İbrahim Büyükak

İbrahim Büyükak — Biography

İbrahim Büyükak is an actor, screenwriter and director who moved from sketch writing to his own scripted films and a web series. He became known in 2008 for the sketches he wrote and performed on the BKM Mutfak programme Çok Güzel Hareketler Bunlar; in later years he hosted the late-night show 3 Adam and reached a wide cinema audience with the Yol Arkadaşım films.

He studied economics at Uludağ University. In Bursa he was a columnist for the Olay newspaper and wrote for the magazines Gırgır, Leman and Lemanyak; he also played in Bursaspor's youth team alongside Oğuzhan Koç. Back in Istanbul he became one of the last people to join the BKM Mutfak team. In 2010 he appeared in Peyman commercials. In May 2013 he began a late-night show on Star TV, 3+1, with Eser Yenenler and Oğuzhan Koç; when Acun Ilıcalı bought the programme it continued on TV8 from 5 October 2013 as 3 Adam. On TV8 he played the character Cüneyt in the series Bana Baba Dedi.

When 3 Adam ended in 2017 he turned to his own projects. Starting with Küçük Esnaf (2016), which he co-wrote and starred in with Zeynep Koçak, he wrote the screenplays of Yol Arkadaşım, Yol Arkadaşım 2 and Bayi Toplantısı; Yol Arkadaşım took 22.6 million lira at the Turkish box office. In 2021 he wrote, shot and starred in the web series İlginç Bazı Olaylar, which tells his own life story in an alternative form and marked his first step into directing.