Cem Yılmaz

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

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Gender

Male

Birthday

23-Apr-1973

Age

(53 years old)

Place of Birth

Istanbul, Turkey

Also Known As
  • 젬 이을마즈

Cem Yılmaz

Biography

While studying at the Department of Tourism and Hotel Management of Bogazici University, he started drawing comics 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 intentions as a comedian. However, after the positive response of the audience, he continued his show to attract larger crowds in Besiktas Cultural Center where he has appeared in over a thousand stand-up comedy shows since, becoming so popular that tickets have sold for 250TL (approx. US$140). His movie career started in 1998 with a co-starring role in the comedy Everything's Gonna Be Great (1998), directed by Ömer Vargi, and continued with a role in Vizontele (2001), directed by Yilmaz Erdogan and Ömer Faruk Sorak. He achieved his greatest success by starring in and writing big-budget science-fiction parody G.O.R.A. (2004), also directed by Ömer Faruk Sorak, which despite spending several years in production because of financial and other technical problems became a box-office hit and described by Rekin Teksoy as a strong sign that showed that popular cinema was successful in appealing to wide audiences. He maintained this success with a starring role in the comedy feature movie Magic Carpet Ride (2005) AKA 'Magic Carpet Ride', also directed by Yilmaz Erdogan, for which he won Best Supporting Actor at the 11th Sadri Alisik Awards, and his directorial debut with The Magician (2006), co-directed by Ali Taner Baltaci, for which he won Best Actor at the 34th Brussels International Independent Film Festival and 12th Sadri Alisik Awards. He has since repeated his box office success with a sequel to G.O.R.A. (2004) called A.R.O.G (2008), also co-directed by Ali Taner Baltaci, and comedy Western parody called Yahsi Bati - The Ottoman Cowboys (2009), directed by Ömer Faruk Sorak. That same year, he co-starred, alongside veteran actor Sener Sen, in the police drama Hunting Season (2010), written and directed by Yavuz Turgul, and made a special appearance in drama Zefir (2010), written and directed by Belma Bas. After two years he also acted in Ferzan Özpetek's A Magnificent Haunting (2012). After he filmed his last stand-up comedy show CM101MMXI Fundamentals (2013) directed by Murat Dündar, he announced that for the next few years he will stop his stand-up comedy shows to have a rest. Along his professional career, he has won numerous awards and appeared in more than 4000 stand-up comedy shows, took part in 10 movies and contributed as a dubbing performer in 4 movies.


Credits

CM101MMXI Fundamentals (2013) Extras CM101MMXI Fundamentals (2013) Extras (2013) Character: Self
Fundamentals (2013) Extras
Karakomik Filmler: 2 Arada Karakomik Filmler: 2 Arada (2019) Character: Ayzek
Working in a ferry as a waiter, Ayzek, having a defect with his front teeth, dreams to get his front teeth fixed and to marry his girlfriend, Songül. The news gets out that the ferry company is turning over the management to a new one and the whole crew is to be interviewed. When the interviewer arrives on board, Ayzek’s world is turned upside down.
Cem Yılmaz: Diamond Elite Platinum Plus Cem Yılmaz: Diamond Elite Platinum Plus (2021) Character: Self
In an irreverent but heartfelt stand-up show, Turkish comedian Cem Yılmaz shares stories about childhood, social media and Turks on holiday abroad.
A.R.O.G A.R.O.G (2008) Character: Arif / Komutan Logar / Kaaya / Koobar / Enigma
Commander Logar fools Arif and sends him 1.000.000 years back in the time. He must civilize people from past to reach today.
Bir Tat Bir Doku: Millennium Bir Tat Bir Doku: Millennium (2001) Character: N/A
A show held in 1999 to mark the transition to the year 2000 and the start of a new millennium.
Deli Aşk Deli Aşk (2017) Character: Şefik Ercan
Ekrem is an ice cream seller who goes through a number of funny adventures as he tries to win the heart of Nese, the woman he loves.
CMYLMZ: Soru & Cevap CMYLMZ: Soru & Cevap (2010) Character: Self
CMYLMZ Q&A is a brand new comedy storm consisting of interviews Cem Yılmaz conducted with students at Boğaziçi University, Maltepe University, Bahçeşehir University, Koç University, Kadir Has University, Bilkent University, and Anadolu University. Sometimes you’ll be surprised, sometimes you’ll be moved to think. A must-have for Cem Yılmaz fans.
CMYLMZ CMYLMZ (2008) Character: Self
It contains a copy of Cem Yılmaz's show CMYLMZ, staged between 2001-2007, recorded in Istanbul in March 2007.
G.O.R.A. G.O.R.A. (2004) Character: Arif / Komutan Logar / Erşan Kuneri / Komutan Kubar
Carpet dealer and UFO photo forger Arif is abducted by aliens and must outwit the evil commander-in-chief of G.O.R.A., the planet where he is being held.
Karakomik Filmler 2: Deli Karakomik Filmler 2: Deli (2020) Character: Güven
Güven, a taxi driver is desperately in love with Meral, but he’s too shy to open up to her. One day he picks up a customer, gets accused of a crime he didn’t commit and his world is turned upside down.
Ali Baba ve 7 Cüceler Ali Baba ve 7 Cüceler (2015) Character: Ali Şenay / Boris Mancov
Ali Senay and Ilber, the two partners of Senay Cüccaciye, sell garden dwarfs. When their company starts to dwindle, they decide to participate in a gardening fair in Sofia with the plan to meet new people from the sector in an attempt to drum up new business. Things don't go as planned as they find themselves crossing paths with the wrong people hell bent on causing world chaos.
Organize İşler Organize İşler (2005) Character: Müslüm Durulmaz
A struggling, suicidal young comedian meets a car thief who is willing to teach him a few things about his profession.
Av Mevsimi Av Mevsimi (2010) Character: İdris
Veteran homicide cop Fermanand his hot-headed partner İdris team up with rookie cop and anthropology major Hasan to investigate the murder of a young woman. The suspects include her conservative family, who might have killed her for honor, her drug-dealing boyfriend and aged billionaire Battal who had taken the victim as his second wife.
Karakomik Filmler: Kaçamak Karakomik Filmler: Kaçamak (2019) Character: Alpay
4 pals find themselves in the middle of an adventure involving the US Army and aliens when one of them is gone missing during their secret weekend getaway without their wives in a spa center in Kömlük.
The Water Diviner The Water Diviner (2014) Character: Sgt. Jemal
In 1919, Australian farmer Joshua Connor travels to Turkey to discover the fate of his three sons, reported missing in action. Holding on to hope, Joshua must travel across the war-torn landscape to find the truth and his own peace.
Karakomik Filmler 2: Emanet Karakomik Filmler 2: Emanet (2020) Character: Birol
Birol has given up his true passion, dancing, after getting injured in an accident. Birol leaves his job as a quilt maker at his father’s shop when his father passes away and travels to İstanbul to dance his way to the top at a talent show. But his dreams soon run up against uncanny realities.
Pek Yakında Pek Yakında (2014) Character: Zafer Yıldız / Beşir
Pirated DVD seller Zafer who is formerly an extra in movies, swore to give up illegal works when his wife wanted to get divorce. To win his family back, he and his old-fashioned crew decided to make a movie called "Summit - The End Of Evil" which is a fantastic science fiction movie and couldn't be shot since 1977. A funny, entertaining and emotional journey awaits him who waded into this adventure with his unqualified crew.
CMXXIV CMXXIV (2025) Character: Self
Turkish comedy heavyweight Cem Yılmaz takes the stand-up stage in this dynamic special – covering everything from cancel culture to regretful tattoos.
Kavur Kavur (2023) Character: N/A
A woman’s voyage of discovery into the audiovisual shadows of a life and oeuvre of her favourite director: Turkish grandmaster Ömer Kavur. While the journey continues in abandoned towns, ruins and deserted hotels; an imaginary dialogue begins between the woman and Kavur.
CM101MMXI Fundamentals CM101MMXI Fundamentals (2013) Character: Self
The funny little details of everyday life, simple things that make us laugh. An unforgettable performance from Cem Yilmaz. Yilmaz captures the audience with his hilarious stories about relationships, humankind's struggle with the technology and professional life. Yilmaz proves us that a food delivery or even a funeral might be amusing when considered correctly.
Hokkabaz Hokkabaz (2006) Character: İskender Tünaydın
Failed magician Iskender decides to do a tour to save his career, but has to bring his grumpy and senile father along. The tour is quite unexpectedly interrupted when a bride actually disappears from the stage.
İftarlık Gazoz İftarlık Gazoz (2016) Character: Cibar Kemal
In early 1970s, Adem is a boy living in an Aegean village with his family. He just finished the primary school and he wants to work while he's on summer holiday. He gets permission from his family to work for a soda pop seller named Ciber Kemal. But the Ramadan has just came and Adem wants to do his fast while he's working. But he starts seeing hallucinations because of the hot summer day. It seems it's going to be the longest day of Adem.
Magnifica presenza Magnifica presenza (2012) Character: Yusuf Antep
An aspiring actor discovers that his spacious new apartment comes complete with eight friendly ghosts.
Cem Yılmaz: Bir Tat Bir Doku Cem Yılmaz: Bir Tat Bir Doku (1999) Character: Self
Cem Yılmaz's stand-up show Bir Tat Bir Doku took place in 1999 and was released in cinemas in 2001. It consists of a total of six shows.
Vizontele Vizontele (2001) Character: Fikri
The story takes place in the small town of Hakkari in Turkey at the beginning of the '70s. The time has come to bring technology to that small town. The first Television (called Visiontele by the citizens) arrives and the chaos begins.
Do Not Disturb Do Not Disturb (2023) Character: Ayzek
A middle-aged man emerges from a pandemic slump with a new job at a quiet hotel, until some eccentric guests turn his first night into a wild adventure.
Her Şey Çok Güzel Olacak Her Şey Çok Güzel Olacak (1998) Character: Altan Çamlı
When Altan swipes prescription drugs from his brother Nuri's pharmacy, they soon find themselves on a dangerous but funny road trip to get rid of the stuff and escape the mafiosi Altan tried to double-cross. Along the way, the brother who are compete opposites finally bond.
CMYLMZ 0100111000110000111011 CMYLMZ 0100111000110000111011 (2001) Character: Cem Yılmaz / Alien 1 / Alien 2 / New Cem Yılmaz
This is the movie that Cem Yılmaz showed to his audiences before he started his stand-up show in 2000s.
Bifo & CMYLMZ Bifo & CMYLMZ (2011) Character: N/A
The funny little details of everyday life. Simple things that make us laugh. An unforgettable performance by stand-up comedian Cem Yilmaz directing the full size Borusan Istanbul Philharmonic Orchestra.
Arif V 216 Arif V 216 (2018) Character: Arif Işık / Erşan Kuneri
After 8 years, Arif's old friend 216 from planet GORA pays a visit to Earth.Together they go on a quest where they'll be visiting 60's.
Yahşi Batı Yahşi Batı (2009) Character: Aziz Vefa
Aziz and Lemi must recover a diamond gifted by the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire to the U.S. President which has been stolen by bandits in the American wild west.



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