Biography
Erdal Özyağcılar was born on 4 August 1948 in İznik, Bursa. After Bursa Boys’ High School he left the law faculty at Istanbul University in his second year to join the Istanbul Municipal Conservatory. He performed with the Kenter and Dormen theatres and retired from the Istanbul City Theatres.
His film career began in 1966 with Atıf Yılmaz’s Ölüm Tarlası, and he appeared in 1970s classics such as Çöpçüler Kralı, Kibar Feyzo and Yılanların Öcü. In 1986 he won Best Supporting Actor at the 23rd Antalya Altın Portakal Film Festival.
On television he played Şükrü Başaran in Bizimkiler for eight years (1989 to 1997), then appeared in Şehnaz Tango, Yabancı Damat (2004 to 2007) and Elveda Rumeli (2007 to 2009), and later in Yasak Elma and Gönül Dağı. He has acted in more than fifty films and series and voiced more than sixty. He has been married to the theatre actress Güzin Özyağcılar since 1972 and has two children. In 2026 he joined atv‘s Hamal as Derviş, the master porter who guides Kemal in Eminönü.
