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Diren Polatoğulları
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Diren Polatoğulları

Who is Diren Polatoğulları? About his personal traits and life…

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Turkish TV series, cinema and theater actor Diren Polatoğulları, was born on February 12, 1980 in Istanbul.

He started his acting career with the character of Ferman Sarıbaş, which he portrayed in the Kurtlar Vadisi Pusu series, published in 2019.

He started his acting career with the character of Ferman Sarıbaş, which he portrayed in the Kurtlar Vadisi Pusu series, published in 2019.

Information about the life of Diren Polatoğulları

His father is from Tunceli and his mother is from Malatya. He was born in Istanbul as a child of a family from Tunceli. Playing has been his favorite thing in his life since he was a child. His parents retired from the accounting profession. They were three siblings, but he lost his big brother to a heart attack at the age of 47. He has one sister left behind.

He had nothing to do with acting when he was younger. While studying business administration at university in Nevşehir, he had little to do with school. In the first grade, he almost never went to school, did not take exams. When he extended school, he got bored and started working. He went to Alaska with the 'Work and Travel' program, where he both worked and traveled, and cleaned fish there.

He went to London for five months and worked in a restaurant. In his fourth year at university, he had to make a decision about what to do in the future. Since she loves watching movies, she wondered if she could act as an actress and studied acting at Müjdat Gezen Art Center. Believing that he could act after completing his education, he directed his career in this direction.

Şevkat Yerimdar - Şefik Özükötü (2017-2018)

Şevkat Yerimdar - Şefik Özükötü (2017-2018)

Diren Polatoğulları, who started his acting career in 2009 with the television series Kurtlar Vadisi Pusu, then starred in the TV series Üsküdar’a Giderken.

The successful actress, who married her editor's wife in 2012, has a 10-year-old daughter named "Sev". Diren Polatoğulları, 43, who prefers to keep her private life away from public view, enjoys spending time at home, taking care of her daughter, watching TV and chatting at the table in her spare time.

Diren Polatoğulları, who played the role of İbrahim in the Karadayı series starring Uğur Aslan, Leyla Lydia Tuğutlu and Su Burcu Yazgı Coşkun, took a role in the "Maral: En Güzel Hikayem" series in 2015.

In an interview he gave, Diren Polatoğulları told the story of starting acting as follows; “I have not stopped playing since I was a child, and I still continue to play. I do not consider any job as a profession. Somehow we come to this world to spend time, so I chose to spend my time here playing games.”

Diren Polatoğulları received great acclaim with the character of Hamdi Baba, which he portrayed in the TV series Red Room, in which actors such as Pınar Deniz, Ayta Sözeri, İlayda Alişan, Evrim Alas-ya and Cem Uçan were guests. Diren Polatoğulları made his real debut with the character of serial killer İrfan, whom he gave life to in the TV series Üç Kuruş, which was broadcast between 2021 and 2022 and shared the lead role with Uraz Kaygılaroğlu and Ekin Koç.

He has a child-spirited and overhasty personality. He doesn't like to share his loved ones. There are no concessions in this regard. He uses social media, but he doesn't like it very much. Since he was born in 1980, he feels stuck in this regard.

Üç Kuruş - İrfan Kahraman (2021-2022)

Üç Kuruş - İrfan Kahraman (2021-2022)

Diren Polatoğulları, who stated that he could not walk on the street because of the Kazım Ağa character he portrayed in the Yalı Çapkını (Golden Boy) TV series, states that his fans constantly call him "Esmeğğğ, bilesiiin". He says that the character, which he received the reaction of the audience as a repulsive character at first, is now the center of attention of everyone and is as phenomenal as the leading roles.

Diren Polatoğulları, who took part in the play Don Kişot'um Ben (I am Don Quixote), one of the Baba Sahne plays owned by Şevket Çoruh, takes turns in the new play of the theater Taxim as of 2023. In the play Taxim, he plays a man seeking justice who lost his wife and child in a train accident.

Yalı Çapkını

Yalı Çapkını

Series and film projects featuring Diren Polatoğulları

TV series

YearTitleRoleEpisodes
2026A.B.I.: A Broken Inheritance atv · A.B.İ.Behram SancarLead24/ 24
2022Yalı Çapkını Star TVKazım ŞanlıLead101/ 101
2021The Bad Penny Show TV · Üç KuruşİrfanLead28/ 28
2020Ariza Show TV · ArızaNuman5/ 30
2020The Red Room TV8 · Kırmızı OdaHamdi Baba9/ 61
2019Better Together FOX · Bir Aile HikayesiYoung ŞakirGuest3/ 18
2018Bir Umut Yeter Kanal DSalihLead6/ 6
2017Man Up FOX · Şevkat YerimdarŞefikGuest2/ 44
2013Kaçak atvKulaksiz8/ 52
2013Eski Hikaye TRT 1KeseLead17/ 17
2012Karadayi atv · Karadayıİbrahim Durak66/ 115

Digital series

YearTitleRoleEpisodes
2026Kara Kış tabii—Lead8/ 8
2025The Graft HBO Max · Kaosun AnatomisiRizaLead10/ 10

Films

YearTitleRole
2026Ketenpere: Dalavere —
2025Aşk Sadece Bir An Sezgin
2024President Başkan—
2024Dance with the Jackals 7 Çakallarla Dans 7Kral
2023Do Not Disturb Çarli
2017The Bank of Broken Hearts Kırık Kalpler BankasıHüseyin
2016Güzel İkili —
2016Locksmith’s Debt Küçük EsnafOsman
2013Şevkat Yerimdar Trafik Magandası
2012Last Stop: Kurtuluş Kurtuluş Son DurakArabulucu
2012A Noise in the Night Bir Ses Böler GeceyiEkrem
2011Love and Revolution Aşk ve Devrim—
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