He was born in 1977 in Ankara, Turkey. He studied Theater, Acting at Bilkent University the Faculty of Music and Performing Arts.

Between 2001-2003 he lived in Australia where he studied contemporary dance. Between 2003-2017 worked for Istanbul City Theater with a life time contract. In 2017 he moved to Germany.

+ AWARDS

2022 “BESTE NACHWUCHSKÜNSTLER” (Nomination)

2012 CONTEMPORARY THEATER FESTIVAL IN SUBOTICA, Serbia: ”EMERGING

ARTIST” 2010 INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF THEATER CRITICS (IATC ):

“ACTOR OF THE YEAR” 2010 AFIFE JALE THEATER AWARDS: “BEST ACTOR”

+ FOUNDED PROJECTS

-“BUT WHAT HAPPENED TO THE HORSE” (Behörde für Kultur und Medien-

Hamburg) 2022

-“WEITER” (Kulturfunke) 2022

-“HEIMATLOST” (Behörde für Kultur und Medien-Hamburg) 2021

-STADT-WALD-GLAS (Kulturfunke) 2021

-WHO IS TALKING (Kolk 17) 2021

+ ARTIST IN RESIDENCY PROGRAMS & FELLOWSHIPS

+ 2021 FORSCHUNGSRESIDENZ (Münchner Kammerspiele) 2019/20 stipend

„INTRO“ (Hansestadt Hamburg)

+2018/19 fellowship “WELTOFFENES BERLIN” (Senat Kultur & Europa) 2010 ARTIST IN RESIDENCY PROGRAM (Villa Waldberta Munich)

+ INTERNATIONAL WORK EXPERIENCE THEATER, DANCE, PERFORMANCE (Selection)

2021 HEIMATLOST (Caglar Yigitogullari, Hamburg)

2021 HOW TO CRY (Bastian Sistig, Berlin)

2021 VON GRENZEN UND GÄRTEN ODER THE SPACE BETWEEN (Sabine Glenz, Hamburg) 2021 IN C (Sasha Waltz & Guests Company, Berlin)

2020 NICHT EINMAL DAS SCHWEIGEN IST NOCH DEIN EIGENES (Mut Theater, Hamburg) 2020 CHORUS PROJECT (Pathos Theater, München)

2019 NUR IHR WISST OB WIR ES GESCHAFFT HABEN WERDEN (AyseX Staats

Theater, München)

2019 GAZED - HEIMATLOST (Vierte Welt, Berlin; Choreographer: Caglar

Yigitogullari)

2019 FUCK ME I LOVE YOU (English Theater, Berlin)

2018 FAUST (Pathos Theater, München)

2018 MUTTERLAND SILENCE (HochX, München)

2018 BE/GRENZEN (Berlin, Choreographer & Dancer: Caglar Yigitogullari)

2017 RUSH HOUR (Schwere Reiter, München)

2017 DER FLUCH (Vierte Welt, Berlin, Choreographer & Performer: Caglar

Yigitogullari) 2016 I NEED A MAN TO PERFORM THIS DUET (Choreographer: Ceren Oran)

2013 GHOST (Abattoir Fermé, Belgium)

2013 HAPPY HAPPY TOGETHER (Choreography: İlyas Odman & Caglar Yigitogullari)

2010 PROMETHEUS (Attis Theater, Athens, Greece; Director: Theodoros Terzopoulos)

2010 IN BETWEEN (Concept & Performance: Caglar Yigitogullari, tour in Belgium, Holland, Sweden)

+ EDUCATION

1996-2001 Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey: Music and Performing Arts Department / Theater – Acting