Hayrettin Karaoğuz

Hayrettin Karaoğuz — Biography

Hayrettin Karaoğuz, known on stage and screen simply as "Hayrettin", is a comedian, stand-up performer, presenter and actor. He first became known for the internet videos he made during his university years, and then as an advertising face and television host. Today he presents Hayrettin'le Kaos Show on his own YouTube channel.

While studying advertising at Kadir Has University he also took part in theatre: he played the police inspector in Dario Fo's Klakson Borazan ve Bırtlar and won awards in 2009 with Kral Übü, staged with his friends, for which he was honoured as best actor. In his last university years he performed stand-up in Beyoğlu, and the video Kızsız Adam, made in answer to the film Issız Adam, drew wide attention. He then appeared in advertising campaigns for Turkcell, Doritos and Fanta and gave one-man shows at many universities. On film he took the lead in Gelecekten Bir Gün (2010) and played Cumali and Necati in Vezir Parmağı and İlk Öpücük (both 2017); on television he played Ercan in Kalk Gidelim.

On television he hosted the comedy programme Hayrettin on Star TV and the Ramadan quiz show Harry on ATV, and for a period he worked on YouTube projects in Los Angeles. In 2017 he appeared in the video for Gökçe's song Artist, and in 2021 he took part in Survivor. In interviews he has said that his family once thought he was mute as a child.