Emre Karayel (born 18 October 1972) is a Turkish actor and TV presenter. He is best known for the rom-com 1 Kadın 1 Erkek, in which he starred for 8 seasons.
Life and career Emre Karayel was born on 18 October 1972 in Kadirli, a district of Osmaniye. After completing high school at Ankara Atatürk Anatolian High School, he entered Gazi University, School of Economics and Administrative Sciences, Department of Economics. Without completing his studies there, he transferred to Bilkent University, School of Music and Performing Arts, Theatre Department. After graduating from university in 1999, Karayel started working at TRT, hosted and prepared children's programs.
Karayel, who stepped into his professional acting career in 2000 with the TV series Ablam Böyle İstedi, which was broadcast on TRT, continued his career by appearing in the series Kuzenlerim in 2002, and later portrayed the character of "Zekeriya" the 2003 TV series Bir İstanbul Masalı, which brought him fame. He starred in many TV series such as Gümüş, Kurtlar Vadisi Pusu, and Canım Ailem.
Karayel made his cinematic debut with Police, which was directed by Onur Ünlü and released in 2006. It was followed by Zincirbozan in 2007, Usta in 2008 and Başka Dilde Aşk in 2009. In the same year, he acted in the short film Ezber, directed by Tolga Öztor to emphasize the violence against stray animals.
Besides his appearances in cinema and on television, Karayel has taken part in plays as Testosterone, Othello, Ghetto, and Azizname. He was awarded the Most Successful Musical or Comedy Actor of the Year in a Supporting Role at the 13th Afife Theatre Awards for his performance in the play Testosterone staged by Oyun Atölyesi.
Since 2008, Karayel shared the leading role as Ozan with Demet Evgar in the comedy series 1 Kadın 1 Erkek, Star TV's 1 Erkek 1 Kadın and Fox's 1 Erkek 1 Kadın 2 Çocuk series, which came to an end in 2015. In 2017, he began presenting the game show Sıradaki Gelsin on Fox, followed by Çarkıfelek on Kanal D between 2018 and 2020.
Karayel has also been a principal member of the Jockey Club of Turkey since 2020 and has race horses. One of them, Yiğit Kardeş, came first in the race on behalf of the 10th Ottoman sultan Suleiman the Magnificent at the Veliefendi Race Course on 16 October 2022. The thoroughbred Arabian horse named "Yiğit Kardeş" earned him ₺1.7 million.
He was cast in the series Son Yaz.
Theatre YearTitleRoleWriterDirectorVenue2000GhettoJoshua SobolErhan GökgücüAnkara State Theatre2001AziznameAziz NesinYücel ErtenÖteki Theatre2004OthelloOthelloWilliam ShakespeareKemal AydoğanOyun Atölyesi2005The Other Death of Joan of ArcExecutionerStefan Tsanev2008TestosteroneFistachAndrzej Saramonowicz2012Antony and CleopatraPompeiusWilliam Shakespeare2016El crèditJordi Galceranİskender AltınAnkara Art TheatreAysa Production Theatre2018Erkek Aklı OksimoronSemihRobert DubacErdal BeşikçioğluTiyatro Yeniden
Filmography Television YearTitleRoleNotes2000Saksıdaki AğaçŞenol2002Bizim Evin Halleri2002–2004KuzenlerimMetin2003Fişgittin BeyTV filmAblam Böyle İstediMurat2003–2005Bir İstanbul MasalıZekeriya2004–2005Sayın BakanımMemduh2005Kırık Kalpler DurağıHakanKörfez Ateşi2005–2006GümüşEnginEpisodes 1–632006Acemi CadıAyşegül's father2007TutsakSerhatKurtlar Vadisi PusuZafer SasonluEpisodes 1–222007–2008Mahşer-Nabucco'nun ZehriGökhan2008Paramparça AşklarOrhan2008–2009Canım AilemFerdiSeason 12008–20111 Kadın 1 ErkekOzan Karaman2012–20131 Erkek 1 Kadın2014–20151 Erkek 1 Kadın 2 Çocuk2016Arkadaşlar İyidirTarık Hoca2018Kocaman AilemŞinasi Koyuncular2021Son YazFatih DoğanaySeason 1Eşkıya Dünyaya Hükümdar Olmaz2023–2024KardeşlerimYaman Soydan2024Kirli SepetiYiğit Karabey2024–2025BaharTolga
Film YearTitleRoleNotes2006PolisBekir2007ZincirbozanRichard Perle2008UstaNiyazi2009Başka Dilde AşkArasEzberShort filmAşkın İkinci YarısıArmen2012Ölümden KalmaOnur2013Erkek Tarafı TestosteronKamber2015Robinson Crusoe & CumaRobinson'un babası2016El Değmemiş AşkZafer2018Düğüm SalonuTarık2019Söz VermiştinNesim2022Uçuş 811Özkan2024Bir Cumhuriyet ŞarkısıNuri Conker
Web YearTitleRoleNotes2021SaklıMuratSeries, guest appearance2023Sarmaşık ZamanıMetinSeries2024RuEmirSeries
TV programs 2008 - 19th International Ankara Film Festival (with Dolunay Soysert) 2011 - Bul Bakalım 2014 - Akıl Kârı 2015 - Sesi Çok Güzel 2017 - Sıradaki Gelsin 2018 - 25th International Adana Film Festival (with Burcu Esmersoy) 2018–2020 - Çarkıfelek
Awards 2009 - 13th Afife Theatre Awards - Most Successful Musical or Comedy Actor of the Year in a Supporting Role - Testosterone
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