Özcan Varaylı

Mehmet Özcan Varaylı was born on 6 August 1963 in Istanbul, Turkey. He has no formal acting training: he entered the profession through practice, as Turks say "alaylı", and worked at his craft for years. He made his film debut in 1985 with a small role in Şahadet. His television career began in 1998 with the series Aynalı Tahir. Wide recognition came with the role of Cerrahpaşalı Halit in Kurtlar Vadisi (2003–2004). He went on to appear in Deli Yürek (1999, as Serdar), Sakarya Fırat (2009, as Mihri), Geniş Aile (2009), İstanbul Hatırası (2012, as Salim), Filinta (2014, as Şeref), Cesur Yürek (2016, as Gürkan), Kehribar (2016), Tutsak (2017–2018, as Enver), İnsanlık Suçu (2018, as Asaf Gökdemir), Vuslat (2019–2020, as Çakal Necmi) and Teşkilat (2021–2022, as Enver), as well as Gönül Dağı and Bir Yemin Ettim. His films include Kolpaçino: Bomba (2011), Soğuk Ölüm (2015), Yalan Dolan (2019, as a nightclub owner), Kuşatma: Yedi Uyuyanlar (2019, as Falkon) and Hadi Be! (2022). He has appeared in more than sixty productions and is best known for playing complex and villainous characters. In 2014 he married Şule Özkalay.