Emre Karayel (born 18 October 1972) is a Turkish actor and TV presenter. He is best known for rom-com 1 Kadın 1 Erkek for 8 seasons.[1]

Emre Karayel
Born (1972-10-18) 18 October 1972 (age 51)
Education
Occupations
  • Actor
  • TV presenter
Years active2000–present
Spouse
Gizem Demirci
(m. 2020)
Children1

Life and career edit

Emre Karayel was born on 18 October 1972 in Kadirli, a district of Osmaniye. After completing high school at Ankara Atatürk Anatolian High School, he entered Gazi University, School of Economics and Administrative Sciences, Department of Economics. Without completing his studies there, he transferred to Bilkent University, School of Music and Performing Arts, Theatre Department. After graduating from university in 1999, Karayel started working at TRT, hosted and prepared children's programs.[2]

Karayel, who stepped into his professional acting career in 2000 with the TV series Ablam Böyle İstedi, which was broadcast on TRT, continued his career by appearing in the series Kuzenlerim in 2002, and later portrayed the character of "Zekeriya" the 2003 TV series Bir İstanbul Masalı, which brought him fame.[3] He starred in many TV series such as Gümüş, Kurtlar Vadisi Pusu, and Canım Ailem.

Karayel made his cinematic debut with Police, which was directed by Onur Ünlü and released in 2006. It was followed by Zincirbozan in 2007, Usta in 2008 and Başka Dilde Aşk in 2009. In the same year, he acted in the short film Ezber, directed by Tolga Öztor to emphasize the violence against stray animals.[4]

Besides his appearances in cinema and on television, Karayel has taken part in plays as Testosterone, Othello, Ghetto, and Azizname. He was awarded the Most Successful Musical or Comedy Actor of the Year in a Supporting Role at the 13th Afife Theatre Awards for his performance in the play Testosterone staged by Oyun Atölyesi.

Since 2008, Karayel shared the leading role as Ozan with Demet Evgar on comedy series "1 Kadın 1 Erkek", StarTv's "1 Erkek 1 Kadın" and Fox's 1 Erkek 1 Kadın 2 Çocuk series, which came to an end in 2015. In 2017, he began presenting the game show Sıradaki Gelsin on Fox, followed by Çarkıfelek on Kanal D between 2018 and 2020.[3]

Karayel has also been a principal member of the Jockey Club of Turkey since 2020[5] and has race horses. One of them, Yiğit Kardeş, came first in the race on behalf of the 10th Ottoman sultan Suleiman the Magnificent at the Veliefendi Race Course on 16 October 2022. The thoroughbred Arabian horse named "Yiğit Kardeş" earned him ₺1.7 million.[6]

He was cast in series Son Yaz.[7]

Theatre edit

Year Title Role Writer Director Venue
2000 Ghetto[8] Joshua Sobol Erhan Gökgücü Ankara State Theatre
2001 Azizname[9] Aziz Nesin Yücel Erten Öteki Theatre
2004 Othello Othello William Shakespeare Kemal Aydoğan Oyun Atölyesi
2005 The Other Death of Joan of Arc Executioner Stefan Tsanev
2008 Testosterone Fistach Andrzej Saramonowicz
2012 Antony and Cleopatra Pompeius William Shakespeare
2016 El crèdit Jordi Galceran İskender Altın Ankara Art Theatre
Aysa Production Theatre
2018 Erkek Aklı Oksimoron Semih Robert Dubac Erdal Beşikçioğlu Tiyatro Yeniden

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Filmography edit

Television edit

Year Title Role Notes
2000 Saksıdaki Ağaç Şenol
2002 Bizim Evin Halleri
2002–2004 Kuzenlerim Metin
2003 Fişgittin Bey TV film
Ablam Böyle İstedi Murat
2003–2005 Bir İstanbul Masalı Zekeriya
2004–2005 Sayın Bakanım Memduh
2005 Kırık Kalpler Durağı Hakan
Körfez Ateşi
2005–2006 Gümüş Engin Episodes 1–63
2006 Acemi Cadı Ayşegül's father
2007 Tutsak Serhat
Kurtlar Vadisi Pusu Zafer Sasonlu Episodes 1–22
2007–2008 Mahşer-Nabucco'nun Zehri Gökhan
2008 Paramparça Aşklar Orhan
2008–2009 Canım Ailem Ferdi Season 1
2008–2011 1 Kadın 1 Erkek Ozan Karaman
2012–2013 1 Erkek 1 Kadın
2014–2015 1 Erkek 1 Kadın 2 Çocuk
2016 Arkadaşlar İyidir Tarık Hoca
2018 Kocaman Ailem Şinasi Koyuncular
2021 Son Yaz Fatih Doğanay Season 1

Film edit

Year Title Role Notes
2006 Polis Bekir
2007 Zincirbozan Richard Perle
2008 Usta Niyazi
2009 Başka Dilde Aşk Aras
Ezber[4] Short film
Aşkın İkinci Yarısı Armen
2012 Ölümden Kalma Onur
2013 Erkek Tarafı Testosteron Kamber
2015 Robinson Crusoe & Cuma Robinson'un babası
2016 El Değmemiş Aşk Zafer
2018 Düğüm Salonu Tarık
2019 Söz Vermiştin Nesim
2022 Uçuş 811 Özkan

Web edit

Year Title Role Notes
2021 Saklı Murat Series, guest appearance
TBD Ru[11] Emir Series
TBD Zehirli Sarmaşık Metin Series

TV programs edit

Awards edit

  • 2009 - 13th Afife Theatre Awards - Most Successful Musical or Comedy Actor of the Year in a Supporting Role - Testosterone

References edit

  1. ^ Güler, Zeynep Deniz (24 November 2022). "Demet Evgar ve Emre Karayel Duyurdu: 1 Kadın 1 Erkek Dizisinin Yeni Sezon Tanıtımı Gününüzü Güzelleştirecek!". Onedio (in Turkish). Retrieved 3 December 2023.
  2. ^ "Emre Karayel". ATV. Retrieved 21 December 2022.
  3. ^ a b "Emre Karayel kimdir ve kaç yaşında? Emre Karayel dünya evine girdi". Hürriyet. 22 November 2020. Retrieved 21 December 2022.
  4. ^ a b Çini, Pelin (26 September 2009). "Sokak hayvanlarına uygulanan şiddete dikkat çekmek için "köpek" oldular". Milliyet. Archived from the original on 20 November 2019. Retrieved 26 October 2022.
  5. ^ "TJK'ya 2 Asli Üye…". Yarış Dergisi. 29 February 2020. Archived from the original on 1 March 2020. Retrieved 26 October 2022.
  6. ^ "Sahibi olduğu yarış atı Emre Karayel'e 1 milyon 707 bin lira kazandırdı". Sözcü. 18 October 2022. Archived from the original on 18 October 2022. Retrieved 18 October 2022.
  7. ^ "Son Yaz Dizisi Oyuncuları | FOX".
  8. ^ "Ghetto". tiyatronline.com. Archived from the original on 23 May 2019. Retrieved 26 October 2022.
  9. ^ "AZİZNAME (2001-2002)". otekitiyatro.com. 4 January 2016. Archived from the original on 7 February 2016. Retrieved 26 October 2022.
  10. ^ "Emre Karayel". tiyatrolar.com.tr. Archived from the original on 23 January 2022. Retrieved 27 October 2022.
  11. ^ "Meryem Uzerli'nin eşini oynayacak". Birsen Altuntaş. 30 May 2022. Archived from the original on 30 May 2022. Retrieved 30 May 2022.

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