Selim Bayraktar

Selim Bayraktar (born 17 June 1975) is an Iraqi-Turkish actor best known for his role as "Sümbül Ağa" in Muhteşem Yüzyıl. He received international recognition with his role in the Netflix original series Rise of Empires: Ottoman.[1]

Selim Bayraktar
Born (1975-06-17) 17 June 1975
Kirkuk, Iraq
OccupationActor
Years active2006–present

Life and career

Bayraktar was born in Kirkuk, Iraq, in 1975, into a family of Iraqi Turkmen origin. As a child he began performing in gymnastic competitions. During the final days of the Iran-Iraq War, a body double of Sadam Hussein visited Bayraktar’s schools in order to recruit boys into the army; when Bayraktar was chosen to serve in the army his family decided to smuggle him into Turkey.[2] He started working at the Turkish State Theatre after graduating from Hacettepe University in 2000.[3]

Bayraktar speaks Turkish, Ottoman Turkish, Arabic and English.[2]

Filmography
Cinema
Year Title Role Notes
2009 Büyük Oyun Smuggler
2013 Romantik Komedi 2: Bekarlığa Veda
2014 Kırmızı Gökhan
2015 Aşk Sana Benzer Aykut
2016 Vezir Parmağı Ekmelettin
2017 Cingöz Recai: Bir Efsanenin Dönüşü Adil
2018 Sevgili Komşum Cengiz
2018 Arada Resul
Television
Year Title Role Notes
2006 Köprü Erdal TV series
2006 Bir Bulut Olsam Mahmud Paşa TV series
2011–14 Muhteşem Yüzyıl Sümbül Ağa TV series
2016 Gecenin Kraliçesi Hakan TV series
2017 Çoban Yıldızı Zekkar Karakaya TV series
2017 Görünen Adam Eşref Şerif TV series
2017–18 Ufak Tefek Cinayetler Edip TV series
2018 Ağlama Anne Ali Osman TV series
2020 Rise of Empires: Ottoman Çandarlı Halil Pasha Web series
2020–21 Zümrüdüanka Abbas TV series
2021 Vahşi Şeyler Bora TV series

References
  1. McCarty, Stephen (23 February 2020). "In 'Rise of Empires: Ottoman' on Netflix, education meets entertainment". South China Morning Post.
  2. Batuman, Elift (Feb 17, 2014). "Letter From Istanbul: Ottomania - A hit TV show reimagines Turkey's imperial past". The New Yorker.
  3. Turkish Cultural Foundation. "Selim Bayraktar". Retrieved 2014-06-16.
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