Engin Günaydın
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Günaydın started studying at Hacettepe UniversityHacettepe University
Hacettepe University is a major state university in Ankara, Turkey.The University has two main campuses. The first is located in the old town of Ankara and hosts the Medical Centre, and the second is the Beytepe Campus, which is 13 km from the city centre...
Conservatory, but in his second year he switched to Mimar Sinan University from where he graduated in theatre.
In 1997, he had a small role in Otogargara which caused him to be cast in the television series Bir Demet Tiyatro where he played Zabıta İrfan. Later he acted in Aşkım Aşkım with Mehmet Ali Erbil
Mehmet Ali Erbil
Mehmet Ali Erbil is a Turkish comedian, actor and talk show host.-Biography:Mehmet Ali was born in Istanbul, Turkey, as the son of Saadettin Erbil, a theatre and film actor, in 1957. He is the grandson of Mehmed Efendi and the great-grandson of Mehmed Esad Erbilî.He completed his primary and...
and Emel Sayın
Emel Sayin
Emel Sayın is a Turkish singer of Turkish classical music. She styles herself the "queen and ambassador of Turkish classical music"....
. In 2001, he acted in Zeki Demirkubuz
Zeki Demirkubuz
Zeki Demirkubuz is a contemporary Turkish film director, screenwriter, producer and film editor.- Biography :...
's film Yazgı for which he received the Best Supporting Actor Award at the Ankara Film Festival. In 2004, he began doing sketches on Okan Bayülgen
Okan Bayülgen
Okan Bayülgen is a Turkish actor, variety and talk show host, comedian and photographer.-Biography:Bayülgen was born on March 23, 1964 in Istanbul, Turkey, the son of a lawyer father and a painter mother....
's show. In 2005, he accepted an offer from Gülse Birsel
Gülse Birsel
Gülse Birsel is a Turkish comedian, writer, scenarist and actress.-Biography:She was born to Gültekin and Semiha Şener in 1971 in Cihangir, Istanbul. She attended Beyoğlu Anadolu High school and got a degree in economics at Boğaziçi University. She started working for Aktüel magazine as a...
and joined the cast of the sitcom Avrupa Yakası as Burhan Altıntop, his most famous role. In 2009, he wrote the screenplay of and starred in Vavien directed by the Taylan brothers. For this, he won a number of screenwriting awards at the Istanbul Film Festival, Yeşilçam Awards and the SİYAD awards.
Additionally he did a series of stand up shows titled O Hikayedeki Mal Benim.