Şükrü Özyıldız

Şükrü Özyıldız (born 18 February 1988) is a Turkish actor. He is best known for playing Onur Karasu in the series Ruhun Duymaz.

Early life
Özyıldız was born in İzmir. The maternal side of his family is of Rûm descent who immigrated from Rhodes. His father is of Turkish descent from Trabzon. After completing his studies from Department of Ship Mechanics Engineering at Istanbul Technical University and studying in Istanbul for a year, he studied at Ege University and went to Portugal under the Erasmus program.

Özyıldız has been interested in martial arts since he was a youngster and has participated in cage fights in Portugal. After participating in a workshop on acting, he realized he liked the experience and decided to study acting at the Müjdat Gezen Art Center.

Tv Series
Özyıldız made his debut with the daily series Derin Sular in 2011 alongside Hilal Altınbilek, Deniz Baysal. He had guest roles in popular series "Çalıkuşu", "Uçurum".

He played Efe and followed it up by portraying Mete in Kış Güneşi opposite Aslı Enver. He starred in Tatlı Küçük Yalancılar, an adaptation of Pretty Little Liars. With Kerem Bürsin, Burcu Biricik, Yasemin Allen, he played Şeref Meselesi adaptation of Italy series.

Özyıldız has appeared in several television series like Çoban Yıldızı, Benim Hala Umudum Var, Nefes Nefese. His was also a part of the series Akıncı based on animation.

In 2023, he starred as intelligence agent Onur Karasu in the romantic comedy drama series Ruhun Duymaz opposite Burcu Özberk.

Web Series
He had guest role in Gülse Birsel's comedy series "Jet Sosyete".

Films
With Kış Güneşi's co-star Başak Parlak, he played "Neva" based on autobiographical novel. He played in romantic comedies "Her Şey Aşktan" alongside Hande Doğandemir and "Sevimli Tehlikeli" alongside Ayça Ayşin Turan.

He played in Yılmaz Erdoğan's period film Ekşi Elmalar alongside Farah Zeynep Abdullah, Şükran Ovalı. With Buğra Gülsoy, Leyla Lydia Tuğutlu, he played in Cebimdeki Yabancı adapted from Italy film.

He portrayed famous actor Ayhan Işık in third film of surreal comedy series Arif V 216. With Demet Özdemir, He played rom-com series Aşk Taktikleri.

Theatre
He performed in (Kim Korkar Hain Kurttan)Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? alongside Zerrin Tekindor. With Serenay Sarıkaya, he performed as Hatter in "Alice Müzikali", a musical adaption based on Alice in Wonderland and published in Disney.