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Cem Yilmaz (born April 23, 1973) is a famed Turkish stand-up comedian, actor, cartoonist and screenwriter.
Biography
 Cem Yilmaz
While studying at Boğaziçi University Tourism and Hotel Management department, he started publishing cartoons for the Turkish humor magazine Leman. In August 1995 he did his first stand-up comedy show in "Leman Culture Center" performing with no serious career intention as a comedian. However, after the high response from the crowd he caried his show to attract larger crowds in Beşiktaş Cultural Center where he appeared in over a thousand stand-up comedy shows since, becoming extremely popular; so popular, that people are willing to pay 250 YTL (approx. 210 USD) for a ticket.
His movie career starts with co-starring the movie "Hersey Cok Guzel Olacak" ("Everything's Gonna Be Great") in 1998, continuing various roles in such movies Vizontele, Organize İşler and Ramon. Yet his debut came with the 2005 box-office hit G.O.R.A., a big-budget science-fiction comedy written and starred by Cem Yılmaz. The shooting of the film had lasted several years because of financial and other technical problems and the deep involvement left him exhausted for a time. The film was one of the top hits in Turkey, with 4 million people having watched it.
In 2006, he returned to white screen with the movie "Hokkabaz" (The Trickster) as actor, writer and co-director.
Works
Films
- Hersey Guzel Olacak (1998)
- Bir tat bir doku (2001)
- Vizontele (2001)
- G.O.R.A. (2004/2005)
- Organize Isler (2005)
- Ramon (2005)
- Hokkabaz (2006)
Commercials
Cem Yılmaz is also a popular face in television commercials; first he represented Doritos, then Opet. In the funny Opet commercials he plays the role of a character very similar to David Hasselhoff's Michael Knight.
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