İlyas İlbey
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İlyas İlbey

Film actor · born 1951

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Birth date1951
BirthplaceKastamonu
ProfessionFilm actor

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İlyas İlbey — Biography

İlyas İlbey is a Turkish actor and comedian born in Kastamonu; sources give his birth year as both 1960 and 1951. He is married to theatre actress and comedian Yasemin Yalçın. According to his filmography his screen work reaches back to the mid-1970s, with Öyle Olsun (1976) as the earliest title. In the 1990s he appeared in productions such as Mahallenin Muhtarları and Haşlama Taşlama.

His wider fame came with the programme İnce İnce Yasemince, which began in 1995. The parodies he performed opposite Yasemin Yalçın are among its most memorable segments, and in the sketch Kakılmış ve İtilmiş his character İtilmiş made him famous and loved. The show continued as Yasemince, and he took part in the 1997, 2000 and 2010 editions. He also acted in Sana Bayılıyorum, Çocuklar Duymasın, Mandıra Filozofu (as the Esekli Adam), Mihrap Yerinde and Manda Yuvası.

Away from the stage he is known for his love of horse racing and owns racehorses of his own.

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