Biography

Erdal Beşikçioğlu attended İzmir Özel Türk College and Mehmet Seyfi Eraltay High School after which he studied at the Hacettepe University

Hacettepe University

Hacettepe University is a major state university in Ankara, Turkey.The University has two main campuses. The first is located in the old town of Ankara and hosts the Medical Centre, and the second is the Beytepe Campus, which is 13 km from the city centre...

 State Conservatory. He participated in creative workshops with William Gaskill

William Gaskill

William 'Bill' Gaskill is a British theatre director.He worked alongside Laurence Olivier as a founding director of the National Theatre from its time at the Old Vic in 1963...

 among others. Upon graduating, he started working in several state theatres and was head of the Diyarbakır State Theatre between 1995 and 1996. He has acted in a number of films such as Eve Giden Yol 1914, Barda

Barda (film)

At the Bar is a 2007 Turkish horror film, written and directed by Serdar Akar based on a real life event that happened in Ankara, Turkey in 1997, featuring Nejat İşler as the head of a gang which brutalises, murders and rapes a group of young friends...

, Vali

The Governor (film)

The Governor is a 2009 Turkish action film, directed by M. Çağatay Tosun, about the idealist governor of the Aegean city of Denizli, where a team of engineers from the Turkish Mining Exploration Institute have recently discovered reserves of uranium...

, Hayat Var, Kurtlar Vadisi Filistin and the Golden Bear winning Bal

Honey (2010 film)

Honey is a 2010 Turkish drama film directed by Semih Kaplanoğlu, the third and final installment of the "Yusuf Trilogy", which includes Egg and Milk. It premiered on 16 February 2010 in competition at the 60th Berlin International Film Festival, where it became the third Turkish film, after...

. He now stars as the title character Police commissioner Behzat Ç in the series Behzat Ç.

He is married to the actress Elvin Beşikçioğlu.

Filmography

• Mars Kapıdan Baktırır (2004)
• Kasırga İnsanları (2004)
• Ödünç Hayat (2005)
• Körfez Ateşi (2005)
• Seni Çok Özledim (2005)
• Eve Giden Yol 1914 (2006)
• Köprü
  Kopru
  In the Dungeons & Dragons roleplaying game, the kopru are an evil race of amphibious, mind-controlling creatures. They are classified as monstrous humanoids, with the aquatic subtype.-Publication history:...
  
   (2006)
• Barda
  Barda (film)
  At the Bar is a 2007 Turkish horror film, written and directed by Serdar Akar based on a real life event that happened in Ankara, Turkey in 1997, featuring Nejat İşler as the head of a gang which brutalises, murders and rapes a group of young friends...
  
   (2007)
• Ayrılık
  Ayrılık
  Ayrılık: Aşkta ve Savaşta Filistin , known in English as Farewell, is a Turkish prime time TV series aired on state broadcaster TRT. The series started on 13 October 2009...
  
    (2008)
• Vali
  Vali
  Vali or Wali can refer to:* Váli * Váli* Vali * The Vali tribe, a Sarmatian tribe of Ptolemy* Ferenc A. Váli, Hungarian-born lawyer, author and political analyst* Al-Walee, one of the Names of God in the Qur'an...
  
   (2009)
• Hayat Var (2009)
• Es Es (2009)
• Kardelen (2010)
• Bal
  Bal
  The Bal surname, of differing origins, is common among several communities.-History and origin:Bals are descendents of Indo-Aryan tribes. According to the Mahabharata they are the descendents of Bhagat Prahlada's grandson Raja Bali .-Distribution in India:*Several people belonging to this Jat...
  
    (2010)
• Behzat Ç. Bir Ankara Polisiyesi
  Behzat Ç. Bir Ankara Polisiyesi
  “Behzat Ç. Bir Ankara Polisiyesi” is a TV crime series based on the novel of the same name by Emrah Serbes. It's lead actor is Erdal Beşikçioğlu and Canan Erguder. The series take place in Ankara. It began 19 September 2010 on Star TV.Orginal Page: tr: Behzat Ç. Bir Ankara Polisiyesi-Plot:Behzat Ç...
  
   (2010)
• Kurtlar Vadisi Filistin - as Moşe Ben Eliyezer (2011)

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