Özkan Uğur

Özkan Uğur
Born	(1953-10-17) October 17, 1953 Istanbul, Turkey
Genres	Pop
Occupations	Musician, film actor
Instruments	Bass guitar
Years active	1971–present
Associated acts	MFÖ

Raif Özkan Uğur (born in Istanbul on October 17, 1953) is a Turkish pop musician, member of the renowned band MFÖ and an actor.

He started his musician career in the Şerif Yüzbaşıoğlu Orchestra as a bass guitarist. In 1971, Özkan joined Mazhar Alanson and Fuat Güner in the duo "Kaygısızlar" ("The Unworrieds") The band was dissolved in 1972. Between 1972 and 1975, Özkan played Anatolian rock music with Barış Manço in his band "Kurtalan Ekspresi", in "TER" of Erkin Koray, "Dostlar" of Edip Akbayram, "Kardaşlar" of Seyhan Karabay and "Dadaşlar" of Ersen. In 1976, he left Anatolian rock music genre and joined the quintet "İpucu" led by the MFÖ trio. Özkan formed in 1978 the band "Grup Karma" with Galip Boransu and Cengiz Teoman. He is now playing in the group MFÖ.

Filmography

Movies

• Arkadaşım Şeytan, 1988
• Eşkıya, 1996
• Komser Şekspir, 2000
• G.O.R.A., 2004
• Kısık Ateşte 15 Dakika, 2006
• A.R.O.G, 2009
• Yahşi Batı, 2010

TV series

• İkinci Bahar, 1999
• Yeter Anne, 2002
• Alacakaranlık, 2003
• İstanbul Şahidimdir, 2004
• Cennet Mahallesi, 2004 (Show TV)
• Türk Malı , 2010 (Show TV)

Film score

• Arkadaşım Şeytan, 1988

References

• Biyografi.info - Özkan Uğur (Turkish)

External links

• Biography (Turkish)
• Sinematürk (Turkish)
• Cennet Mahallesi