Cem Yılmaz
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.
Magic Carpet Ride
(Müslüm Durulmaz)
Yahşi Batı
(Aziz Vefa)
A.R.O.G
(Arif / Komutan Logar / Kaaya / Koobar / Enigma)
The Magician
(İskender Tünaydın)
G.O.R.A.
(Arif / Komutan Logar / Erşan Kuneri)
Cem Yılmaz: Diamond Elite Platinum Plus
(Self)
Hunting Season
(İdris)
CMYLMZ: Questions & Answers
(Self)
Bir Tat Bir Doku: Millennium
CMYLMZ
(Self)
Everything's Gonna Be Great
(Altan Çamlı)
Bifo & CMYLMZ
Vizontele
(Fikri)
Cem Yılmaz: One Taste One Texture
(Self)
CMXXIV
(Self)
Do Not Disturb
(Ayzek)
CMYLMZ 0100111000110000111011
(Cem Yılmaz / Alien 1 / Alien 2 / New Cem Yılmaz)
Coming Soon
(Zafer Yıldız / Beşir)
The Water Diviner
(Sgt. Jemal)
A Magnificent Haunting
(Yusuf Antep)
Kavur
Ali Baba and the 7 Dwarfs
(Ali Şenay / Boris Mancov)
Iftar Soda
(Cibar Kemal)
GORA 4 GORA
(Arif Işık)
Deli Aşk
(Şefik Ercan)
Cem Yılmaz: CM101MMXI Fundamentals
(Self)
Arif V 216
(Arif Işık / Erşan Kuneri)
CM101MMXI Fundamentals (2013) Extralar
(Self)
Comidark Films: The Getaway
(Alpay)
Comidark Films: In Between
(Ayzek)
Comidark Films 2: The Pawn
(Birol)
Comidark Films 2: Insane
(Güven)
Arif V 216: They Made It, But How?
The Life and Movies of Erşan Kuneri
(Erşan Kuneri)
The European Side
(Himself)
Phi
(Himself)
My Dear Family
Tonight with İbrahim Selim
Mazhar Alanson İle Misafir
Golden Butterfly Awards
(Self - Winner)
Kral Türkiye Müzik Ödülleri
(Presenter)
Golden Butterfly Awards
(Self - Presenter)
Pembe ve Mavi
A.R.O.G
(Director)
G.O.R.A.
(Writer)
The Magician
(Director)
The Magician
(Author)
Everything's Gonna Be Great
(Writer)
Bir Tat Bir Doku: Millennium
(Director)
Galata Monster
(Director)
Galata Monster
(Screenplay)
CMXXIV
(Writer)
CMXXIV
(Director)
Cennet
(Director)
Cennet
(Writer)
Do Not Disturb
(Director)
Do Not Disturb
(Writer)
Coming Soon
(Writer)
Coming Soon
(Director)
Cem Yılmaz: Diamond Elite Platinum Plus
(Director)
CMYLMZ
(Writer)
Arif V 216: They Made It, But How?
(Producer)
Ali Baba and the 7 Dwarfs
(Producer)
Coming Soon
(Producer)
Ali Baba and the 7 Dwarfs
(Director)
Ali Baba and the 7 Dwarfs
(Writer)
Cem Yılmaz: Diamond Elite Platinum Plus
(Producer)
Cem Yılmaz: Diamond Elite Platinum Plus
(Music)
Yahşi Batı
(Writer)
Arif V 216
(Writer)
Cem Yılmaz: One Taste One Texture
(Writer)
A.R.O.G
(Producer)
A.R.O.G
(Writer)
GORA 4 GORA
(Writer)
Cem Yılmaz: CM101MMXI Fundamentals
(Writer)
CM101MMXI Fundamentals (2013) Extralar
(Writer)
Comidark Films: The Getaway
(Director)
Comidark Films: In Between
(Director)
Comidark Films: In Between
(Writer)
Comidark Films: The Getaway
(Writer)
Comidark Films 2: Insane
(Director)
Comidark Films 2: Insane
(Writer)
Comidark Films 2: The Pawn
(Writer)
Comidark Films 2: The Pawn
(Director)
Comidark Films: In Between
(Producer)
Comidark Films: The Getaway
(Producer)
Comidark Films 2: Insane
(Producer)
Comidark Films 2: The Pawn
(Producer)
CMYLMZ 0100111000110000111011
(Writer)
The Life and Movies of Erşan Kuneri
(Director)
The Life and Movies of Erşan Kuneri
(Writer)
The Life and Movies of Erşan Kuneri
(Producer)
The Life and Movies of Erşan Kuneri
(Creator)