Okan Yalabyk: biography of a popular Turkish actor

Okan Yalabyk is a Turkish actor known to the Russian-speaking audience on the historical saga "The Magnificent Age", where he played the great vizier of the Ottoman Empire - Ibrahim Pasha. A talented actor was born in Istanbul on December 13, 1978, becoming a joy not only for his parents, but also for his brother Ozan.

While studying at the school Okan Yalabyk got carried away with acting. He constantly participated in school productions and dreamed of becoming a professional actor. Parents did not approve of the decision of their son, but they hoped that by the end of the school this interest would pass Okan.

However, their expectations were not to come true, Okan Yalabyk, whose biography is known today to almost all fans of Turkish cinema, still did not depart from his goal. After graduation, he became a student at the University of Istanbul. Here at the faculty of additional art he honed his acting skills for several years.

Acting skills within the Okanu University are few, so he begins to attend screen tests and tries to try himself on television as a TV presenter. Initially, he is trusted to play only small roles, but their range has increased significantly after the directors realized who Okan Yalabyk is. The biography of the actor is interesting because it is exemplary for all those who are just about to embark on the actor's path.

Okan's characters are interesting to the audience, and he is interesting to the girls. But all this faded after Turkish actor Okan Yalabyk agreed to fulfill the role of Ibrahim Pasha in the historical saga "The Magnificent Age." His role is very unusual, since the actor needed to show the process of the transformation of a slave into a gentleman and the megalomania that accompanied it , with which he coped magnificently.

Throughout 82 series Okan Yalabyk played Ibrahim Pasha, a friend and companion of Suleiman the Magnificent, and then left the project "Magnificent Century". The actor admitted in an interview that this series gave him not only good money, but also wonderful friends with whom he also communicates after the completion of his work. As for Okan's character, the actor believes that, despite all the errors of Ibrahim Pasha, he was treated unfairly.

Now Okan Yalabyk, whose biography is known to all fans of the "Magnificent Age", plays in several performances of the Istanbul theater, and also deals with the sound of films and cartoons. It is worth noting that the actor perfectly owns his voice, that few actors of acting can do today.

In Turkey Okan Yalabyk is also known as an actor who voiced the main character of the cartoon "Kung Fu Panda", in addition, he periodically voices computer games and commercials. All this he achieved with his perseverance and desire, but if you do not know how many years Okan Yalabyk spent studying the acting skills, it may seem that he performs miracles in his voice.

Okan Yalabyk, whose biography has not yet been completed, has recently been a businessman. He became the owner of a small factory for the production of dairy products and intends to actively develop his business in the near future. The Turkish media are actively speculating that Okan is going to marry.