Born in Kars in 1961, Zafer Algoz is one of the most familiar comic faces of Turkish popular cinema and television of the last two decades. He built his reputation on ensemble comedies, playing a long line of exasperated fathers, provincial neighbours and mid-level bureaucrats, and became a fixture of the Recep Ivedik and Cem Yilmaz franchises that dominated Turkish box office. On television he has anchored family sitcoms and character parts across major channels. Audiences at home know his timing on sight; abroad he remains a specifically Turkish taste. Read more