kurtlar Vadisi Pusu in 2007-2008. Tipi brought him a wide audience from 2015; he left the series in 2021 and later appeared in Benim Hayatım, Sıfırıncı Gün and Dilek Taşı.